Say goodbye to your Google+ account. I know you probably did that a long time ago but Google is making it official. Note this Google+ for consumers only. I never really got into Google+ and I do spend a lot of time on social media. I just never thought it was clever, cool or made much sense. Google just seemed like they created something so they could say we are social too. On their blog … [Read more...]
Social Media companies on notice in Germany as new legislation passes
Back in March we wrote about a proposed German law to fine social media companies that did not remove hate speech. The New York Times reported that the law has passed and things are about to get tricky for social media companies doing business in Germany. There is plenty of speech that is obviously wrong to any reasonable person, but there might be some instances where things are gray. That … [Read more...]
German cabinet OKs fines up to $53M for social networks that don’t delete hate speech fast
A couple weeks ago we wrote about Germany taking hate speech and fake news seriously. In an article out from Reuters it looks like the fines are going to be huge and I would expect companies either pulling out of Germany or moderating a lot of content. From the article: Germany has some of the world's toughest laws covering defamation, public incitement to commit crimes and threats of … [Read more...]
Germany is not messing around when it comes to fake news
Germany is not screwing around when it comes to fake news. Digiday.com goes into the details about the new law. Basically fake news is considered criminal content. From the article: Last week, Germany formally proposed a law to fine social networks up to €50 million ($54 million) if they fail to remove harmful fake news or defamatory content — what it’s calling “criminal content” — from their … [Read more...]
60 Minutes Covered Vine Millionaires on Sunday; Today It’s All Over
On Sunday the television show 60 minutes covered "The Influencers" "Social media stars are earning big money for pitching products in short, often silly, postings seen by millions of followers." Parts of the 60 Minutes segment chatted with people who said they were making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year on Vine. Today Twitter announced they were killing off Vine after they paid $30 … [Read more...]
Coke Unites Brands Under “Taste the Feeling” They Got Twitter Covered But Not The .Com
Coca-Cola announced today that it has launched "its biggest marketing campaign in a decade, uniting its four brands under one new tagline: "Taste the Feeling". "Coca-Cola today announced that for the first time, all Coke Trademark brands will be united in one global creative campaign: “Taste the Feeling.” "The soft drinks giant will ditch the different brand personalities across Red Coke, … [Read more...]
Google Starts Rolling Out Fully Designed The New Google+
In a blog post today, Google introduced the world to the new Google+ "Today, we’re starting to introduce a fully redesigned Google+ that puts Communities and Collections front and center" "Communities, which now average 1.2 million new joins per day, and Collections, which launched just five months ago and is growing even faster. Whether it’s the Nonfiction Addiction Community, where people … [Read more...]
