If you’ve been around the blog for any time at all, I’m sure you’ve seen me talk about the importance of having an online presence that you control as part of your professional life. We’ve talked many times about how putting forth a professional, knowledgeable, image into the online world would be the best thing…
In a blog post shared on Wednesday, Williams said he wants to move away from ad-supported content, which is how most stuff on the internet generates revenue. Williams described that business model, which is almost entirely dependent on clicks and views, as a “broken system.” “The vast majority of articles, videos, and other ‘content’ we…
Word has it that the German government is mulling a new law under which Facebook could be fined up to 500,000 euros ($522,000) per fake news story per day it’s on the platform. The law would reportedly apply to other social networks as well. “If after the relevant checks Facebook does not immediately, within 24…
Since we are all in a tizzy about fake news, and Russian hacking, here’s one for you. I’ve seen this headline shared all over the place for the last couple of days: Russian operation hacked a Vermont utility This sounds awful. Clearly the Russians are trying to hack the power grid, and disrupt life in…
“These are the tools necessary to do real censorship of real and important ideas. Whether Facebook intends to use them that way initially or not, and I’m sure it doesn’t, the simple fact is that there’s no other way a trend toward censorship could possibly start, than this. Simply by setting a precedent that this…
It’s never a bad thing to stay safe online, but the holidays offer a time when hackers and others know that you might have your guard down, or be doing a bit more online shopping than usual. Given that, here’s an article with some good advice on staying safe! http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ways-stay-safe-scams-holiday-season/