• Time

    Ally of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Demands End to Ban on Social Media Platform X

    A key ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X.

  • Billionaire Republican donor’s firm brands Trump’s social media CEO ‘loser’

    Ken Griffin’s Citadel Securities claimed Devin Nunes would be ‘fired on The Apprentice’ amid stock trading rowThe CEO of Donald Trump’s social media empire was branded a “proverbial loser” whom the former president “would have fired on The Apprentice” by a trading firm owned by the billionaire Republican donor Ken Griffin on Friday.In an extraordinary statement, Citadel Securities accused Devin Nunes, chief executive of Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), of trying to deflect blame for the...

    • CNN

    Taylor Swift’s new album allegedly ‘leaked’ on social media and it’s causing a frenzy

    Social media can be a divisive place, but even more so when it comes to Taylor Swift. A Google Drive link allegedly containing 17 tracks that are purportedly from Swift’s eagerly awaited “The Tortured Poets Department” album has been making the rounds on the internet in the past day and people are equal parts mad, sad and happy about it. CNN has reached out to Swift’s representative for comment. The actual album is slated to drop at midnight Friday, but the claimed leak is both being hailed and...

  • What happens when we train our AI on social media?

    The unique relationship between social media and AI continues to develop in interesting ways, with Reddit’s recent deal with Google allowing their AI to train on its content, and tech companies’ sudden interest in once-popular social media sites like Photobucket.  But there is a question looming in the background of these deals: Even if AI companies can train their models on social media, is doing so really such a good idea?  AI companies have largely relied on the internet, especially...

  • Divide And Conquer: The Government's Propaganda Of Fear And Fake News

    Divide And Conquer: The Government's Propaganda Of Fear And Fake News Authored by John and Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “It is the function of mass agitation to exploit all the grievances, hopes, aspirations, prejudices, fears, and ideals of all the special groups that make up our society, social, religious, economic, racial, political. Stir them up. Set one against the other. Divide and conquer. That’s the way to soften up a democracy.” - J. Edgar Hoover,...

  • Opinion: Social Media Ads – Gen-Z’s Biggest Life-Hack

    Have you ever wondered why so many brands are switching to digital social media platforms, like TikTok and Instagram, as their primary advertising mediums? Are you one of those people who criticise the new generation of creatives for their choice of advertising platform? After all, aren’t traditional linear TV ads what’s worked well for decades? […]

  • OJ Simpson’s Last Video Before His Death Is Going Viral On Social Media

    OJ Simpson lost his life on Wednesday night, which was shocking since he stated something very different about his health less than two months ago. The former Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers running back claimed his health was improving in a video posted just two months before his death Wednesday at 76 years old. …

  • PR Daily’s Social Media & Digital Awards Class of 2024 finalists announced

    From inspiring employee communications to delivering powerful stories, these organizations move on to the next round, with winners announced in August. From inspiring employee communications to delivering powerful stories, these organizations move on to the next round. Social media and digital communications work can feel thankless. Behind the scenes, creators work hard to stay up […]

  • Sammy’s Law in California seeks to protect youth from social media drug sales

    After their son died from a fentanyl pill purchased on social media, Sammy Berman and Laura Chapman fight for change.

  • Sammy’s Law in California seeks to protect youth from social media drug sales

    After their son died from a fentanyl pill purchased on social media, Sammy Berman and Laura Chapman fight for change.

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    Sammy’s Law in California seeks to protect youth from social media drug sales

    After their son died from a fentanyl pill purchased on social media, Sammy Berman and Laura Chapman fight for change.

  • Beyond NYU: Writing to help women combat social media’s toxic impact

    CAS alum Kara Alaimo is encouraging women to overcome the problematic nature of social media through her new book, “Over the Influence: Why Social Media is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back.” Alaimo always planned to study journalism in the College of Arts & Science, but became interested This story Beyond NYU: Writing to help women combat social media’s toxic impact appeared first on Washington Square News.