Mindy Robinson, a conservative actress and girlfriend of former UFC fighter Randy Couture, was banned from posting to Facebook for 30 days after she shared abusive messages she received on the platform. After a Breitbart News request for comment and outreach from fans, Facebook has reversed the suspension. Conservative actress Mindy Robinson was banned from posting to her Facebook page for 30 days after she posted screenshots of threats and insults she received on the social media platform. Breitbart News spoke directly with Robinson who outlined the situation.“The page is up, I’m on a 30-day ban from using it though. There is, of course, the looming threat that they will just unpublish the page and I’ll lose all 136k followers,” said Robinson. “Personally I’m tired of getting constant unsolicited threats from ‘tolerant’ liberals. I wanted to show people what they say when they think they can’t be held accountable. I even … [Read more...] about Facebook Reverses Unfair Suspension of Conservative Actress Mindy Robinson
Facebook Facial Recognition Notification Coincides with Biometric Data Lawsuit Ruling
Facebook’s latest facial recognition announcement, which appeared on the site yesterday, coincides with a recent court ruling relating to the collection of biometric data. Fast Company reports that Facebook users may have recently seen a notification on their Facebook page alerting them that face recognition features have been disabled but that users can enable the feature in settings. The notification states that facial recognition can provide a number of features such as finding photos that the user hasn’t tagged themselves in, protecting the user from strangers using their photos, and describing to visually impaired users various photos and videos. A screenshot of the notification can be seen below:Of course, the social media giant has been using automatic facial recognition on most users for some time, which has led to lawsuits in the past. In response to this, Facebook said last year that they would work to update their privacy settings to better … [Read more...] about Facebook Facial Recognition Notification Coincides with Biometric Data Lawsuit Ruling
Newspapers Launch PAC to Lobby Congress over Google and Facebook
The News Media Alliance (NMA), which “represents over 2,000 newspapers in the U.S.”, has launched a political action committee in their effort to take on Google and Facebook. According to Axios, the NMA will use the PAC “to ask Congress for an antitrust safe harbor against Google and Facebook,” and to stop news print tariffs in Canada.“It’s the first-ever PAC created by the newspaper industry,” the NMA explained, adding, “It’s a sign that the newspaper industry feels it needs to step up its lobbying efforts to survive in a digital-first era dominated by tech companies.” In a statement, News Media Alliance President David Chavern declared, “We [have] gotten to the point where we feel we need a political voice to create change for the industry.”Google and Facebook control the online ad market — Google by itself generates more advertising dollars than the entire global print market. Google and Facebook … [Read more...] about Newspapers Launch PAC to Lobby Congress over Google and Facebook
On its birthday, Alamo Drafthouse delivered day’s sickest burn on Facebook
Happy birthday, Drafthouse! (Stephen Spillman for AMERICAN-STATESMAN) So ever since the Drafthouse announced the ladies-only Wonder Woman screening, they have gotten more than a few trolls responding. Trolls? She got this. It also happens to be the 20th anniversary of the Drafthouse itself– the first one opened May 25, 1997.Since then, the Drafthouse has become one of the most influential brands in American cinema. They’ve opened dozens of locations, thrown thousands of events, started Fantastic Fest and catered to movie nerds of all stripes while retaining a pro-active, progressive social stances. More: It’s Alamo Drafthouse’s 20th birthday. Here are 20 times the theater told us to shut up. So it seems fitting that, given their dexterity in changing with the times, their social media person delivered a burn so sick in re: the Wonder Woman screening that you could hear jaws drop all over the internet. Are you sitting down? You should sit down: Note that … [Read more...] about On its birthday, Alamo Drafthouse delivered day’s sickest burn on Facebook
Watch: Lancaster County historians answer ‘We the People’ questions on local history during Facebook Live chat
Lancaster County residents love their local history.When it comes to submitting questions to LNP | LancasterOnline’s “We the People” series — a reader-powered journalism project through which readers suggest topics and then vote which one deserves investigation — you can always count on a few that touch on Lancaster County’s storied past.Several “We the People” reports have focused on historical questions, from the first settlers of Lancaster County to a mythical underground tunnel under the city and a mysterious head in a window in Peach Bottom.On Thursday, Marianne Heckles, a research assistant at LancasterHistory.org, and Heather Tennies, director of archives services, tackled several more local history questions during a Facebook Live interview from LNP studios.Questions on the agenda included the origins of several local place names, the shape of Lancaster County, vanishing hex signs and local orphanages.Check out the most recent We … [Read more...] about Watch: Lancaster County historians answer ‘We the People’ questions on local history during Facebook Live chat