Trump Wants to Roll Back Protections for Social Media Companies, but Legal Questions Remain
President Trump signed an executive order Thursday to try and limit liability protections long afforded to social platforms, an action that many experts say is on dubious legal footing. The order comes after two days of tension between the president and Twitter–typically the president’s preferred method of communicating–after the social media company took the unprecedented…
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TikTok Details Its #LearnOnTikTok Educational Initiative
TikTok teamed up with more than 800 educational institutions, media publishers, public figures and real-world professional experts on #LearnOnTikTok, an initiative to bring learning material to the video creation platform. TikTok U.S. head of content partnerships Bryan Thoensen said in a blog post, “The reception from our community shows that people are eager to #LearnOnTikTok–and…
D&I Summit: Social Justice for the Misrepresented
Consistent with the theme of the entire D&I Summit, final speaker and Curaleaf CMO Jason White brought everyone to tears within the first 30 seconds between his customized “I Can’t Breathe” Zoom background and his heartfelt personal story about how his sister texted him the night before saying, “Your Life Matters.” “To be at this…
D&I Summit: Elevating Diverse Voices
“Tell the stories of underrepresented communities. … You cannot be what you cannot see,” said Stephanie Buscemi, CMO of Salesforce, in discussion with Tariq Hassan, CMO of Petco, at the virtual D&I Summit. Buscemi offered her perspective and the shared value of her organization of embracing, adopting and upholding diversity and inclusion in everything they…
D&I Summit: Converting Caring to Action
“Inclusivity doesn’t go far enough–we need to belong. We need to create a community where there’s a sense of engagement and there’s value to that engagement,” said Tariq Hassan, CMO of Petco, in a conversation with Marcel Marcondes, U.S. CMO of Anheuser-Busch, during Wednesday’s Diversity and Inclusion Virtual Summit. Have a listen in the above…
Snap Partner Summit Goes Virtual
Snap Inc. will livestream its Snap Partner Summit June 11, with in-person events still on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic. The webcast and video breakout sessions will be available on the Snapchat website, with “doors opening” at 9:45 a.m. PT/12:45 p.m. ET that day and the keynote beginning 15 minutes later. The keynote will…
We Need A New Facebook For The Rest of Us
To everyone who is NOT a Trumper, jihadist, Nazi, racist or fascist: Close down your account and wait for someone else to open “Facebook II, For The Rest of Us.”