Technological Totalitarianism & Facebook's Deception

By David Erickson | November 16, 2018

Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 249

BL and David discuss the new revelations of Facebook’s shady response to the Russian infiltration of its network; China ZTE’s exporting of the technological tools of totalitarianism to Venezuela; the Wall Street Journal’s efforts to detect deepfakes; the long-form video trend at YouTube; Firefox Monitor’s data breach notifications; a hilarious response to cheap clients; Facebook’s Most Amazing Dog show; Pandora’s Podcast Genome project; Iceland Foods’ banned Christmas commercial; Coca-Cola’s sappy social media wipe; the GoFundMe fraud story gets fraud-ier; and much, much more.

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Iceland’s Christmas Ad Banned

A banned Christmas ad is turning into an earned media bonanza for Iceland Foods.

Palm oil plantations are among the biggest driver of deforestation, threatening the orangutan with extinction 🐒
Take a stance and enjoy a Rang-tan friendly Christmas this year.#NoPalmOilChristmas https://t.co/P8H61t6lWu

— Iceland Foods ❄️ (@IcelandFoods) November 9, 2018