Tag: campaigns

How Amazon Wins: By Steamrolling Rivals and Partners

The Wall Street Journal: To keep customers happy, which Mr. Bezos has long said is Amazon’s fixation and growth strategy, executives behind the scenes have methodically waged targeted campaigns against rivals and partners alike — an approach that has changed little through the years, from diapers to footwear. No competitor is too small to draw Amazon’s sights. It cloned a line…

Facebook Extends Political Ad Ban In US For At Least a Month

Facebook’s ban on political ads, which was initially projected to last just one week, is being extended for at least another month. The decision is aimed at limiting the misinformation that’s spreading rampantly over its platform in the wake of the U.S. election. The Guardian reports: “We are keeping the ad pause and other temporary election protection measures in place as…

Chrome To Block Tab-Nabbing Attacks

Google will deploy a new security feature in Chrome next year to prevent tab-nabbing, a type of web attack that allows newly opened tabs to hijack the original tab from where they were opened. From a report: The new feature is scheduled to go live with Chrome 88, to be released in January 2021. While the term “tab-nabbing” refers to a…

Election-Related Misinformation on Social Media Still ‘Readily Viewable’ – If It’s In Spanish

NBC reports that social media crackdowns on disinformation have been less consistent if the content isn’t in English. One example? “Facebook and YouTube have taken steps to remove QAnon content in English from their platforms, but experts warn there is still a vast amount in Spanish.” The misleading, false and conspiratorial claims that are circulating in Spanish about the outcome of…

How Ex-Facebook Data Experts Spent $75 Million On Targeted Anti-Trump Ads

The night before America’s election, Fast Company reported: On the internet, we’re subject to hidden A/B tests all the time, but this one was also part of a political weapon: a multimillion-dollar tool kit built by a team of Facebook vets, data nerds, and computational social scientists determined to defeat Donald Trump. The goal is to use microtargeted ads, follow-up surveys,…

Defeating Trump, Joe Biden Declared Winner of US Presidential Elections

“BIDEN WINS” declares the all-caps headline at CNN.com. And the headline at NBC News reads “JOE BIDEN DEFEATS DONALD TRUMP TO WIN THE WHITE HOUSE, NBC NEWS PROJECTS.” NBC News reports: Joe Biden became president-elect Saturday after winning the pivotal state of Pennsylvania, NBC News projected. The former vice president amassed 273 Electoral College votes after winning Pennsylvania’s 20 electors, according…

Defeating Trump, Joe Biden Declared Winner of US Presidential Election

“BIDEN WINS” declares the all-caps headline at CNN.com. And the headline at NBC News reads “JOE BIDEN DEFEATS DONALD TRUMP TO WIN THE WHITE HOUSE, NBC NEWS PROJECTS.” NBC News reports: Joe Biden became president-elect Saturday after winning the pivotal state of Pennsylvania, NBC News projected. The former vice president amassed 273 Electoral College votes after winning Pennsylvania’s 20 electors, according…

Brave Hits 20 Million Monthly Users a Year After 1.0 Release

One year after its first 1.0 release, Brave says it has hit the milestone of 20.5 million active monthly users. “At the same time last year, the browser had 8.7 million active monthly users, and of the 20 million monthly users, 7 million are daily users, which represents more than a doubling of last year’s 3 million,” reports ZDNet. “Brave added…

Maze, a Notorious Ransomware Group, Says It’s Shutting Down

One of the most active and notorious data-stealing ransomware groups, Maze, says it is “officially closed.” From a report: The announcement came as a waffling statement, riddled with spelling mistakes, and published on its website on the dark web, which for the past year has published vast troves of stolen internal documents and files from the companies it targeted, including Cognizant,…