Russian economist Ivan Smirnov from the Higher School of Economics created an artificial intelligence system that determines a student’s academic performance based on their posts on the social media platforms. Smirnov received a Russian grant to facilitate the project. The result is 94% accurate.
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Russians Say Goodbye to Youtube
The Russian Telecom providers reported this weekend that they received official federal government letters. The letters request all Russian service providers to provide information on the use of the Google Cache servers. The Google Cache servers speed up downloading videos from YouTube.
Twitter Removes Russian Media from Searches
On Monday, Russia published information that Twitter removed Ria Novosti from the search results. Additionally, users who were not subscribed to the Ria Novosti page will now be unable to find it in Russia or other countries. Earlier, Twitter blocked the profiles of KE and Sputnik in the same manner.
Black Lives Matter: Deshon Johnson Protest to Charge Coach USA/NJ Transit Bus Driver For Murder
We are hosting a peaceful rally and protest for the life of Hip-hop artist Deshon Johnson.
Our goal is for the Attorney General Gurbir Grewal to reopen and investigate Deshon Johnson’s death case, corruption by the Essex County Prosecutor and the Coach USA/NJ Transit bus company attorney. We demand that Community Coach USA release all of the non-redacted bus driver Wilson Romaine’s medical records with his vision, hearing, and a clean bill of health. We also want the bus company to release all of the non-redacted work histories of Romain and the video from the bus.
Russia, China Go After TikTok
China conducted inspections of the video streaming services TikTok in June. It was based on a formal complaint by Russia. In 2019, Roskomnadzor conducted a compliance check pertaining to TikTok operating in Russia. To note, Russia tightened its legislation in 2018.
Facebook, Vietnam Cooperate to Promote Tourism
Facebook has just announced cooperation with Vietnam’s Ministry of Planning and Investment, as well as Vietnamese businesses, to launch a tourism promotion program. The goal of “Proud Vietnam” will be to promote the recovery of the industry after the COVID-19 epidemic.
Police Scramble to Secure Insecure Surveillance Cameras Exposed Online
This is a developing story involving law enforcement agencies across the United States that are scrambling to secure and in some cases remove surveillance cameras left open to the general public after finding their URLs posted online. CopBlaster.com learned of this after receiving an anonymous tip about a gas station in Milford, Delaware that had yet to be posted online. An independent media outlet has since verified that the camera belonged to law enforcement.
Facebook Attempts to Restore its Tarnished Image with Two Announcements
Facebook is trying to tackle the issue of contentious content and has now announced the establishment of an independent “Supreme Court.” Moreover, the company is now giving users the ability to erase their personal data collected from external websites to target them with advertisements. Facebook, which has approximately two billion users worldwide, is often criticized for its data management policies.
Facebook Users increase, New Data Privacy Feature Unveiled
Facebook continues to attract a huge number of users and revenues despite the mélange of controversies surrounding the company. It currently faces a list of criticisms, from its poor private user data management policies to its handling of political advertisements. Despite this, the social media giant has ironically seen the number of monthly active users increase during the fourth quarter by 8 percent. It subsequently reached the 2.5 billion user milestone by the end of 2019.
A Look at Twitter’s Growing Influence in the Social Media Space
Twitter is among the most popular social media platforms in the world today. It was founded by Jack Dorsey, the current CEO, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams in 2006. William and Dorsey are among its top shareholders. The former owns about 20 million shares, and the latter approximately 16.6 million shares.
Facebook Defends Political Campaigns Advertising Policy
It has been proven that misinformation on social media networks had a significant impact on the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. Some social networks responded by banning potentially misleading political advertisements. Facebook has, however, changed its censorship strategy, and is no longer looking to filter such promotions.
Grow Your Brand on Social Media
Social media is more than a sounding board for political activists, bored teenagers, and stifled stay-at-home moms. Rather, social media is an incredibly powerful online platform that makes it incredibly easy for brands and customers to connect, regardless of locales, time zones, and work schedules. With the right pitch, you’ll be able to effortlessly grow your brand.
Danger to US – How Truly Close are Russia and Iran?
The US and Iran are embroiled in a recent escalated conflict, ever since the death of Iran’s Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani. He was killed in a drone strike at the Baghdad Airport. Iran retaliated by striking US bases in Iraq. There is talk in the Russian media of Russia supplying C-400 weapon systems to Iraq. The information came from a member of the Russian Ministry of Defense. The S-400 Triumf, previously known as the S-300PMU-3, is an anti-aircraft weapon system developed in the 1990s by Russia’s Almaz Central Design Bureau as an upgrade of the S-300 family. It has been in service with the Russian Armed Forces since 2007.
Xiaohongshu, Chinese Social Media Platform, Growing Rapidly
On January 6, the 2020 New List Conference was held in Beijing. Minako, the leader of the ecological cooperation of Xiaohongshu Social media, revealed in the conference speech that as of December 2019, the number of single-day exposures of the Xiaohongshu social media has exceeded 4.5 billion. In 2018, overall active users increased by 4.4 times, and male active users increased by 14.5 times.
The Rise and Fall of Social Media Influence Against Totalitarian Regimes
Social media has become part of our daily lives, from reading breaking news, to communication for business and personal purposes. It is an important tool for many in their daily lives, no matter how one uses it. It is also a dangerous tool, where one can have their life ruined. People have lost jobs over their posts, as well as being targeted and bullied on social media platforms. Some take it upon themselves to label other people online with the false narrative of being trolls (even though the profiles are legit!), just to cause turmoil.
Goodbye Privacy in France! New Measures to Track and Monitor the Social Media of French Citizens
The French government announced additional measures to curb tax evaders. France’s constitutional council ruled the government has a right to expand its powers to monitor the social media of its citizens in order to collect information pertaining to tax evasion. The Constitutional Council is the highest constitutional authority in France. It was established by the Constitution of the Fifth Republic in 1958 to ensure that constitutional principles and rules are upheld. It is housed in the Palais-Royal, Paris.
How to Promote a Language School on Different Social Media
If your language school isn’t on social media already, you are missing out on an effective and inexpensive marketing tool. Social media has an enormous targeting capability, a lot of reach and scale and it costs less than most marketing channels. People spend time on social media and it’s easier to reach them there.
But, not every social media will fit your school – not every platform suits every type of business. This is why it’s so important to analyse and see what will work best for you and where you are most likely to reach your target audience.
2019 Strategies and Trends to Follow to Promote Instagram Email Marketing Efforts
2019 is the year for new trends in Instagram marketing that you should know and follow in order to gain the maximum leverage of your email marketing efforts. Over the years, email marketing has proven to be the most traditional and one of the most effective ways to promote a brand and reach out to the larger section of the audience. This will ensure that you get noticed by the users and enable them to take the desired actions as well.
Telegram Token Sale Halted by the SEC
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has asked the Telegram Group to halt the sale of its Gram cryptocurrency. According to a press release published by the agency, a temporary restraining order has been obtained to stop the firm and its subsidiaries from going ahead with the event.
Natural and Organic Cosmetics Market Growing by the Consumer
Global Natural & Organic Cosmetics Market has witnessed a steady growth over the past few years. MRFR projects that the market is set to exhibit a compound annual growth rate of 9.60% during the forecast period (2018-2023) and reach a valuation in excess of $25.1 billion.
Advertising with a Freelance Global Gig Business Platform – Making Digital Advertising Easier Than You Think!
Digital advertising is changing and becoming more and more based on the platforms of a few companies using the following advertising methods: social media, influencers, marketing, web analyst, blogs, news, podcasts and digital marketing. How does a small company or business compete on these massive platforms? It’s easy. Hire a specialist who understands the gig economy.
Biden, Trump and Ukraine’s Troll Farm
Journalist Judd Legum tweeted a link pertaining to a Ukranian troll operation on Facebook. Legum was previously in charge of ThinkProgress.org, which ceased to exist earlier this month. Additionally, he was Hilary Clinton’s campaign manager from 2007-2008.
WordPress Freelance Gig Market to See Robust Growth with Tumblr Merger
WordPress is the foundation with about 34% of all websites used from mom and pop stores to large news sites like ours at Communal News. They have built one of the Internet’s largest network effects with an open source platform; they have thousands of vertical markets supporting their very large and impressive installed website base. Freelance Global Gigs (FGG) Low Cost Marketplace network is offering very specialized, low-cost, open, vertical design to support the WordPress marketplace and help accelerate the growth of your private websites with WordPress & Tumblr integrations. Consider joining our platform if you can offer high-level, specialized skills in WordPress and Tumblr support such as:
Social Media Freelance Global Gig Marketplace
Freelance Global Gigs (FGG) Low Cost Marketplace will open soon to provide help for Social Media Marketers, allowing small and mid-sized companies a high level of specialized support and services for their social media needs at a low cost. If you can provided social media services and would like to grow with us, we would like your support– especially if you can contribute to any of these key social media marketing needs:
- Ad deployment and review
- Social Media/Social Media Influencer Manager
- Social Media Strategist
- Social Media Coordinator
- Social Media Location based Marketing
- Social Media + Client Account Lead
- Social Media Marketing Manager
- Social Media Specialist (Cryptocurrency)
- Social Media PR Corporate Communications Manager Influencer Marketing Manager
- Social Media/Online Reputation Manager
- US Brands Social Media
- Digital Marketing Specialist
- Social media Advertising Buyer
- And more…
Putin’s Use of Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact to Glorify Stalin – Dark Times Ahead?
In a historic move, Russia released the original copy of The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact two months ago. However, the question remains: What is the Kremlin’s end game? Russia’s social media propaganda machine has been very busy spinning the narrative of a Russian sphere of influence using constant subliminal messages. It’s all part of Vladimir Putin’s new narrative that it was necessary for the Soviet Union to collapse so that a new Russian empire can rise from the ashes.
Twitter and Facebook Block Nearly 1,000 Chinese Official “Fake News” Accounts
Social media Twitter and Facebook announced on Monday that they blocked a large number of accounts on their platforms. The two social media giants said that these accounts spread false information about Hong Kong demonstrations and they were dominated by Chinese officials.
Family Problems Behind American Woman Arrest and Detention in Egyptian Jail
An Egyptian, whose sister was detained on arrival at Cairo International Airport from Washington last month, said that family problems might be behind his sister’s arrest. Mustafa Desouki told news reporters that he was looking after his 13-year-old nephew, Mustafa Hamed, after his mother and other uncles were arrested.
China Joins in on Russia’s Information and Propaganda Campaign
In recent days, the Chinese media has been glorifying Russia and its various national and international accomplishments. Since all media is government run and there is a Great Firewall of China, the only news Chinese citizens can get is through the state-run and approved outlets.
Using Social Media During Your Divorce – The Dos and Don’ts
As a divorce lawyer at the Vitale Family Law firm in Raleigh, North Carolina, I’d like to share a few things to keep in mind when it comes to using social media during a divorce. Just because you’re going through a divorce doesn’t mean you have to shut down your social life or delete all of your social media accounts.
However, it’s usually in your best interest to be careful about what you share online with the world. Here are five tips to help you make smarter choices regarding how you use social media during the divorce process.
Russia Meddling in US Elections 2.0
On June 30th a white paper was released that had been compiled for the American defense establishment. The title is Russsian Strategic Intentions, A Strategic Multiplayer Assessment dated May 2019. The analysis was compiled by some of the top-level research analysts within the US defense sector.
The key point, or thesis, of this paper is that after 20 years of the Putin regime, Russia is as hostile and as expansionist minded as they were during the Soviet era. However, since many western nations are not successfully fighting ideological propaganda from Russian sponsored channels, an escalation of the military conflict is highly likely.
The World We Live In – Technology is Not Bringing Us Together
Today is July 7, 2019 and the world we live in is in complete disarray. Real is not real. Fake is in. Petty has replaced common sense along with common decency. We have a crook in the oval office; and not a good one may I add.
Everything revolves around social media likes and comments. The world is at a point where doing something “out of the kindness of your heart” has to be documented for a later release. It seems as if love has lost the ongoing battle to vanity.
Russian Propaganda Targets US Cyber Warfare
The year is 1984, and Ronald Regan and Mikhail Gorbachev faceoff over nukes and the fate of the world…
The year is 2019, and what is old is new again.
The US strategic programs utilized during the Soviet era and the Cold War are making a huge comeback. An example would be QRHELPFUL, the program used by the CIA to install a western style of governance in Poland. A new Russian law taking effect in November 2019, is meant to further isolate western sources via the Russian internet. The law’s supporters are targeting Russian citizens with fear mongering and claiming the US is going on the offensive. When in reality the US is securing counter measures due to Russian information warfare attacks on the West.
5 Ways to Make Your Video Content Social Media Ready
We are going to take on what you need to know on how to create amazing video content for your marketing efforts on social media and make it go viral. As many have noticed about videos for a long time now so it doesn’t come as a shocker when we talk about that if you haven’t started publishing videos yet, it’s time to move on and get rolling as part of your overall b2b marketing strategy.
Midterm Test: Will Twitter, Facebook & Google Honor Shareholders or Weaponize?
Stocks of Facebook (FB) Google Alphabet (GOOGL) and Twitter (TWTR) are mentioned.
- CEO claiming employee advocacy and social selling are key marketing channels. Reason why you’ve been hearing so much about employee advocacy programs recently.
- How social media became a weapon of war. There is still a kind of denialism at these tech companies because they control the platforms that literally set the rules of the new game.
- Corporation functions as a trustee, it also has certain affirmative duties to its shareholders. The most important of these duties is to act impartially with respect to the interests of its multiple owners. To act in good faith and basic fairness with respect to conflicting interests among its shareholders.
- By controlling the attention of over 2 billion people, Mark Zuckerberg is tearing up the fabric of society and destroying democracy.
- Twitter has been slapped with a lawsuit by a conservative journalist who says he’s been unfairly banned from the social-media platform due to his political viewpoints.
- Zuckerberg and his colleagues automated system could also be used by politically motivated customers to direct political or ideological messages at Facebook users. This was precisely what had happened during the presidential election.
- Trump accused Google of manipulating search results to show negative stories about him. A week later, congressional lawmakers rebuked the company for failing to send one of its top executives to testify at a hearing alongside Facebook and Twitter.
- Related Nike/Kaepernick Social Strategy
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