Month: May 2021
Social media influencers can’t get away with paid content – Must label them Social media influencers
Advertisement industry watchdog, the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), has made it mandatory for online influencers to prominently label promotional content and do appropriate due diligence about products or services they promote. The rules for influencers’ advertising on digital media platforms come into effect from June 14. The much-needed…
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HBO’s The Last of Us is the rare show letting a video game actor reprise her role
Merle Dandridge, an actor who’s had a long career in television and theater, will be reprising her role of Marlene in HBO’s The Last of Us adaptation, according to Variety and Deadline. Dandridge’s casting is particularly notable because actors in video games are rarely presented with the opportunity to play…
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Joomla blocks FLoC by default in new update FLoC
The free website builder and open source content management system (CMS) Joomla has announced its plans to block Google’s FLoC by default going forward. FLoC or Federated Learning of Cohorts is Google’s new tracking program which aims to replace third-party cookies. Instead of tracking users on an individual basis, FLoC…
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Facebook Is Resuming Political Contributions — But Not To Lawmakers Who Voted Against Certifying The US Election
Facebook is resuming contributions through its political action committee but will not give money to any members of Congress who voted against certifying the 2020 US election, the company notified employees on Thursday. In an internal announcement, Brian Rice, a public policy director at Facebook, said that the decision came…
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Brazilian proptech startup QuintoAndar lands $300M at a $4B valuation
Fintech and proptech are two sectors that are seeing exploding growth in Latin America, as financial services and real estate are two categories in particular dire need of innovation in a region. Brazil’s QuintoAndar, which has developed a real estate marketplace focused on rentals and sales, has seen impressive growth…
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India lobs a verbal grenade: Twitter undermining India’s legal system Twitter
In a wholly predictable turn of events, after Twitter accused India of resorting to intimidatory tactics, the government responded by charging the micro-blogging platform with refusing to comply with the regulations, and seeking to undermine the country’s legal system. India’s trenchant response was always on the cards, as just yesterday…
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