Google has decided to limit targeting of political ads, while Twitter is banning them outright.
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Maine Voices: Parents, this holiday season, give your children your presence
There is no more important gift than face-to-face time together, without phones or screens or social media.
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The humble Farmer: What I ‘like’ about Facebook is the help I get from my friends
The Almost Perfect Woman can live without FB, but it’s indispensable to a writer.
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Maine Voices: Internet privacy law is a good first step, but much more needs to be done
Protecting Mainers online calls for regulating websites, social media platforms and data brokers, not just internet service providers.
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Maine Voices: Hunting is for women
Unplug, slow down, get outside and take responsibility for acquiring the meat you eat.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Tech platforms have far to go in policing child exploitation material online
Their ability to take on this task will say much about their ability to take on all the others.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Mark Zuckerberg’s social network in Washington is shrinking
From toast of the town to toxic: the Facebook CEO is on the outs with Democrats.
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Our View: When fake sites and trolls beat facts, we all lose
Fueled by social media and cynical politics, misinformation is rampant, and we are all paying the price.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Forty-six attorneys general have joined antitrust investigation into Facebook
Lawmakers are expected to inquire about the company’s struggles to protect consumer data as well as its efforts to dismantle Russian accounts that seek to manipulate the 2020 election.
Posted inElections, Nation & World, News, Politics
Facebook disables Russian, other misinformation campaigns
The accounts, posing as locals in swing states, followed a similar game plan to election interference efforts in 2016.