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The tools we need to take control of my personal privacy and data

February 11, 2018 by Joe Thornley, Gini Dietrich and Martin Waxman Leave a Comment

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The Privacy Commissioner of Canada looks at de-indexing and takedown notices as tools to provide us with more control over our data. And we take another look at the opacity of Facebook’s measures on news in the Newsfeed.
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Filed Under: Inside PR Tagged With: data, Facebook, news, privacy

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Facebook leaves publishers at the altar

January 22, 2018 by Joe Thornley, Gini Dietrich and Martin Waxman Leave a Comment

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Less news in the newsfeed. More things that my friends share or that I click on. We discuss the implications of this for news outlets, PR people and Facebook users themselves.
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Filed Under: Inside PR Tagged With: distributed content, Facebook, news

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423: Has Big Tech Become Too Powerful?

September 24, 2015 by Martin Waxman, Gini Dietrich and Joe Thornley Leave a Comment

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This week, we talk about the big three – Apple, Google and Facebook – and a NYTimes op-ed by Robert Reich called, Big Tech Has Become Way Too Powerful. Reich contends Facebook, Google and Apple have too much influence over governments and regulators and the way we discover news and content.
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Filed Under: Inside PR Tagged With: #IPRMustKnow, Apple, Facebook, Gini Dietrich, Google+, Inside PR, Joe Thornley, Martin Waxman, media, news, NYTimes, PR, Robert Reich, social media

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