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In Protest Cities, Twitter's Billboards Amplify Black Voices

In Protest Cities, Twitter’s Billboards Amplify Black Voices

While many brands have released statements in support of Black Lives Matter, few have gone out of their way to advertise directly to the communities where protesters have been rallying for the movement. For Juneteenth, the annual June 19 holiday commemorating the emancipation of U.S. slaves, Twitter has launched a wide range of initiatives in […]

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A teenager’s guide to building the world’s best pandemic and protest trackers

A teenager’s guide to building the world’s best pandemic and protest trackers

Schiffmann could have rested on his laurels, but the murder of George Floyd prompted another project. This new site is simple and serves one primary purpose: find local protests. So how did Schiffmann do it? We spoke to him to find out how he got involved—and what advice he could give anyone else who fancies

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Protest propaganda is riding on the success of pandemic hoaxes

Protest propaganda is riding on the success of pandemic hoaxes

In one version, tens of thousands of protesters are marching to force accountability on the US justice system, shining a light on policing policies that protect white lives and property above anything else—and are being met with the same brutality and indifference they are protesting against. In the other, driven by Donald Trump, US attorney

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Social shorts: Facebook tests Brand Collabs tool on IG, Twitter beefs up safety council, YouTube creators protest censorship

Social shorts: Facebook tests Brand Collabs tool on IG, Twitter beefs up safety council, YouTube creators protest censorship

This collection of social media marketing and new hire announcements is a compilation of the past week’s briefs from our daily Marketing Land newsletter. Click here to subscribe and get more news like this delivered to your inbox every morning. Facebook tests Brand Collabs tool on Instagram creators, Snapchat launches new ad format Instagram brand

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Apple CEO Tim Cook lambasted for pulling Hong Kong protest app

Apple Inc. took down a Hong Kong protest app late yesterday after pressure from China, only to prompt a torrent of criticism today from some quarters. On Wednesday, China state media criticized Apple for allowing the app in the App Store, calling the technology “poisonous.” The app in question, HKmap.live, allowed users to locate Hong

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Australian State’s Proposed Ag-Gag Law Threatens General Right To Protest, Critics Warn

from the watch-out-mushy-headed-vegans dept Ag-gag laws usually claim to be about protecting farmers from animal activists. But trespass laws already do that quite effectively. In reality, ag-gag laws are mostly about preventing activists from gathering photographic evidence of the poor conditions in which animals are kept on some farms. Techdirt has written a number of

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China’s Uighurs use domestic version of TikTok in rare protest to govt

Muslims in the most oppressed and closed-off region in China are using the country’s version of TikTok, the video-sharing app popular among Generation Z, to tell the world about the government’s abuse. Dozens of people from the Uighur ethnic minority have in recent weeks posted edited videos of themselves on Douyin, the video platform, appearing

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