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Twitter will soon let organizations verify related accounts

Twitter Blue verification was a complete disaster in exactly the ways everyone predicted It lasted less than 48 hours. K. Bell @karissabe   Screenshot via Twitter Elon Musk’s plan to democratize Twitter verification lasted less than two days. Twitter has temporarily pulled new signups for Twitter Blue after the platform was overrun by verified trolls. … Continue reading Twitter will soon let organizations verify related accounts

Elon Musk says Twitter will form a ‘moderation council’ before it reinstates banned accounts

Elon Musk has begun his takeover of Twitter Twitter could change dramatically under Musk’s leadership. K. Bell @karissabe   Dado Ruvic / reuters After months of legal drama, Elon Musk has begun his takeover of Twitter, according to The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. His first move was to fire CEO Parag Agrawal, Chief … Continue reading Elon Musk says Twitter will form a ‘moderation council’ before it reinstates banned accounts

Things Are Looking Up: Firm Offers Reverse Lookups For LinkedIn Accounts

Things Are Looking Up: Firm Offers Reverse Lookups For LinkedIn Accounts by Ray Schultz , Columnist, August 30, 2022 The old direct-marketing business had several schemes for finding B2B prospects. You could rent a list, do a reverse phone lookup and hope that the person was still at their job and wouldn’t be annoyed when … Continue reading Things Are Looking Up: Firm Offers Reverse Lookups For LinkedIn Accounts

Elon Musk accuses Twitter of fraud for hiding real number of fake accounts

Twitter sues Elon Musk for attempting to back out of $44 billion buyout deal The suit sets the stage for a lengthy legal battle. I. Bonifacic @igorbonifacic   Andrew Kelly / reuters Twitter is suing Elon Musk to force the Tesla and SpaceX CEO to complete his $44 billion acquisition of the social media company. … Continue reading Elon Musk accuses Twitter of fraud for hiding real number of fake accounts

Google Allowing Retailers to Link PayPal, Google Merchant Center Accounts

Google Allowing Retailers to Link PayPal, Google Merchant Center Accounts by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, May 12, 2020 In an effort to make it easier for merchants to run Google’s free Shopping Ads, retailers can now link their PayPal and Google Merchant Center accounts. In April, Google took steps to make it free to sell on … Continue reading Google Allowing Retailers to Link PayPal, Google Merchant Center Accounts

Google removed 2.7 billion bad ads, nearly 1 million ad accounts in 2019

This year,the company says it has removed “tens of millions” of COVID-19 related ads. Ginny Marvin on April 30, 2020 Last year, Google says it took down 2.7 billion so-called bad ads for violating the company’s ad policies, according to its annual report released Thursday. That’s up from the 2.3 billion bad ads Google reported … Continue reading Google removed 2.7 billion bad ads, nearly 1 million ad accounts in 2019