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Facebook’s fake news battle in Canada

Sherrilynne Starkie

Facebook Canada has launched a new fact-checking program aimed at helping combat fake news from spreading. . The initiative is a collaboration with Agence France-Presse (AFP) whose Canada-based fact-checkers will review news stories on Facebook in English and French and rate their accuracy. Fact-checking stories.

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Top Five: Finally some good news

Sherrilynne Starkie

This week’s top 5 must-know social media news for marketing and communications professionals see a lot of good work by both Google and Facebook in the effort to improve the quality of news and reporting. Google to tell us the good news for once. A new feature is rolling out on Google Assistant. Not so much.

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Top Five Social Media News: Instagram native scheduling is here!

Sherrilynne Starkie

Lots of social media news out this week and here’s a summary of the top five stories you need to know. Pinterest has launched a personalized “ shopping hub” that displays at the top of users’ feeds with product recommendations pulled from retailers’ organic ProductPins and Catalog feeds. I’m happy for this news!

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A digital media framework for smart marketing communications

Sherrilynne Starkie

This is where we go for breaking news and to connect with journalists, policymakers and politicians. After several years of decline, the 2020 pandemic has more Canadians checking out the news from mainstream media outlets. In fact, we’re spending about a half an hour more each day consuming news content.

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Top Five: New Whatsapp for Business

Sherrilynne Starkie

Facebook updates news feeds to prioritize local news. Facebook is now prioritizing local news as a part of a new emphasis on high-quality news. Stories from loca l news publishers may appear higher in news feed for followers in publishers’ geographic areas. Feb 01, 2018.

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Top Five: YouTube’s fake news fight

Sherrilynne Starkie

Top Five: YouTube's Fake News fight. Must-know social media news including YouTube's Fake News fight, AR in Facebook ads, Snapchat's Lens Explorer, Quora and Earned Media, Instagram's Questions Sticker. 25 million from YouTube to support online video news. Another nail in the coffin for Fake News. followers .

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Facebook Reader a welcome feature

Sherrilynne Starkie

I liked that it had the ability to search through feeds to find specific content. I like that my online communities help surface the content that is most relevant to me and it seems to keep me up to date with news and events. My pages feed is largely populated by updates from media outlets, clients and other brands.

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