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The evils (and good) of Facebook and social media. Also, a News Roundup.
Today we talk about Solange providing access to rare books written by authors of color, Mariah Carey’s stance on if we can start celebrating Christmas, Facebook’s new name change, and the return of Red Bull SoundClash. Solange’s New Public Library for Rare Books We have heard of widespread classic books likeTo Kill a Mockingbirdor 1984. However, there are so many works out there that are hardly ever touched. Especially if they are considered rare books. Solange and her studio Saint Heron have opened up a community library that will allow people to check out rare books by Black and Brown… Read more »
Today we talk about BTS’ “Fake Love” music video hitting a billion views, Beyoncé and Jay Z’s new scholarship program, the new Facebook glasses, and we remember Michael K. Williams. — — BTS Hits One Billion “Fake Love” Views BTS has hit a huge milestone: The “Fake Love” music video now has one billion (yes, that is billion with a “B”) views on YouTube. This is their fifth video to hit the billion mark. The first four being: “Dynamite”, “Boy With Luv”, “DNA”, and “MIC Drop”. The “Fake Love” video has been out for three years and is one of… Read more »
Today on idobi’s News Flashes, we have the VMAs performance lineup, news on a new comedy show to commerate the 20th anniversary of 9/11, and we question some of Facebook’s newest ventures.
Embed from Getty Images Today the Federal Trade Commission, along with the attorneys general from 48 states and territories officially filed two antitrust lawsuits against Facebook. The FTC alleges the social media giant has systematically been engaging in anti-competitive practices. The lawsuit states, “After identifying two significant competitive threats to its dominant position—Instagram and WhatsApp—Facebook moved to squelch those threats by buying the companies, reflecting a view CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s expressed in a 2008 email, ‘it is better to buy than compete.’” Both targets of these lawsuits—Instagram and WhatsApp—were acquired by Facebook in 2012 and 2014 respectively with the FTC’s… Read more »
Facebook and Twitter face-off when it comes to political advertising, an impeachment update, would you get paid to get sick with the flu?
Facebook has removed “dangerous individuals and organization” offenders today.
The president has a track record of disrespecting America’s troops. Plus, an “unprecedented turmoil” behind the scenes at Facebook, according to a report. And, a Canadian curling team gets kicked out of an event for drinking too much Molson, eh.
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh gets testy in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Plus, a data breach at Facebook hits over 50 million users–you were compromised. And an email scam terrifies victims by claiming to have recorded them while “using” adult websites. Brought to you by, ABAY. Use the code NEWSTOUS at checkout when you visit abay.com. Get a free ABAY kit and $10 off each pack of pods on your first order when you sign up for monthly auto-ship delivery with three or more packs of pods. Sources (raw link dump): https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/trumps-speech-at-the-un-triggers-laughterand-disbelief https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/25/world/fact-check-trump-speech-united-nations.html https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/26/donald-trump-united-nations-laughter-powerful-weapon https://mashable.com/video/donald-trump-un-assembly-laughs https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/25/trump-united-nations-general-assembly-speech-globalism-america https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/10/1/17924624/donald-trump-drinking-alcohol-usmca-brett-kavanaugh https://www.freep.com/story/news/columnists/rochelle-riley/2018/09/29/rochelle-riley-brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/brett-kavanaugh-hearing-moments https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-faces-potential-1-63-billion-fine-in-europe-over-data-breach https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/01/zuckerberg-must-face-public-scrutiny-over-latest-data-breach-say-uk-mps/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/01/facebook-breach-europe/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/28/everything-you-need-to-know-about-facebooks-data-breach-affecting-50m-users/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/28/technology/facebook-hack-data-breach.html… Read more »
A “data firm” named Cambridge Analytica used your personal Facebook info to push conspiracy blogs, and other online content that it created, to sway political opinion. Scientists have announced a male contraceptive pill that is effective, safe and does not interfere with sex drive. Just befrore he passed, Stephen Hawking published his last theory: how mankind might detect parallel universes.
