[ad_1] Facebook users in Australia could lose their ability to share news on the social network, the company is warning. The threat is the result of a proposed law from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) that would require Facebook and other tech companies to pay publishers for their content. Facebook has maintained that news […]
Category: Media
Facebook pilot links user profiles with online news subscriptions
[ad_1] Facebook is testing the feature with a handful of publishers, ranging from The Atlantic to the Winnipeg Free Press, and early test results are promising. In June, subscribers who linked their Facebook accounts made 111 percent more article clicks compared to those who didn’t link their accounts, Facebook said in a blog post. “People […]
Facebook finally delivers on its promise to label ‘state-controlled’ media
[ad_1] Facebook also plans to label ads from state-controlled media outlets. In the US, Facebook will block such ads altogether “out of an “abundance of caution” — even though it admits they rarely appear. That’s part of an attempt to protect elections in 2020 from foreign influence, Facebook says. Facebook claims it worked with more […]
Windows 10 preview adds COVID-19 info to the search box
[ad_1] This preview build isn’t all about coronavirus, though. Another new feature will allow you to control your music and audio apps with the Your Phone app. You’ll be able to play, pause and skip the songs playing on your phone through your desktop, and tracks will remain synced across your phone and PC. You […]
Facebook’s plan to label state media is taking longer than expected
[ad_1] The challenge, you might imagine, is that different state-backed media organizations have different levels of control. Outlets like Russia’s RT and China’s Xinhua are more directly controlled by their host countries and often serve as propaganda outlets, but others like the UK’s BBC and Canada’s CBC are kept at arm’s length from their respective […]
Apple commits to making new media apps for Windows
[ad_1] When Apple got rid of the iTunes app in macOS Catalina it was swiftly replaced with new dedicated apps for music, podcasts and TV. The iTunes for Windows app didn’t get the same treatment, with folks on Windows 10 having to rely on Apple TV+ and Apple Music via the web, which doesn’t really […]
Twitter outage takes down Tweetdeck, affects images and DMs
[ad_1] Be nice to any journalists you see on Twitter right now — Tweetdeck is down and it’s a headache for everyone. While the company has said it’s aware of issues and investigating, problems have also hit regular users, who aren’t seeing new DMs at the moment, or may have trouble adding extra stuff to […]
FCC approves Nexstar’s $6.4 billion acquisition of Tribune Media
[ad_1] To comply with TV ownership rules, Nexstar will sell 21 of its local TV stations. Those sales were also approved today. The FCC says the proposed merger will benefit both Nexstar and Tribune customers. The Tribune stations will now have access to Nexstar’s Washington D.C. news bureau and state news bureau, and Nexstar has […]
Turkey requires broadcast licenses for online media providers
[ad_1] It’s not certain just what standards these online services will have to obey, and that’s part of the problem. President Erdogan’s regime has frequently blocked content and services to stifle political dissent, and experts are worried that this is just a pretext to suppress TV shows and news outlets that might challenge the ruling […]
Researchers find Twitter is good for amplifying lies
[ad_1] New @mmfa study: Major media outlets fail to debunk President Trump’s false or misleading statements in their tweets 65% of the time, amplifying his misinformation an average of 19 times per day. https://t.co/8OV2FGddbn — Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) May 3, 2019 The study analyzed more than 2,000 tweets posted by 32 major US news outlets […]