Facebook does not pose a threat, says YouTube
9 years, 8 months ago

Facebook does not pose a threat, says YouTube

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Is Facebook really eating into YouTube’s territory? He said Facebook’s and other players’ arrival shows that online video is “becoming mainstream”, but it would not derail the YouTube juggernaut. Recently, it muscled further into YouTube’s territory with a trial to share advertising revenue with video creators who publish on the social network. According to a previous report, Facebook confirmed that it is dabbling in video ads and sharing revenue with content creators, in a move that would compete with Google-owned YouTube. An advertising model being tested by the leading online social network is part of a “Suggested Videos” feature designed to recommend clips for people based on snippets they tune into in News Feed at Facebook.

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Is Facebook bad for you? 360 million users say yes, company documents show
3 years, 4 months ago

Is Facebook bad for you? 360 million users say yes, company documents show

Live Mint  

Facebook researchers have found that 1 in 8 of its users report engaging in compulsive use of social media that impacts their sleep, work, parenting or relationships, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. Part of Facebook’s interest in addressing use of its app that causes problems in people’s day-to-day lives is a business calculation related to users …

Early Facebook investor blames major advertisers for ‘turning a blind eye’ to Facebook’s problems
3 years, 5 months ago

Early Facebook investor blames major advertisers for ‘turning a blind eye’ to Facebook’s problems

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Venture capitalist Roger McNamee says Corporate America shares blame for the troubles that exist today at Facebook. “The major advertisers have a lot of guilt here.” McNamee, who began advising Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg in early 2006, said the problem is that the vast majority of companies prioritize maximizing shareholder value instead of what’s good …

Facebook will fuel more unrest, whistle-blower tells UK lawmakers
3 years, 5 months ago

Facebook will fuel more unrest, whistle-blower tells UK lawmakers

Al Jazeera  

The social media giant needs to stop its algorithms from pushing divisive content, Frances Haugen tells British politicians. Facebook Inc will fuel more violent unrest around the world unless it stops its algorithms from pushing extreme and divisive content, whistle-blower Frances Haugen has told a British parliamentary committee. The world’s biggest social network has rejected the charges, with CEO Mark …

Facebook's ad tools can be targeted at a single user, study finds
3 years, 5 months ago

Facebook's ad tools can be targeted at a single user, study finds

The Hindu  

Facebook's advertising tools can target a single user based on their online and offline activities, according to a study by a team of researchers from Europe. The researchers from Madrid's University Carlos III, Austria’s Graz University of Technology, and a Spanish firm GTD System & Software Engineering, noted that the social network’s ad platform “can be systematically exploited to deliver …

Ex-Facebook employee, who accused social media giant of putting profit over public good, to push for regulation
3 years, 5 months ago

Ex-Facebook employee, who accused social media giant of putting profit over public good, to push for regulation

Firstpost  

Frances Haugen is set to testify on Capitol Hill after she leaked reams of internal research to authorities and The Wall Street Journal, which detailed how Facebook knew its sites were potentially harmful to young people’s mental health Washington: A Facebook whistleblower will go before US lawmakers Tuesday to urge regulation of the social media giant, after an outage impacted …

Facebook warns it is 'underreporting' iOS ad results amid Apple privacy changes
3 years, 6 months ago

Facebook warns it is 'underreporting' iOS ad results amid Apple privacy changes

The Hindu  

Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it is underreporting the results of its advertising business on Apple Inc iOS devices, acknowledging that recent privacy changes from the iPhone maker have made it more expensive and difficult for brands to advertise on Facebook. Facebook said in a blog post it estimates it is underreporting "conversions," an industry term that includes buying of …

Signal Ads Seemingly Banned by Facebook for Showing How it Exploits User Data
3 years, 10 months ago

Signal Ads Seemingly Banned by Facebook for Showing How it Exploits User Data

News 18  

That Facebook uses, and to a large extent exploits user data openly and widely to serve its commercial purposes is really to nobody’s surprise any longer. Facebook was not into that idea.” Facebook’s collected data includes details such as occupation, most streamed or read content, live GPS coordinates, sexual preference, religious beliefs, food allergies, shopping history and more. The series …

Facebook begins testing ads in Instagram Reels
3 years, 11 months ago

Facebook begins testing ads in Instagram Reels

The Hindu  

Facebook Inc on Thursday said it will begin testing ads on its TikTok clone Instagram Reels in India, Brazil, Germany and Australia, as the social media giant aims to make money from its short-form video feature. The introduction of ads is an "indication of how strong the momentum is for Reels," said Carolyn Everson, vice president of global business group …

Facebook users can now monetise their short-video posts
4 years ago

Facebook users can now monetise their short-video posts

The Hindu  

Some Facebook users will now be able to make money from their short video posts, provided their viewers watch an ad after 30 seconds into the video. The social network had earlier permitted monetisation through in-stream ads on videos longer than three minutes, when ads will be flashed after the video runs 60 seconds. Facebook launched in-stream ads in 2017, …

Facebook, Twitter outpaced by smaller platforms in fight against harmful content
4 years, 1 month ago

Facebook, Twitter outpaced by smaller platforms in fight against harmful content

The Hindu  

Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet's YouTube made smaller strides than their social media rivals including TikTok and Reddit at battling harmful content such as hate speech and misinformation during the second half of 2020, a study released on Monday showed. Advertising agency IPG Mediabrands released its "Media Responsibility Index," examining how the top social media platforms performed in 10 areas including …

Facebook to Develop Tools to Allow Advertisers Remove Certain Posts Appearing Next to Their Ads
4 years, 2 months ago

Facebook to Develop Tools to Allow Advertisers Remove Certain Posts Appearing Next to Their Ads

News 18  

Facebook said on Friday it would soon start developing?topic exclusion controls? on its platform to give advertisers greater ability to weed out certain types of content from appearing alongside their ads. This comes after companies including Coca-Cola Co and Starbucks boycotted Facebook in July for not doing enough to curb hate speech on its site following the death of George …

Facebook’s campaign against Apple is a ‘laughable’ distraction tactic, says privacy group
4 years, 3 months ago

Facebook’s campaign against Apple is a ‘laughable’ distraction tactic, says privacy group

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Electronic Frontier Foundation has called Facebook’s campaign against Apple “laughable”, as the …

Facebook criticises Apple privacy policy, says 'it limits business' ability to run personalised ads'
4 years, 3 months ago

Facebook criticises Apple privacy policy, says 'it limits business' ability to run personalised ads'

Firstpost  

Apple brushed aside Facebook’s attacks, saying that that it isn’t preventing people from being tracked if they so desire. Facebook is again pushing back on new Apple privacy rules for its mobile devices, this time saying in full-page newspaper ads that the social media giant is standing up for small businesses. In ads that ran in The New York Times, …

Facebook attacks Apple’s iOS changes in full-page newspaper ads
4 years, 3 months ago

Facebook attacks Apple’s iOS changes in full-page newspaper ads

Hindustan Times  

Facebook Inc. attacked Apple Inc. in a series of full-page newspaper ads Wednesday, claiming the iPhone maker’s anticipated mobile software changes around data gathering and targeted advertising are bad for small businesses. The ads, slated to run in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, carry the headline “We’re standing up to Apple for small businesses everywhere.” …

Agency homing in on social media companies’ data collection
4 years, 3 months ago

Agency homing in on social media companies’ data collection

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are ordering Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, TikTok’s parent and five other social media companies to provide detailed information on how they collect and use consumers’ personal data and how their practices affect children and teens. With its new request, the FTC wants to know how social media and video streaming services collect, use and track consumers’ personal …

Apple Slams Facebook Over 'Disregard for User Privacy,' Defends Delay of New Privacy Feature
4 years, 4 months ago

Apple Slams Facebook Over 'Disregard for User Privacy,' Defends Delay of New Privacy Feature

News 18  

Apple has responded to criticisms over its upcoming App Tracking Transparency feature and further criticised Facebook for its “disregard for user privacy.” In a letter to the Ranking Digital Rights organisation, Jane Horvath, Apple’s senior director of global privacy reiterated that the company believes that “privacy is a fundamental human right,” and the ATT feature is very much in the …

Facebook now allows you to look for videos in new ways in Watch feed: Know how
4 years, 5 months ago

Facebook now allows you to look for videos in new ways in Watch feed: Know how

India TV News  

Facebook has introduced some exciting features in its video-on-demand platform Watch that is being visited by over 1.25 billion people every month. Facebook Watch is the go-to place to discover videos across the platform from live events, to TV shows, sports, news or music videos. "Videos in these sections are chosen by Facebook so you can catch up on timely …

The Social Dilemma is 'Distorted': Facebook Issues 7-Point Response to Viral Documentary
4 years, 5 months ago

The Social Dilemma is 'Distorted': Facebook Issues 7-Point Response to Viral Documentary

News 18  

The Social Dilemma has been a viral documentary that highlights how users remain addicted to social media and their smartphones, in turn promoting dysfunctional social behaviour. Now, weeks after the release of Orlowski’s documentary on Netflix, Facebook – the world’s largest social media group, has issued a seven-point response to the narrative that The Social Dilemma weaves with reference to …

Facebook is pushing back on Apple’s new privacy rules
4 years, 7 months ago

Facebook is pushing back on Apple’s new privacy rules

Al Jazeera  

Facebook is pushing back on new Apple privacy rules for its mobile devices – and putting app developers in the middle. Facebook said it expects “less impact” on its own advertising revenue than on the ad-supported businesses that rely on its audience network to promote their apps. It is also asking businesses to create a new In Facebook’s second-quarter earnings …

Facebook to rival YouTube with licensed music videos for users: Know what is it
4 years, 8 months ago

Facebook to rival YouTube with licensed music videos for users: Know what is it

India TV News  

In an ambitious bid to take on Google-owned YouTube, Facebook is readying itself to launch officially-licensed music videos for artists on its platform in the US next month. In an email sent to Facebook Page owners linked to artists, the social network informed that they will need to toggle on a new setting to add their music videos to their …

Here’s how big Facebook’s ad business really is
4 years, 9 months ago

Here’s how big Facebook’s ad business really is

CNN  

San Francisco CNN Business — Each day, more household names join the list of brands suspending advertising on Facebook to protest what they say are the social network’s failures to stop the spread of hate. Of those, the highest-spending 100 brands accounted for $4.2 billion in Facebook advertising last year, according to data from marketing research firm Pathmatics – or …

Facebook will label more controversial content and tighten advertising policies
4 years, 9 months ago

Facebook will label more controversial content and tighten advertising policies

CNN  

CNN Business — Facebook will ban ads that scapegoat minorities, immigrants, racial or other groups as part of a wider crackdown on hate speech, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. “Specifically, we’re expanding our ads policy to prohibit claims that people from a specific race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, caste, sexual orientation, gender identity or immigration status are a threat …

Verizon is pulling its advertising from Facebook
4 years, 9 months ago

Verizon is pulling its advertising from Facebook

CNN  

CNN Business — Telecom giant Verizon said Thursday it is pulling its advertising from Facebook, in what may be the biggest brand yet to join the #StopHateForProfit boycott. Spokespeople for other major wireless carriers, including AT&T and T-Mobile, did not immediately respond to CNN’s requests for comment..) Verizon’s commitment covers advertising on both Facebook and Instagram, according to Verizon spokesperson …

YouTube to push more ads as video streaming increases amid COVID-19 lockdown
4 years, 10 months ago

YouTube to push more ads as video streaming increases amid COVID-19 lockdown

India TV News  

There's been an 800 per cent increase globally in the number of people watching ad-supported and purchased movies on the Google-owned YouTube, with 125 per cent jump in TV shows and 250 per cent growth in live content. While overall watch time has jumped 80 per cent in social distancing times, YouTube is seeing different user behaviour when people engage …

Facebook will reportedly launch a live gaming mobile app today, might come to Android first
4 years, 11 months ago

Facebook will reportedly launch a live gaming mobile app today, might come to Android first

Firstpost  

Facebook has witnessed a 210 percent surge in hours watched between December 2018 and December 2019. Gamers have a reason to cheer as Facebook is coming up with live gaming mobile app on 20 April, reported New York Times. “Facebook Gaming has been making incredible strides as they’ve leveraged their global presence and strategic talent acquisitions to bolster their market …

There’s a Problem With Facebook’s Coronavirus Misinformation Features
55 years, 3 months ago

There’s a Problem With Facebook’s Coronavirus Misinformation Features

Slate  

This article is part of the Free Speech Project, a collaboration between Future Tense and the Tech, Law, & Security Program at American University Washington College of Law that examines the ways technology is influencing how we think about speech. Facebook attached warnings to about 40 million coronavirus-related posts in March alone, and the company said it’s removed hundreds of …

Facebook's steps to fight 'deepfake' videos are not adequate: US lawmakers
5 years, 2 months ago

Facebook's steps to fight 'deepfake' videos are not adequate: US lawmakers

Firstpost  

Facebook has been criticised over its content policies by politicians across the spectrum. Facebook Inc on Wednesday said it would remove “deepfake” and other manipulated videos from its website to combat the spread of false information ahead of the 2020 presidential race, but lawmakers said those and other changes it has recently announced do not go far enough. The comments, …

Facebook Issues New Rules On Deepfake Videos, Targeting Misinformation
5 years, 2 months ago

Facebook Issues New Rules On Deepfake Videos, Targeting Misinformation

NPR  

Facebook Issues New Rules On Deepfake Videos, Targeting Misinformation Enlarge this image toggle caption Richard Drew/AP Richard Drew/AP Updated at 11:40 a.m. Facebook's new ban targets videos that are manipulated to make it appear someone said words they didn't actually say. In its announcement, Facebook laid out two main criteria for banning deepfake videos: "It has been edited or synthesized …

Facebook considers changes to political ad policy, but not fact-checking
5 years, 4 months ago

Facebook considers changes to political ad policy, but not fact-checking

CNN  

CNN Business — Facing increased scrutiny, Facebook is considering making some changes to how it handles political ads, a source told CNN Business. Facebook is considering changes to how political ads can be targeted, how ads are labeled, and providing more information about who is paying for an ad, the source told CNN Thursday. President Trump’s re-election campaign is the …

Column: Facebook’s bogus video claims just cost it $40 million, but they caused much more damage
5 years, 5 months ago

Column: Facebook’s bogus video claims just cost it $40 million, but they caused much more damage

LA Times  

Facebook managed to extricate itself from one of its many scandals last week on the cheap, paying a mere $40 million in cash to settle allegations that it defrauded advertisers by feeding them fake estimates of the viewership of video ads in 2016 and 2017. Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff explained then in a memo to staff that the company …

YouTube to comply with US FTC by reportedly removing targeted ads on child-centric videos
5 years, 7 months ago

YouTube to comply with US FTC by reportedly removing targeted ads on child-centric videos

Firstpost  

YouTube had been mulling over shifting all its children-related content away from the main platform. Most recently, it is being reported that the company is “finalising plans” to end ads on uploaded videos that children are quite likely to watch. As per Bloomberg, this move is quite likely being made to appease the FTC which has recently reached a settlement …

Facebook’s Zuckerberg is the focus of latest doctored video
5 years, 9 months ago

Facebook’s Zuckerberg is the focus of latest doctored video

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Three weeks after Facebook refused to remove a doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slurring her words, Mark Zuckerberg is getting a taste of his own medicine: fake footage showing him gloating over his one-man domination of the world. The somewhat crude video of the Facebook CEO, created as part of an art project and circulated …

Zuckerberg must tolerate the deepfake treatment – and it’s all thanks to Facebook’s shoddy approach to news
5 years, 9 months ago

Zuckerberg must tolerate the deepfake treatment – and it’s all thanks to Facebook’s shoddy approach to news

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But that’s exactly the point of …

Facebook restricts Live feature, citing New Zealand shooting
5 years, 10 months ago

Facebook restricts Live feature, citing New Zealand shooting

Al Jazeera  

People who break Facebook rules would be restricted from using the live-stream service for set periods of time. The social media platform said on Tuesday that it was introducing a “one-strike” policy to Facebook Live, where people who break the rules would immediately be restricted from using the live-streaming service for set periods of time – for example 30 days …

Facebook has removed 1.5 million copies of the mosque attack video. New Zealand says it needs to do more
6 years ago

Facebook has removed 1.5 million copies of the mosque attack video. New Zealand says it needs to do more

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN Business — New Zealand’s prime minister is upping the pressure on Facebook and other social media platforms after they failed to stop the spread of the Christchurch mosque attack video. Facebook’s ability to automatically block 1.2 million videos at upload “tells me there are powers to take a very direct approach to instances of speech that incites …

Facebook Watch available now on desktop, more than 400 mn people use the service monthly
6 years, 3 months ago

Facebook Watch available now on desktop, more than 400 mn people use the service monthly

India TV News  

Facebook, the social networking platform has announced that there are more than 400 million individuals using video-on-demand service called Facebook Watch monthly and there are almost 75 million people daily spending at least one minute on Watch. Watch launched in every country around the world, the platform opened to videos from all Pages, and we debuted dozens of Facebook Originals," …

Facebook Is a Normal Sleazy Company Now
6 years, 4 months ago

Facebook Is a Normal Sleazy Company Now

Slate  

The leaders of Facebook can no longer pretend they are special people running a special company. And we know that COO Sheryl Sandberg, in the face of growing scrutiny of the company, was so desperate to repair the leak in the price of Facebook stock that she went into cahoots with a number of suspect figures across American politics—including a …

From dating contestants to grieving widows, Facebook bets heavily on entertainment, but will people watch?
6 years, 5 months ago

From dating contestants to grieving widows, Facebook bets heavily on entertainment, but will people watch?

LA Times  

Jeff Spangler, president of Lighthearted Productions, sits in the production room with producers, editors, and the team that bring together “Relationshipped,” a Facebook Watch show in which the audience chooses the main bachelor and selected dates. “It doesn’t have to be just about passive consumption of video,” Fidji Simo, Facebook’s head of video, said in an interview at the company’s …

The big lie behind pivoting to video.
6 years, 5 months ago

The big lie behind pivoting to video.

Slate  

Once again, the media is righteously furious with Facebook—this time, for allegedly misleading advertisers as to how many people were watching videos on the social network. — Chris Conroy October 17, 2018 To grasp that, you have to recall the way Facebook’s rosy claims about video viewership influenced not only advertisers, but publishers. So much for Zuckerberg’s “golden age of …

Inside Facebook: Secrets of the Social Network
6 years, 5 months ago

Inside Facebook: Secrets of the Social Network

Al Jazeera  

From violence to hate speech, self-harm to child abuse, is Facebook putting profit before safety? From violence to hate speech, self-harm to child abuse, this documentary gives undercover access to how Facebook handles extreme content and asks if the company is putting profit before safety. With 100 million hours of video watched every day on Facebook, how does the world’s …

Facebook's latest data breach exposes the personal information of 50 million users
6 years, 6 months ago

Facebook's latest data breach exposes the personal information of 50 million users

Firstpost  

Facebook is logging out everyone who has used this “View As” which totals to around 90 million users. It would seem that the heat around Facebook has barely died after the massive Cambridge Analytica breach, but it looks like the social media giant has today dropped yet another bombshell on users. Facebook, in a post late on 28 September, said …

Why Big Tech's Fight Against InfoWars Is Unwinnable
55 years, 3 months ago

Why Big Tech's Fight Against InfoWars Is Unwinnable

Wired  

Early Monday morning, Apple pulled several podcasts associated with notorious conspiracy theorist and protein powder peddler Alex Jones from the iTunes store. First came Facebook, which said it unpublished four pages affiliated with Jones after receiving new reports over the weekend that videos on those pages violated Facebook's policies on hate speech. But even critics of Jones and InfoWars, his …

Facebook starts gamifying videos, adds support for quizzes and polls in lives
6 years, 9 months ago

Facebook starts gamifying videos, adds support for quizzes and polls in lives

Firstpost  

Video creators will now be able to add quizzes, polls, challenges and games on videos and lives. As we go increasingly mobile, with our tiny little smartphone displays replacing monster screens, Facebook has decided that it’s about time we make the viewing experience more interactive. These tools would help creators add quizzes, polls, challenges and games to their videos. The …

Facebook could soon start banning ads and advertisers based on feedback from its users
6 years, 9 months ago

Facebook could soon start banning ads and advertisers based on feedback from its users

Firstpost  

Facebook users can now leave negative feedback for Facebook Inc said on 12 June it would allow users to review businesses that advertise on the social network and possibly ban those that receive the most negative feedback. The move is aimed at cracking down on businesses whose ads mislead users into buying low quality goods or services or firms that …

Apple takes a dig at Facebook as it announces improved security features in Safari on macOS Mojave and iOS 12
6 years, 9 months ago

Apple takes a dig at Facebook as it announces improved security features in Safari on macOS Mojave and iOS 12

Firstpost  

After the Cambridge Analytica data scandal broke, amidst everything else, there definitely was a battle of words between the CEOs of Apple and Facebook. After the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal broke, amidst everything else, there definitely was a battle of words between the CEOs of Apple and Facebook. On the first day of WWDC 2018, Apple took another jab at …

Facebook’s Sandeep Bhushan: Need to bridge gap between digital time spent and ad spends
7 years, 1 month ago

Facebook’s Sandeep Bhushan: Need to bridge gap between digital time spent and ad spends

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Sandeep Bhushan, director- India, South Asia, Facebook, believes that as digital penetration increases, not just Facebook’s user base but also the time spent on the platform is going up and brands can take advantage of that. Facebook currently works with both global and homegrown advertisers in India, including consumer goods firms like P&G, e-commerce platform Amazon, cosmetic giant …

YouTube's loss might be Facebook's gain as it plans to encourage ad-supported videos on Facebook Watch
7 years, 1 month ago

YouTube's loss might be Facebook's gain as it plans to encourage ad-supported videos on Facebook Watch

Firstpost  

Facebook Watch might become a rival to YouTube which is also a space for individual creators. Facebook plans to expand Facebook Watch to individual creators and have ad-supported videos on its platform. Facebook Watch’s new revenue model can threaten YouTube since it is going through various changes when it comes to ad-supported videos. Individual creators can ensure longer videos and …

YouTube changed its ad rules to appease advertisers. YouTubers say they’re the ones paying for it
7 years, 2 months ago

YouTube changed its ad rules to appease advertisers. YouTubers say they’re the ones paying for it

LA Times  

YouTube is at a crossroads. It progressed to outrage about disturbing videos disguised as children’s content, and culminated on New Year’s Eve when YouTube star Logan Paul posted a video of himself discovering a dead body in Japan’s “suicide forest.” YouTube booted Paul from its premium Some video producers say they’re losing money due to the mistakes of stars like …

Facebook Crushed Everyone’s “Pivot to Video”—Except Its Own
7 years, 2 months ago

Facebook Crushed Everyone’s “Pivot to Video”—Except Its Own

Slate  

Facebook’s big news feed changes are bad news for video publishers—unless they’re using one of Facebook’s new favorite video platforms. You might think this shift would also threaten two high-profile video platforms that Facebook itself has been actively pushing: Facebook Watch, its nascent hub for TV-like video “shows,” and Facebook Live, its livestreaming tool. The company told me that it …

Q&A: What Facebook’s shift could mean to users, businesses
7 years, 2 months ago

Q&A: What Facebook’s shift could mean to users, businesses

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — In coming days, Facebook users will see fewer posts from publishers, businesses and celebs they follow. He’s come a long way since November 2016, when he dismissed the notion that fake news on Facebook could have influenced the U.S. presidential election as a “pretty crazy idea.” Now it’s his personal goal for 2018 to fix the site …

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