July 2019

Love Islanders get social media adverts ‘survival kit’

Image copyright ITV Image caption Current Love Island contestant Maura Higgins has 1.2m followers on Instagram Love Island contestants are being given a new guide to help them follow rules on social media advertising. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and ITV have come up with the checklist to help contestants be “upfront” with their followers. […]

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Privacy case settled, Facebook discloses FTC antitrust probe

Facebook says it is under antitrust investigation by the Federal Trade Commission. The company made the announcement just hours after the agency slapped it with a record $5 billion fine and new oversight on its privacy practices. Facebook said Wednesday that it was informed of the FTC’s antitrust investigation in June. On Tuesday, the Department

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At N.A.A.C.P. Forum, 2020 Democrats Say Trump Harms Black Communities

DETROIT — As “Robert Mueller Wednesday” overtook Washington, with the nation transfixed on the congressional testimony of the special counsel who investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election, Democratic presidential hopefuls laid out a different case: that President Trump is a bigot who unduly harms black communities. One by one, at the national convention of

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‘America’s Got Talent’ Flips For Golden Buzzer Acrobats V. Unbeatable

The recently retired NBA star served as a guest judge on “America’s Got Talent” Tuesday and had the pleasure (and anxiety) of watching an acrobatic troupe from India seize its moment. The derring-do and synchronicity of V. Unbeatable produced thrills and mad respect from the former All-Star. Wade asked his wife, judge Gabrielle Union, to

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