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The Facebook candidate: Beto O'Rourke's social media savvy fuels long-shot Ted Cruz challenge (USA Today)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 10/26/2018 - 06:24Facebook takes down ads mentioning African-Americans and Hispanics, calling them political
Dozens of advertisements removed from Facebook for being political ahead of the November midterm elections did not appear to express any political view. The ads from businesses, universities, nonprofits and other organizations did seem to have something in common: They mentioned "African-American," "Latino," "Hispanic," "Mexican," "women," "LGBT" or were written in Spanish. Even offers of free delivery from Chipotle Mexican Grill were mislabeled as political.
Pulled over while connected: Siri can quietly video record the police (USA Today)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 10/04/2018 - 11:50What you need to know about Google's personalized ads and how to turn them off (USA Today)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 06:27
Trump's use of Google, Facebook questioned
As President Donald Trump increasingly criticizes social media companies and Google’s treatment of him, former aides said they never saw him use many of the websites he vilifies.