public relations
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Twitter Defends Giving David Duke a Platform: He’s ‘Not Currently a Member of the KKK’
Why is David Duke, a white supremacist and former Klansmen, allowed to spout hateful anti-semitic, anti-trans, and anti-Black things on Twitter? According to the company, one reason Duke is not banned is that he’s not currently a leader of the Ku Klux Klan. Seriously.
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Facebook Invites Journalists To See New ‘War Room,’ Won’t Let Them Ask Workers Questions
Facebook, the social media giant that helped enable genocide and yet is still allowed to exist for some reason, had a big public relations push this weekend. And if the news stories that came out are giving you a sense of deja vu, you’re not alone.
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Anybody Who Uses Buzzwords To Describe Technology Should Be Zapped
Synergy! Gamification! Likes! Viral! They’re all awful bullshit buzzwords that marketing folks love to use to spin their product. The words sound really nice coming out of your mouth but they don’t mean anything. If you can only describe your product with buzzwords, you already screwed up.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s New Spokesman Works Well With Liars
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has hired a new spokesman, Joe Lockhart. The choice has drawn approving murmurs in Washington, DC, and no wonder: This is the guy who handled the Monica Lewinsky scandal for Bill Clinton.