Even as the social distancing and quarantine procedures begin to loosen up in some places, major corporations struggle with how best to use social media and other outlets to stay engaged during COVID-19. Many firms turn to charity initiatives and other special efforts to make an impact on the problem before using social media to […]
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Getty First came the crisis. Then the conspiracies. On Facebook, YouTube and other platforms, posts began popping up and going viral: 5G causes COVID-19; drinking bleach can cure it; Bill Gates is behind it. For me, this felt like a bad case of deja vu: another global news event, another flurry of opportunists using social
For the first time in National Football League history, draft day is going remote and online. Social media will play a big part in that transition, and teams have to work in that world securely. In recent years, the NFL turned the day its teams pick their stars of tomorrow into as big an event
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Maintaining personal protection and social distancing will remain part of our “reentry norm” at … [+] least until an antivirus vaccine is readily available Getty In a week where we’ve been reeling from the news of the biggest single monthly retail sales drop since the government began keeping track of it, we are all trying
I literally said it this morning: I’m so tired of using the sad icon on Facebook. There’s so much bad news: people dying of COVID-19, others fighting the virus, and others hit in the collateral damage of an economic collapse. You can’t just “like” a post with the standard thumbs-up when someone says her father
Exaggerations can be amplified on social media Getty According to a new report published earlier this week by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford found that roughly one third of social media users across the United States, as well as Argentina, Germany, South Korea, Spain and United Kingdom,
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Beyond watching YouTube, sharing Instagram photos or reading the latest Twitter updates, smartphone users may be able to use their handheld devices to I.D. COVID-19 in the coming months. An international tandem is working on phone-linked device and interrelated app to allow users to test for the virus at home. According to reports in the
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With the major social media apps often accused of limiting the exposure of posts or using their reach to pitch paid content, a new social media platform vows to make sure your friends see your posts your way, regardless of ideology. The app AllSocial promises to provide its members unprecedented connectivity between their friends and 100% reach
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Lean In/Sheryl Sandberg Sheryl Sandberg has the weight of the world on her shoulders. The chief operating officer of Facebook isn’t just responsible for helping to lead one of the world’s most polarizing companies through a global pandemic, but for the 2.26 billion people who visit its platforms every day. With about one third of
The COVID-19 pandemic already killed off two of the sports world’s spring traditions — the NCAA Basketball Tournament and Major League Baseball’s Opening Day. With the NBA playoffs now on the endangered list, the first major event of the professional golf season got out of the way this week to the chagrin of fans eager
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