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United States Military Conducted Disinformation Social Media Campaign in the Philippines During Worst Days of COVID

United States Military Conducted Disinformation Social Media Campaign in the Philippines During Worst Days of COVID

Part of my work involves reading the news from the major news outlets every day including Reuters. Last Friday I read a shocking and horrific story and put up a quick reel about it on my Instagram page. I had to calm down enough to put some effort into a more polished reel, which is much longer (about a minute and a half) and includes quotations and graphics from the Reuters article. Here is a public view link if you want to see the full reel without visiting my Instagram page.

A Look Inside the Process of Writing and Editing the Declaration of Independence and Thoughts on the Pursuit of Happiness

A Look Inside the Process of Writing and Editing the Declaration of Independence and Thoughts on the Pursuit of Happiness

Jefferson is saying, in 1776, every American had the right to decide for themselves what will make their lives better and not be under the thumb of some old, rich, out-of-touch White guy living thousands of miles away. And, here, today, in the United States of America, this assertion is still a vitally important concept.

Voting Always Matters, So Be a Patriot and Vote, America!

Voting Always Matters, So Be a Patriot and Vote, America!

The reasons United States citizens do not vote or even bother to vote are complex and numerous. Yes, some people feel their votes do not make a difference, while others take pride in refusing to take part in what they consider to be a charade of some sort. And, in some parts of the country the states themselves make it difficult to vote. Take Pennsylvania, for example, just one small example. Pennsylvania refuses to allow people to vote early or…

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Methbot: the Method by Which Russians Are Stealing Millions of Digital Advertising Dollars From Advertisers and Publishers Every Day

Methbot: the Method by Which Russians Are Stealing Millions of Digital Advertising Dollars From Advertisers and Publishers Every Day

Here we present the last of the articles which relate to the horrors Facebook has helped unleash on the world that my company, the Joss Group, published in the now defunct Digital Marketing Report newsletter. In this article, originally published in the January 2017 issue, we present a harrowing tale of theft on a dizzying scale. When you read the article, I want you to think about what Putin might be doing with this money and how the same approach used…

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Facebook Should be Worried About the FTC and Here is Why

Facebook Should be Worried About the FTC and Here is Why

Last week several news outlets, including the Washington Post, ran articles saying the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Facebook, and a few days later the FTC officially confirmed the reports. Most of the articles said the FTC is looking into how Facebook has been butchering an agreement the FTC reached with the company back in 2011 regarding Facebook’s mis-use of user data back then. If the FTC concludes Facebook ignored the agreement, it could fine the company tens of…

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What Vizio was Doing Behind the TV Screen (Hint: It is Creepy, Very Creepy)

What Vizio was Doing Behind the TV Screen (Hint: It is Creepy, Very Creepy)

What Facebook has been caught out doing is bad, really, really bad. And, there is much more to this horrible story to come out in the news, much, much more. Meanwhile, here is a story we published in the February 20, 2017 issue of the Digital Marketing Report newsletter. I have uploaded it here as two JPEG images. Here, though, is some of the text from the article (in case you cannot enlarge the page images enough to read them):…

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The Trade-off Fallacy: How Marketers are Misrepresenting American Consumers and Opening Them up to Exploitation

The Trade-off Fallacy: How Marketers are Misrepresenting American Consumers and Opening Them up to Exploitation

I have decided, in light of the shocking disclosures about Facebook which have come to light during the past few days, to share some of the content from a Digital Marketing Report, a monthly newsletter for digital marketing professionals we published for two years (May 2015 through May 2017). For various reasons I made the decision in 2017 to stop publishing the report. One of the reasons, admittedly, was disappointing subscription numbers. But, as I suspected then and now, many (not…

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#TrumpRussia is Interfering with America’s Real Business

#TrumpRussia is Interfering with America’s Real Business

One of the saddest things about #TrumpRussia beyond the obvious and very real insults and injuries of having traitors, spies, liars, crooks, demons, and delusionals in the White House and senior levels of the GOP is how having to deal with this hot mess is keeping America from attending to its real business. The real business America needs to be attending to, but cannot because Trump is a traitor and a liar and a crook is: jobs education, and infrastructure….

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