Twitter Is Getting Ready to Remove Locked Accounts From Follower Totals

Twitter users who pride themselves on having a high follower count might soon have their egos slightly bruised. The company is getting ready to remove accounts that have been locked over the years, a move Twitter hopes will ensure users know how many real people follow them. The changes were announced in a blog post…

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How a Year Without Awards Offered Fresh Perspective and Also Showed Their Necessity

I’ll admit it, I really love winning awards. I’ll also admit, I really don’t love work that was only created to win awards. What happened to doing this for the pure satisfaction of the thing itself? Isn’t it good enough to have birthed an idea that generated an unfair amount of sales or influenced culture…

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Planned Parenthood Wants to Protect Your ‘Freedom to F*ck’ With New Fundraising Effort

Dear New Yorkers: Planned Parenthood of New York City has an important message for you all. If you want to continue to love and sleep with the person (or people) of your choosing, you might want to think about making a donation to the organization’s NYC chapter (which served over 60,000 New Yorkers in 2017)….

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MRC Updates Ad Verification Guidelines

The guidelines attempt to address concerns that have developed around user-generated content, and also create the opportunity to establish brand safety “floors,” such as “a consistent set of
categories on which advertisers might choose to adopt a ‘never appropriate’ position for their ad buys.”

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Activism in the Social Media Age

As the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag turns 5 years old, a look at its evolution on Twitter and how Americans view social media’s impact on political and civic engagement

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Instagram: Here’s How to Use the Questions Sticker in Stories

Instagram just added a questions sticker to Instagram Stories, giving users a new way to interact with one another. Our guide will show you how the questions sticker works. Note: These screenshots were captured in the Instagram application on iOS. Step 1: Once you’ve taken or uploaded a photo or video to Stories, tap the…

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Tribune Stations Strike ‘Always-Open’ Programmatic Deal With Wide Orbit

In what the companies call a first, the operation has a new rule-based auto-acceptance feature that allows Tribune to accept programmatic offers 24/7.

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U.S. Targets Chinese Electronic Parts, Seafood

Chinese electronic components used to run computer networks and secure critical internet connections are the big targets in the latest U.S. tariff plan.

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The Weather Channel’s COO Departs, While CEO Will Spend More Time With New Parent Company

It looks like The Weather Channel is hunkering down for another stormy patch. COO Freddy Flaxman is leaving the company, and over the new few months, CEO David Shull will be spending more time in L.A. with the Weather Channel’s new parent company Entertainment Studios, as opposed to Atlanta, where the Weather Group is headquartered….

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