| Facebook Is Taking Aim at Posts With False Information About How to Vote
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 Facebook continues to take steps to safeguard the upcoming midterm elections in the U.S., announcing late Monday that it is targeting posts containing misrepresentations about how to vote. Public policy manager Jessica Leinwand said in a Newsroom post that posts with false information about the voting process are now banned, offering as examples claims that...
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| This Refinery29 Co-founder Is No Stranger to Leaps of Faith
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 Making courageous moves amid a lot of uncertainty has colored the life of Christene Barberich, the global editor in chief and co-founder of Refinery29, the lifestyle-focused media company. Take, for example, an essay she wrote in 2015 about her five miscarriages. "It was incredibly terrifying, but also liberating," Barberich recalled. "I wrote it for myself...
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| Obviously Caters to Its Clients With an Army of Influencers
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 It's not obvious why full-service influencer agency Obviously got its name--unless you know a certain inside joke. The shop's founder and CEO, Mae Karwowski, said that when she was working at lifestyle site Gilt City, co-workers finished off their summary of what other team members were doing with: "And with social, obviously, Mae is doing...
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| ABC Is Giving Itself a Roseanne Do-Over With The Conners
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 Few recent TV shows have exploded on the scene--and then imploded--with the force and speed of ABC's Roseanne revival last spring. The sitcom debuted in March to 18.2 million viewers and a 5.2 rating in the 18-49 demo, making it the most-watched comedy telecast in more than three years, and led all entertainment shows last...
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| Infographic: The Top Brands That Are Truly Capitalizing on Influencer Marketing
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 Anyone with an Instagram account can see that brands are utilizing influencer marketing, but which brands are really capitalizing on it? Influencer marketing platform Mavrck analyzed the categories and brands dominating the trend as well as the growth of the influencer industry overall since 2014. Fashion and apparel is the most common category--or, as Mavrck...
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| Blockchain Isn't Just a Buzzword Anymore. How Advertisers Are Testing Its Applications
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 Perhaps Dunkin' should change its tagline to Running on Blockchain. Early next year, the company, using blockchain technology from a startup called iPowow, will let TV viewers who have watched a commercial enter a code online to get discounts and prizes. Beyond building an engaged and loyal fan base, Dunkin' hopes blockchain can improve its...
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| Judge tosses Stormy Daniels' defamation suit against Trump
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 WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge dismissed Stormy Daniels' defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump on Monday, saying the president made a "hyperbolic statement" against a political adversary when he tweeted about a composite sketch the porn actress' lawyer released. Read more...
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| Apple fixes its new bagel emoji with cream cheese and a doughier consistency
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 Apple's most egregious crime in recent memory — a subpar bagel emoji — has been rectified, as first spotted by Jeremy Burge of Emojipedia. In the fourth beta release of iOS 12.1, it appears that the bagel has been replaced with a new icon that features both cream cheese and a doughier consistency more reminiscent of a fresh, hand-rolled bagel and not the frozen and machine-cut grocery store variety it was accused of emulating in its original form. If you haven't been following the bagel emoji controversy, it's likely because you have better ways to spend your time. But to catch you up quickly: the iOS bagel emoji — like Android's goofy cheeseburger one that generated negative headlines last year — was widely decried for its unappetizing...
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