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In the wake of last summer’s social justice protests, which consumed sports for much of the second half of 2020, nearly half of all Americans changed their sports viewing habits, according to a new YouGov / Yahoo News poll. As athletes and leagues embraced a new, progressive strategy aimed at amplifying messages of social justice and political advocacy, some Americans began watching more sports, but about three times as many watched less. Of those who watch sports on TV, about 11 percent… Source link

The blockage of nearly 30 million stimulus checks for Social Security and other federal benefits recipients has been resolved after the Social Security Administration sent relevant files to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Thursday morning, according to the House Ways and Means Committee. “We are gratified that the SSA leadership finally recognized the urgency of the moment and acted swiftly on our ultimatum,” members of the committee said in a press release on Thursday. “Now the IRS… Source link

(Bloomberg) — The leaders of the three most popular social media platforms are at odds over the thorniest public policy question they face: who’s responsible for policing the content that appears on their pages. At issue is a decades old law that protects social media companies from liability over content posted by users. The heads of Facebook Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Twitter Inc. are all slated to appear before a House panel Thursday to testify about the spread of false… Source link

More stimulus checks are on the way through direct deposit and the mail. The Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Treasury said Monday that the next batch of Economic Impact Payments will be issued this week with many coming as paper checks or prepaid debit cards. Some direct deposits began processing Friday with an official pay date of Wednesday, March 24. Additional payments are expected to be released on a weekly basis going forward, the IRS said in a news release. “The IRS continues to send… Source link

The CEOs of Facebook (FB), Google (GOOG, GOOGL), and Twitter (TWTR) will appear later this month before a U.S. House subcommittee to face questions over the spread of misinformation tied to the 2020 election and COVID-19. In a new interview, author Walter Isaacson — best known for his biography of late Apple (AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs — said social media platforms should take more responsibility for the extremism and misleading information fostered by their sites. He offered a blistering… Source link

TipRanks 2 ‘Strong Buy’ Stocks With 7% Dividend Yield You can get whiplash, trying to follow the market fluctuations these days. Volatility rules for now, as investors are pulling out of Big Tech – a move that is pushing the general markets down. The bearish sentiment comes as new COVID case numbers are falling, along with the weekly unemployment claims. Both are positive news bites for the economy, and will help to justify increased economic opening. At the same time, a Congressional… Source link

Legion Media; Global Look Press; Elitsy; Yandex.zen We’re not guaranteeing you won’t be banned for being outright obscene, but if American social networks have become too much for you with their loose interpretations of what’s harmful and what’s not, here’s a list of Russian messengers and social networks that’ll help fill the gap! 1. VKontakte (VK.com) Vkontakte social media page as seen on a computer screen Natalia Seliverstova/Sputnik… Source link

President Donald Trump has been kicked off of most mainstream social-media platforms following his supporters’ siege on the U.S. Capitol. But it remains to be seen how fast or where — if anywhere — on the internet he will be able to reach his followers. The far-right-friendly Parler had been the leading candidate, at least until Alphabet’s GOOG, +1.12% GOOGL, +1.32% Google and Apple AAPL, +0.86% … Source link

More than 200 employees at Google announced earlier this week that they’re forming a union with the Communications Workers of America.  The Verge wrote that organizers have called for broad aims outside of issues like pay disparity. “Our goal with the union is to ensure that tech companies use their technology to make the world a better place,” said Alan Morales, a Google engineer and an organizer with the Alphabet Workers Union.  Joseph Slater, a law… Source link

By Elizabeth Culliford, Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google on Friday suspended the Parler social networking service from its app store, citing posts inciting violence and demanding “robust” content moderation from the app favored by many supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump. FILE PHOTO: The Apple Inc logo is seen hanging at the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York, U.S., October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar Apple Inc on Friday also gave the… Source link