by Beth Holmes | Feb 14, 2022 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
Spotify says that Joe Rogan’s content is inconsistent with their company values, but they won’t be ‘silencing’ him by removing his podcast from their platform. “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast has made a number of wildly inaccurate claims...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 7, 2022 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
Wordle, the latest fad app game, has sold to the New York Times for an undisclosed seven-figures. Wordle was created by Josh Wardle, a software engineer from Boston. He made the game to amuse his partner Palak Shah, but was convinced to release it to the general...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 19, 2021 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
Facebook is paying over $14 million to settle a discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Justice Department over visa abuse and unfair hiring practices. In December 2020, the Justice Department filed the lawsuit against the social media giant, asserting that the...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 4, 2021 | Companies, News, Social Media
Frances Haugen, a data scientist formerly employed by Google, Pinterest, and Facebook, revealed herself Sunday night as the whistleblower who shared that Facebook has no interest in fighting misinformation. Haugen, who will be testifying about Facebook before Congress...
by Beth Holmes | Sep 13, 2021 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
The High Court of Australia ruled on September 8, 2021, that media outlets are “publishers” of comments posted by anyone on their official Facebook pages. As “publishers,” according to the ruling, the outlets are legally responsible for any defamatory content posted...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 12, 2021 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
Twitter is in trouble in India as the country moves towards laws making social media platforms legally responsible for user-generated content. In February of 2021, India released a strict new rule to apply to any social media company available in the country. The rule...