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Only 66% Of Companies Agree: Social Media Poses Significant Risk To Brand Reputation

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Two-thirds of companies agree that social media poses a significant or critical risk of damage to their organization’s reputation. Moreover, many companies have not yet implemented policies, procedures or training to help mitigate those risks. Only 30% update their policies annually. Training?

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Social Media News Ticker: Twitter Redesign, Facebook Adds Custom Gender Options

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Recognizing “it’s complicated,” Facebook expands profile gender options beyond male and female – Facebook users can now choose a “custom gender pronoun” to express their identity on the social network; those who choose a custom gender can also control who they share that gender choice with on the platform (re/code).

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Does the Law Have No Sense of Humor?

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Social media platforms such as Twitter are private companies and set the terms of service for the use of their platform. Part of the reason for that is how deeply binary our social networks are, another reason is our last ounce of collective patience is long gone. Milton Berle once said “Laughter is an instant vacation.”

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