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Peloton is blocking the #StopTheSteal hashtag from being created or used

The Verge

Peloton, a company known for its internet-connected bikes and treadmills, is wading into the Stop The Steal mess. The company is now preventing users from creating a #StopTheSteal tag from within the app, saying the tag does not “meet our guidelines” when a user goes to create it. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge.

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Social media platforms still can’t stop mass shooting videos from going viral

Vox

Saturday’s racially motivated made-for-the-internet mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, went differently. It’s a tragedy because you only need one copy of the video for this thing to live forever online and endlessly multiply,” said Emerson Brooking, a resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council think tank who studies social media.

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Links for Nov 17 2013

Eric D. Brown

The Internet Of Things Will Be Huge—Just Not As Huge As The Hype – ReadWrite. Quote : Like most things in life, the real value of the Internet of Things lies somewhere between the hype and where we are now. What’s All The Fuss About Social Selling? What’s All The Fuss About Social Selling? Are they the only thing?

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YouTube has paid more than $30 billion to creators, artists, and others over the last three years

The Verge

Wojcicki noted that at the “scale we operate, it’s hard for creators to keep up with changing Community Guidelines.”. Wojcicki noted that at the “scale we operate, it’s hard for creators to keep up with changing Community Guidelines.”. Mainly, transparency, especially where content strikes and advertising dollars are concerned.

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New SEC guidelines: blogs can be used for investor disclosure - CEO blogging to surge?

Trends in the Living Networks

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced new guidelines (available in the next week or two) that will recognize the role of blogs in disclosing investor-sensitive information to the public. The idea of creating a social network where shareholders could meet and exchange views was barely imaginable.

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Did smartphones “destroy” a generation? The debate, explained.

Vox

Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images What the evidence about social media and teens’ mental health really says. So argues the social psychologist Jonathan Haidt. This dispute has generated reams of commentary as the media’s middle-aged social media users argue about whether their favorite apps are poisoning their kids.

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YouTube has terminated five Myanmar military-run channels as political unrest continues

The Verge

We have terminated a number of channels and removed several videos from YouTube in accordance with our community guidelines and applicable laws,” a YouTube spokesperson tells The Verge. Prior to the coup, the company also terminated 34 channels used as “influence operations” during Myanmar’s election in 2020, according to Reuters.