#they will stop publicly posting and advertising that content

[darlingofdots]

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[thearchercore]

charles is a PR genius. and here's how he's trying to slowly rebrand his persona to strenghten his personal brand:

recently, especially after the triple header, you could notice charles had a period of time when he distanced himself from ferrari and clearly changed his public statements about his goals. he went from saying he wants to win with ferrari to saying that at his core, he just wants to win. and that he would leave ferrari if he didn't believe the project.

he also changed the way he communicated with fans, through social media. you can notice the change of wording in his post descriptions:

both posts are from the same year, but the wording is now different. he refused to use the ferrari branding and stopped using the typical ferrari-PR wording he was conditioned to use.

fast forward, he started interracting with ferrari by abu dhabi and seemed to be finally happy with the direction the team was taking. however, he still managed to build something from this anti-ferrari period -- the slow rebrand from being "charles, the ferrari driver" to "charles, the f1 driver".

charles is slowly, but surely working to increase the value of his personal brand to possibly gain more negotiating power, and other bonuses that come with having a strong personal brand not tied to any team in particular.

in general, the goal would be to outgrow the team so you are known as an individual athlete, not just someone who drives for the particular team and has their identity tied to the team only.

he also signed with WME for advertisement purposes, he started wearing his personal clothing brand CLACE again after ferrari banned him to do so. he clearly regained more confidence in what he can do as an athlete within the contract (that's usually very limiting from ferrari's pov).

how does he otherwise work on his personal brand? relatability. charles is a gen z child first and foremost, he knows parasocial relationships play a huge role on social media. he works on side personal projects like the LA vlog -- the vlog that had little to do with racing but still showed charles completely SUCK at basketball.

why would you include it, you may ask? it makes him relatable, it makes his personality more interersting. more fun.

his first public post from winter training then was him falling

why did he post that? well, a) he's a silly guy. but more importantly, b) he's not crafting up a perfect PR image, he's aiming for being relatable, showcasing more of his personality. he wants to stand out as an individual in the sea of other f1 drivers who posted more pre-planned content during their winter training.

in the LA vlog he also left in a little dig at carlos. why? because he can. he also used his twitter likes to like controversial things that ferrari wouldn't let him say. he very much knows how to navigate online spaces and how to create more boundaries between his personal brand and the ferrari brand.

additionally, he also now hangs out with people like max publicly even if they don't benefit the ferrari brand. max, in general, isn't liked by the tifosi or ferrari in general. but charles still makes sure to hang out with him on track and outside of it, once again, securing his personal brand and not pushing something that ferrari would prefer.

it's all very interesting to watch, seeing how carefully he's rebuilding his public image and how he communicates on social media with the world.

[koifsssh]

The Greaser Au!

(oh goodie! it's here!)

bwah, where to start?

long, long, long rambles below! (Beware!)

Wally! I'll start with Wally!

As you can imagine, Wally is the little leader of the group! Promptly dubbed after his last name, "The Darlings"! (how darling they are indeed!)

Wally had grown a fascination with the trend, though he didn't quite understand the need to act so tough and mean, so he decided to make his own group! (with the help of Barnaby!)

Motorcycles, catchy tunes, being free on the road is something everyone should enjoy! So who cares if you're big or small, or if you like the color pink? Anyone can be a greaser as long as they got a jacket and a bike to go along with it!

At least, that what he believes anyway!

Speaking of a certain beagle...

Barnaby!

Barnaby of course wanted to join in on the fun, and he very publicly advertised Wally's gang at his little comedy nights! (It did catch a certain blonde's attention!)

it did garner attention, with the way the beagle so affectionately told of Wally's endearingly comedic actions from their day to day life. Barnaby also helped Wally organize the entire set up, helping him get paint and base jackets for the painter to personalize! (He also suggested Poppy's diner as a hangout spot! He had it all thought out!)

Plus, it made his best friend happy! Who could ask for more? Well... maybe Barnaby would ask for a hotdog or two.

Julie!

Julie is a seasoned hair stylist! She owns her own hair salon! She's excellent at her job, however more often than not she gets a unpleasant customer.

Stress can pile up unfortunately, and when she attended a comedy show one evening she couldn't help but be ecstatic at such an idea of being free on the road. It felt like the perfect destresser!

Talking on the phone with Frank was great and all, but nothing compares to feeling the rush of wind in her hair... So she jumped at such an opportunity! And of course, Julie doesn't go anywhere without a certain frowny bookworm!

Frank!

Frank is an entomologist! (and a part-time librarian during the summertime!) A dream job really, but every dream comes with its hurdles! Similar to Julie, Frank found themself stressed. Usually books were able to decompress them, but lately they've been growing frustrated, the one thing they hate the most is incompetent writing!

It took a lot of convincing to get Frank to even consider the idea of being a greaser, let alone get on a motorcycle... but Julie can be very insistent when she wishes to be! Not even a week passed before they begged Julie to stop her nagging, but in exchange they had to at least go with her once on a motorcycle...

how mortifying.

However! the thrill of being on the open road at a high speed was something they never knew they needed! Needless to say, after that, they were hooked!

Sally!

Sally was the last member to join! and she took her spot quite quickly!

Sally had been in Poppy's diner when she saw The Darling's walk in, she was in awe! Colorful motorcycles? Matching jackets? They all looked marvelous! The star couldn't help herself when she walked up to them, simply starstruck at such a group!

They all looked to be having such fun... she wanted to take part!

When Sally asked if there was a spot left for her, Wally softly smiled at her and stated, "Anyone and everyone can join!"

She was content that day, and from then on, it really was the best group of friends she could ever ask for!

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whew! im done!

(this is my second time typing this... i had lost it all the first time. bwah. but it's here!!!)

im quite happy how everything turned out! I think i'll use this as a master post of sorts, just so you don't have to dig through my stuff just to find anything specific!

I'll leave Poppy's & Howdy's explanations here! (Just know those designs are old! All the designs in this post are the ones i will be using!)

Poppy's Diner!

additionally! I will give you everyone's closeups!

[bad-tf-fic-ideas]

A little PSA/Request (don't worry it's not about money)

Hello! For more than two hundred days I have confined myself to just posting the bad tf fic ideas here every day (as advertised!) and answering occasional asks.

However, I've noticed that many of the accounts that have followed this side blog have posted "do not interact criteria," that pretty specifically capture this blog. This includes criteria such as "no incest ships" (I have posted sunstreaker/sideswipe before and I will again) or "no abusive ships," (I have posted plenty of megastar, among others) or "no NSFW" (ehem).

I try to contact these people and let them know why I am soft blocking them, so they don't think it is just a weird tumblr issue and refollow, and then I soft block them. But I am almost certain to miss some accounts in my vetting process. And so, at the risk of being rude, I am asking you to please stop following accounts that fall squarely within your own "DNI criteria."

If your "do not interact" message isn't just theatre, and you actually care about the content of the fiction posted to tumblr accounts with which you interact, then you must start paying attention to whatever those factors are before you follow new blogs. You ought not to slap a DNI on your blog, call everyone who disagrees with you monsters, and then, in a display of jaw-droppingly audacious hypocrisy, seek out and follow such blogs.

I know this is an inconvenience to you. You have my sympathies. I know having specific beliefs whose tenets you want to stick to can be a burden. But if you have publicly declared that there are certain requirements that you want everyone who interacts with your blog to meet, then it falls to you to make sure that you're actually enforcing those requirements yourself. Don't interact with blogs that post abuse or NSFW or robot incest or whatever it is that squicks you. Don't leave it up to me to check every new follower to make sure they're not violating their own public interaction policy!

Come on, guys. I want to respect your boundaries. And I am trying. But respecting your boundaries starts at home, okay? Team effort.

[pb-dot]

Some Thoughts on the Reddit Blackout

Like many new arrivals on Tumblr these days, I used to be a Redditor until recent developments encouraged me to take my business elsewhere, and I have been following the development of the story as thoroughly as I can without actually giving Reddit any more traffic. With the most recent development of the Reddit admin corps taking on a suite of strategies lifted straight from the depression-era railroad baron playbook, I figured the time has come to talk a little about the wider implications of this whole story.

The Tech sector is, to the best of my understanding, in a vulnerable place right now. After the Web 2.0 gold rush and years of consolidation and growth from the biggest actors, your Alphabets, Twitters, Metas, and so on, many of the larger sites and services are reaching the largest size they can expect to grow to. How, for instance, could Facebook or Twitter grow much more now that everyone and their mother is on Facebook and Twitter? Prior to the Musk buyout, Twitter seemingly settled on upping engagement, making sure people were on Twitter longer and invested more energy and emotion in the platform, usually by making damn sure the discourse zapping through that hellhole was as polarizing and hostile as possible. Meta, meanwhile, has been making bank on user data as advertisers, AI folks, and any number of other actors salivate over getting their hands on the self-updating contact and interest registry that is Facebook.

With the rise of what we apparently have decided to call AI, data is now more valuable than ever. I consider this to be yet another Tech Hype Bubble on the level of NFTs or Metaverses, but, like with the two above, I can imagine it's hard to explain that when you are a Tech CEO and your shareholders ask you "Hey, how do you plan on earning us money off of this AI/NFT/Metaverse thing?" This is not to say CEO Steve Huffman isn't handling this whole thing with the grace of a three-legged hippo, but merely to suggest that his less-than-laudable decisions and actions in this mess don't arise from his character alone but also is a result of wider systemic issues.

One of these issues is the complicated role user data plays in modern websites and -services. Since its inception as a publicly accessible space, the question of how to monetize the Internet has been a tricky one for site and service owners. Selling ad space on your website or service has long been the go-to, but this in itself presents its own issues, having to curate content that is considered ad-friendly, malicious or careless actors making using said service or website less attractive for customers, and finally how to convince your advertisers that they get what they pay for in the first place, ie. "how do I know people even look at our ads?" All of this is before you even stop to consider how ads massively favor large, established actors.

It's no small wonder, then, that several startups in the era of internet mass adoption chose to forgo ads, or at least massively deprioritize them and/or relaunch them as "promoted posts," in an attempt to escape the stigma around ads. Meta/Facebook is probably the biggest fish in this particular pond, but we also see other services such as Twitter and Reddit follow the same pattern.

What makes this work is that the data these platforms collect from their users isn't all that valuable on a person-to-person basis, knowing that so-and-so is 32 years old, lives in a traditionally conservative part of the city, goes to Starbucks a lot, and listens to Radiohead isn't particularly useful information for anyone but a dedicated but lazy stalker; When viewed as an aggregate, however, large collections of data on a large population becomes quite valuable. This is especially true if you're working with, say, targeted ads or political campaigns. Look no further than the Cambridge Analytica data scandal for an example.

Now, all this is to illustrate the strange position the user occupies in Web 2.0. We tend to think of ourselves as the customer of Facebook, Reddit, Tumblr, and so on, but it isn't the case. After all, we don't pay for these services, and if we do it's to buy freedom from ads or other minor service modifications. It is more correct to say that we make up the product itself. This is true in two respects, first, an active social community is vital for social media to not be entirely pointless, and second, we generate the data that the platform holder seeks to monetize. This hybrid product/participant role doesn't map cleanly to traditional understandings of "worker," but I argue it is a closer fit than "customer."

All of this is to say that it is immensely gratifying to see the Reddit Blackout taking the shape of a strike rather than the more typical boycott model we've seen in the internet-based protests of yesteryear. Much of this, I think, we can thank the participating Reddit moderators. While the regular platform user can be *argued* to be a worker, the moderator inarguably is one, and the fact that they aren't paid for their efforts is more a credit to the prosocial nature of humans than to the corporate acumen of the platform holders. Either way, moderating a subreddit is work, if the subreddit is large, it's quite a lot of work, and moderators keeping malicious actors, scammers, and hatemongers out of everyone's hair is a must for any decently sized social space to not be an objectively terrible experience. So, if you were to, for example, withhold your labor (moderating for free) which you as a worker can do, it would be plain irresponsible to leave the place open for said bad apples to ruin everyone's bunches, thus the shutdowns.

I don't think it's a controversial take to claim that the Reddit admins also view this more as a strike than a boycott, given their use of scabs, intimidation, and other strikebreaking tactics in an attempt to break the thing up. This is nothing new, and the fact that Reddit admins are willing to stoop to these scumbag tactics tells us that their bluster about the shutdown not affecting their bottom line is nothing more than shareholder-placating hot air.

As this entire screed has perhaps demonstrated, I believe the Reddit Blackout is important. My stay at Tumblr so far has been excellent and will probably continue past this strike no matter what outcome it has, but for others in my situation, or perhaps entirely alien to the Reddit biome, I ask you to consider: If we do not stop this level of consumer and user-unfriendly bullshit Reddit have been pulling on the API change, where will it pop up next? Who's to say the next bright idea in corpo-hell isn't "Hey boss, how about we charge these nerd losers a dollar per reblog? And maybe a fiver for a Golden Reblog (TM)?"

This is perhaps getting into grandstanding, but I believe we are way past due for a renegotiation of what it means to be a platform holder and -user on this hot mess of an internet. If we as users do not take an active, strong stance on the matter, the Steve Huffmans, Elon Musks, and Mark Zuckerbergs of the world will decide without us. One does not have to be a fortune teller to see that the digital world this would create would not have our best interests in mind any more than the current one does.

So, in closing, I wish to extend my wholehearted support to the participating Moderators of Reddit and everyone who has decided to take their business elsewhere for the duration of the shutdown. Even without getting into the nitty-gritty of the API situation, this is a fight worth having, and may we through it make a world that's just a little bit less shitty.

Become Ungovernable

Become Unprofitable

Stay that way.

[mariacallous]

Trump Media & Technology Group, the Truth Social parent company majority-owned by former president Donald Trump, filed a document with the Securities and Exchange Commission this morning that helpfully details all of the ways Trump himself poses a threat to the company and its shareholders. While the company generated just over $4 million in revenue in 2023, Trump Media’s valuation has fluctuated wildly since going public in March, at one point reaching more than $7 billion. As of this morning, the company was valued at $3.7 billion. Trump Media has become a meme stock, where the stock price is governed more by vibes than traditional financial performance.

The SEC document filed by Trump Media this morning, which announced the public stock offering of 21.5 million shares, also detailed the company’s “risk factors.” These statements are standard for publicly traded companies, and usually include anything from macroeconomic headwinds to worst-case scenarios like earthquakes or terrorist attacks. The filing does include several risk factors that aren’t directly related to Trump, including competition from other social media companies, deficiencies in bookkeeping and accounting, and data privacy laws. And the company has faced multiple lawsuits from early employees of the company, who argue they deserve more shares.

But an entire section is dedicated to Trump-associated risks, making Truth Social’s risk factors unique because they cast Trump’s role as chief promoter and majority shareholder as a threat to the company’s success.

“TMTG may be subject to greater risks than typical social media platforms because of the focus of its offerings and the involvement of President Donald J. Trump,” the company said in the SEC filing. “These risks include active discouragement of users, harassment of advertisers or content providers, increased risk of hacking of TMTG’s platform, lesser need for Truth Social if First Amendment speech is not suppressed, criticism of Truth Social for its moderation practices, and increased stockholder suits.”

Here’s how Trump Media says Trump himself could threaten the company:

Trump’s Legal Issues

Trump Media noted that if Trump “were to discontinue his relationship with TMTG due to death, disability, criminal conviction, incarceration, or any other reason, or limit his involvement with TMTG due to his ongoing candidacy for political office, TMTG would be significantly disadvantaged.”

Trump’s History of Bankruptcy

“Entities associated with President Donald J. Trump have filed for bankruptcy protection in the past,” the company said in the filing, which noted that the Trump Taj Mahal, Trump Plaza, the Trump Castle, the Plaza Hotel, and Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. had all previously filed for bankruptcy.

“While all of the foregoing were in different businesses than TMTG, there can be no guarantee that TMTG’s performance will exceed the performance of those entities,” the filing said.

Other Companies Refusing to Work With Truth Social

“To date, several potential third-party partners have expressed an unwillingness or reluctance to work on TMTG’s products or provide services for reasons including TMTG’s connection with President Donald J. Trump,” the filing stated.

Trump’s Use of Other Platforms

The company warned that if Trump stopped using Truth Social, its business would be adversely affected.

Trump has an agreement to post all content he deems as “nonpolitical” to Truth Social first, and must wait six hours before posting it on any website. But Trump, as a political candidate, may be able to argue that anything he posts is political content, meaning the company doesn’t have much power if he wants to start tweeting again.

“Consequently, TMTG may lack any meaningful remedy if President Donald J. Trump minimizes his use of Truth Social,” the filing states.

Politically Motivated Hackers

Trump’s involvement makes the company a prime target for hackers, according to the filing.

“TMTG believes that it is a particularly attractive target for such breaches and attacks, including from nation states and highly sophisticated, state-sponsored, or otherwise well-funded actors,” the company said in the filing. “And TMTG may experience heightened risk from time to time as a result of geopolitical events.”

Trump’s Self-Interest

Trump, who owns 57.6 percent of Trump Media, could steer the company to his benefit in a way that might not align with other Trump Media investors.

“President Donald J. Trump will, as a controlling stockholder, be entitled to vote his shares in his own interests, which may not always be in the interests of TMTG’s stockholders generally,” the filing says.

[gatheredfates]

Hi everyone, happy weekend (or happy almost weekend, depending on your timezone)! I was waiting on a couple of communities to get back to me before I released this update... but there is nothing stopping me from making a belated one later. ⭐

With that being said, as of today (06/01 - Happy Pride!), the following resources have been added to Sea's Community Compendium for XIV Creatives.

LORE

Minerica Eorzea — maintained by @wildfireward, this Compendium was inspired by the Botanica Eorzea and serves as her counterpart. It contains item descriptions of raw materials, item descriptions of gear that use said materials, stats of gear that use said materials, leve quest lore, and crafter quest dialogue.

MISC

Animations for XIV — A spreadsheet created and maintained by Sayo#0196 that contains a list of animations that can be useful for posing purposes.

Transparent Assets for GPOSE — Have you ever wanted to overlay a screenshot with XIV’s assets like ‘this scene cannot be skipped’? @fortunafavore has you covered!

CHANGELOG

For some reason, the text for the Hingan Alphabet had vanished on its bigger advertisement. It has since been readded! (Don't ask me why it did it, I have no idea.)

COMMUNITIES

With the Tumblr communities in beta, I'm trying to think how to best incorporate them into the Compendium should we get an influx of XIV related ones when the feature goes properly live. While they're currently invite only I won't be adding any (unless community leaders would like to reach out and have them added) but, once they are, I'll either make a separate section in the Compendium for them or sort them between the aforementioned categories as needed. If you have any thoughts, questions or suggestions, please let me know!

Do keep in mind that the feature is in beta, so my thought and categorisations may change as the community feature itself expands. Tumblr may also incorporate a better method of searching/filtering that might make it redundant! We'll have to see.

Want to submit? You can either fill out the google form here, send me an ask with the relevant information contained on the Compendium, or join my Discord at SEAFLOOR (21+ only)!

Is my space suitable for the Compendium? Most of the time, yes! Below the read more is some more information/stipulations. Again, all the below information is accessible on the document! 🐡

Below are the following things I do not accept on the Compendium:

Personal/Single-Character LFC ads.

Content intended for or can be used for bullying, harassment and OOC gossip. E.g. ‘Secrets’ blogs, receipts, callout posts, etc. This does not include in-character tabloid blogs used to generate RP.

Communities that do not have an RP/writing element (large-scale exempt).

Anything I find personally distasteful or goes against the spirit of this project.

Common-sense rule applies.

FAQ.

I want to put my community on the compendium but we have an application process. Is this okay?

Yes! Just note somewhere in your application that's a requirement. The only thing that is mandatory for the Compendium is that you must be open to new members or have a public-facing/accessible facet. There's no point advertising a community if no one can join it in some way!

I want to put my community on the compendium but I only have x number of members —

Also totally okay! People don't start with large communities. Activity is a must but, whether your server has two or two thousand members, if you're looking for new people to join, I'd love to help you find people.

I want to put my community on the compendium but I worry its too niche?

Okay, and? If your Eorzean Fishing Alliance has four members but you roleplay every second weekend, I still want to know about it.

What resources/communities can I add if I'm not the owner of them?

Mutual consent is extremely important to me, so anything that isn't a large-scale community OR a publicly accessible resource must be endorsed by the owner/admin/moderators in order to be added to the compendium. I operate under the assumption that a resource posted to a public space (tumblr, googledocs, youtube, etc) is open to all. A large-scale community is one with a significant member count or openly advertises itself as being accessible to everyone for whatever purpose it serves. If in doubt, please get in touch with me. I'm happy to contact your community owners for you!

How active does a community need to be?

If you find a community has not been active in about two/three months, send me a message and I'll take a look at it. Communities have ebbs and flows, especially event spaces that may take hiatuses depending on member interest/life events. I'm not strict in my implementation provided a space isn't dead. If a link or anything is broken, absolutely contact me about that.

I have [insert a question not stated here]?

No drama! Send me an ask or use the #Compendium channel in my Discord!

[mxtxfanatic]

These last few days are really making it tempting to run an experiment, but I'm not an avid poster so it would really be up to more outspoken blogs like yours to help actually do it and see what happens. I agree with standing ground and not leaving the tag, but given how they feel entitled to the tag despite it not being for them and how they go around blocks to still harass, I am curious as to what would happen if we expanded our tag use but did not advertise it whatsoever. (This would mean quietly spreading the word through asks that aren't answered [including this one] or DMs). But if they are obsessed enough to notice, I believe they would be bothered by using tag names like "authentic Jiang Cheng" and "genuine Jiang Cheng", both of which are currently empty with screenshots on both mobile and desktop to prove they are empty.

I don't want to force anything on anybody however, especially since I hold little stakes as a lurker, but they keep trying to play the victim of the evil "anti" crowd that just won't use the anti tag and downplaying the fact that they are invading a tag made for a reason. If they are curating their experience like they should be, they should not see these posts and therefore would have no idea that new tags have been added. But if they do notice and start posting in those tags and try to flood them like the cannon Jiang Cheng tag, then there would now be documented proof in the screenshots I hold, a screenshot of this ask being typed, and afterwards me making a post about it with the receipts.

I chose those two tag names to be similar enough in meaning to canon in that they are meant to discuss a certain view of the character (because what is more authentic or genuine than the source material?) and because I honestly think it's going to bother them if they notice just like canon did and I'm not exactly above being petty sometimes. Overall the results would be for the "neutral" crowd asking why people can't just block each other and get along. Either the stans are being truthful that they are blocking people they do not like and not being weird cyberstalkers, or they invade the tags and prove our point once again, but this time with pictures and this proposal to show the setup. Is it essentially baiting them, yeah, but their arguments of just wanting to talk about the character in a space about that character hinge on them not taking the bait. They have no excuse for noticing people they are supposedly ignoring silently adding new tags to their posts, and if they do it means they are looking at your blogs still and are purposefully going to start using the same tags again.

It just seems like a minimal effort way to showcase for the newer people and the "neutral" how they go after anyone saying anything bad about their fave since it's just adding two tags to posts they have no business seeing.

So feel free to say no or ignore this ask, but I figured it was still worth sending

I get where you’re coming from, I really do, but I don’t think there’s any point. We already know they aren’t curating their experience, because many of us stopped using the main jc tag after the canon jc tag was created. Had they blocked the jc tag, they would not see the content. I, personally, never used character tags to begin with, and the exposure of my posts is probably low to begin with cause of that, but because I got associated with “antis” for interacting with this side, I got the same hate. They have already stated publicly multiple times that they are doing this because they want to push us into “anti” tags that don’t apply. The only people stans are playing victim for are the fencesitters who need an excuse to pretend like this fandom has “always” been a welcoming space “until the jc antis attacked.” These “neutral” blogs may not be willing to flatout attack us over it—hence the faux-pacifist stance they pretend to believe in—but they have a vested stake in jc stan content dominating all the tags because they, too, prefer the fanon, which is why they’re only popping their heads out now when the jc stans are losing the battle.

In short, it would just be a massive waste of energy on out part to prove something that the jc stans have already admitted to doing, publicly multiple times with glee.

[georgiapeach30513]

I don’t understand why some people on here can’t grasp the understanding that it’s possible for a celeb to still have fans even if a chunk of their fan base claims to have left him.

It’s still possible for people to stay onboard for various reasons, and people are allowed to have free will and think critically for themselves without being a plant or fueling a narrative.

Also, a celeb can organically have fans show up and want to take a picture with them, especially if they are publicly known to be filming somewhere.

It doesn’t have to only be “planted fans” to fuel a narrative. Especially if this celeb has been famous for a long time and has been part of a huge franchise for a decade.

I’m genuinely worried for some people on here because there’s conspiracy thinking and then there’s qanon. And worse, their radical “opinions” will further spawn impressionable and naive anons who are desperately seeking confirmation to fuel their own bias, and the result is a toxic cycle of BS.

Thank you for being a blog that welcomes different opinions but not purposely and willfully forcing narratives on your followers. It definitely feels like a safe and comfortable space.

I think people need to stop thinking that everyone needs to react to things the way that they do. It would be a lot better for all of us if we realize people will react and do things differently than you will.

And currently people want a reason to be angry with people who are focusing on why we’re here in the first place. Tumblr is a fandom space. They advertise themselves as a fandom space. It’s not odd for people to be in a fandom enjoying content new and old.

Why do people join a fandom? For some it’s because they want additional content. Whether it’s gifs, fics, fan art, sightings, fan photos, etc. some people are more casual with their fandom experience and just enjoy others findings. Some people are the ones who are on top of finding things.

Another reason people join a fandom is to find people who have the same interests as them. But even with the friends I have made on here we don’t just talk about Chris. We talk about a plethora of discussions that are normal everyday life. And some are dreams of the future or hopes etc. I have friends on here that I can talk about fics behind the scenes and they inspire me to write or ask questions that get me thinking.

You get to curate your experience on here. If you block me or I block you why do you want to continue to lurk? If you don’t like Chris content why are you on my blog? If you don’t like my fics why are you reading them? If you think I post BTS photos/videos too much why haven’t you filtered certain tags? People would have a much more enjoyable experience on here if they would respect people’s boundaries and their own.

[dragoneyes618]

I have been hesitating over writing this column for some weeks. The topic is sensitive and involves people I either know or admire or both. With the volume of antisemitism growing to deafening proportions, I finally decided it’s too important not to write.

I should also admit to some unease that all three are women. That is accidental, I simply don’t personally know three men in equivalently influential positions.

The first of the three is Lady (her husband is a Lord) Nicola Mendelsohn. I am a friend of her parents and used to teach her in Manchester, UK where she grew up.

She chose advertising as her career and success soon gained her senior positions in some of the world’s most successful advertising firms that handle the accounts of clients like, Honda and Heineken. She has been repeatedly voted one of the most influential women in the UK by several organizations.

Nicola occupies several other prestigious roles like non-executive director of Diageo which owns 42% of all Scotch Whiskey. Unsurprisingly and typically, Nicola is involved in lots of charity work too.

But it’s her most significant role that makes her one of the three women in this piece. Nicola Mendelsohn is the Head of Global Business Group at Meta, leading the company’s relationships with top marketers and agencies, as well as global partnerships.

Meta is the 2021 rebranded name for Facebook. In the last few days, it has posted its best quarterly results in two years. If only that was the only metric for judging Meta, but it isn’t.

The scandals surrounding the company are legion. One of the most egregious (and there are so many) is its inaction over pedophiles. Several governments have accused it of offering sanctuary to child abusers. However, I am going to focus on another of its worst failures, antisemitism.

I have written here before about Facebook’s abysmal and ongoing inaction over antisemitic content on its site. Much worse; since October 7, has been its “Fact Checkers” interventions to quell and stifle posts supportive of Israel or condemning Hamas.

Here’s only one example from the Spectator Magazine’s, Rod Liddle entitled, “Facebook’s not so secret police.”

“A woman on Facebook was warned she would be blocked because she was spreading ‘false information’…the beheading of babies by Hamas…the Fact-Checkers that Facebook quoted were based in Pakistan – not a country renowned for its amicable relations with Israel.”

And so, Lady Mendelsohn, as I know you to be an outstanding person and certainly one loyal to your people; allow an old teacher to urge you to resign.

I am sure you will argue that things would be even worse if you were not there, but… to stand up proudly as a Jew and say loudly and fearlessly that you can no longer be associated with and oppose Meta’s tolerance of Jew hatred, would be the best thing you could do after October 7’s micro-Holocaust.

The second of my great Jewish ladies is Journalist Melanie Philips. Her autobiographical account of her life tells the story of a Jew of evolving Jewish awareness and commitment. It also shows her great courage.

She publicly took a stance against two pronounced enemies of the Jewish people she once used to be part of, the Guardian newspaper and the British Labour party. She resigned from both.

Interestingly, when in 2022 I resigned as a writer and broadcaster with the BBC, Melanie (whom I know and admire) was very upset. I left after an incident which showed the BBC had stopped camouflaging their antisemitism behind the pretense of anti-Zionism. I declared it to be irretrievably and institutionally antisemitic.

Melanie’s distress was about something I said in one of the numerous TV and radio interviews I gave at the time…

“I simply don’t see how I or any Jew who has any pride in that name can be associated with the BBC anymore.”

Melanie passionately disagreed and wrote, “I have no intention of resigning from the BBC… We need more platforms and more fighters, not fewer. Why oh why, Rabbi YY?”

I respected Melanie too much to respond. Many others did challenge her argument, asking why then, she hadn’t stayed within the Labour Party or the Guardian to fight?

The answer she gave in her autobiography was that she simply felt there was no point.

So now, post-October 7, allow me to ask Melanie the “Dr. Phil question; “How’s that working out for you?”

Has your “fight” and Israel advocacy over the last two years made things better at the BBC… or have they become exponentially worse despite your courageous lone soldiering?

Melanie was quite right when she wrote of my resignation that it would not change the BBC’s mind one jot. It did though deliver it a parting blow and brought it more unwelcome scrutiny over its antisemitism. So, to my second remarkable Jewish woman, allow me to ask, is it not now time to resign?

The last Jewish woman in my troika is Dr. Deborah Lipstadt and the only one I don’t know personally. She has been the U.S. special envoy to combat antisemitism since 2022.

My connection to her is through the event that probably defined her career more than any other; her trial in England for libel brought by David Irving whom she had accused of being a Holocaust denier.

I was contacted by her defense team after speaking on national BBC Radio about a Holocaust survivor I knew who had been in the gas chambers but was taken out at the last moment as the SS needed some tall men for a certain job.

English law puts the burden of proof on the person accused of libeling someone to prove that their statement is true.

As Irving argued that there was no evidence to support the gas chambers, the burden of proof lay with Lipstadt. My broadcast and friend testifying on her behalf, was a trump card they could use.

Recently, she joined with Michele Taylor, U.S. ambassador to the UN to write an article in the Guardian newspaper bemoaning the world’s hesitancy to condemn the Hamas rapes and violence against Israeli women and girls.

However, she is crucially part of the Biden administration that has appeased and empowered the source and inspiration of Hamas’ violence and so much suffering in the Middle East, Iran.

That administration’s support for Israel has wobbled and is keen to appease Michigan’s pro-Hamas Arab/Muslim community to get their votes. Then there is the matter of Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and the rest of the Squad. Oh! and the large number of the Democratic party that are Hamas-friendly. Their latest anti-Israel action is to try to stop Israel replacing Palestinians, (most of whom are pro-Hamas) with foreign workers citing “Human Trafficking” as the justification!

So, Ambassador, I admired the stand you took against someone who denied the Holocaust in 1996, but it is time to take that stand again against the support the October 7 mini-Holocaust is getting from members of your administration and its party. The Guardian column was nice… but it’s time to recapture the passion of the past. It is time to resign.

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Seeing Ourselves In The "Other" (Guest Post)

Sometimes I get private feedback from readers of the blog. This is one such case, from a person who asked to be only identified publicly as "an older white woman who is struggling with her own prejudices." She wrote and sent me a post that I'm happy to share with you here today. As a side note, I asked this reader to also consider sending a version of this to their local newspaper as an opinion article. And if you are an advertiser (or "content blogger" who or someone who wants to give me a "sponsored" post), you should know that my credibility is not for sale. That bit of admin out of the way, I'm going to let this guest author speak for themselves. - Steven

Thoughts on being “other”… Have you ever been with a group of people where you felt as if you didn’t quite fit in? In a school classroom, at work, or at a social event? A situation where you didn’t really feel that you could completely be yourself? Or where you felt tolerated but not actually part of the group? I have. Most of my life I’ve felt somewhat on the outside “looking in” in most social situations. Maybe that was just me -- but maybe not. I’m not sure. I’m still a shy introvert. I’ve not been mistreated or thought of as less than because of any overt characteristics {1}. I’ve not been bullied. I’m a straight, white woman and have good one-on-one friends and a happy marriage. I’ve just not been part of the “in crowd” with classmates or coworkers. And yet, this writing is not about me. That feeling of “otherness” is something I can put aside the majority of the time. But I have felt the exclusion and feeling of being different -- sometimes more painfully than I wished. But a recent conversation brought about the following thoughts. What if I were in one of the more easily profiled groups? Or a group being targeted by lawmakers? A group that makes me a target of prejudice or hateful political or social commentary? Or even a group that makes me fear for my life? Would I have that uncomfortable feeling of being “other” all of the time? Would I feel that I did not belong or had to hide my true self most of the time? Would I feel that I live in a state or country that doesn’t respect my right to exist? How would that affect my day-to-day life or my feelings of self-worth? I can’t even imagine. It behooves all of us to examine how we think of people –- those that we perceive as different from us because of any number of things (race, religion, sexual orientation, political beliefs, socio-economic class come to mind). We may not agree or choose these people as best friends. However, if we think less of them because of their differences or if we deny them the right to be, then we are prejudiced. And that must stop. {1} In my professional life in a male-dominated profession, I did encounter wage discrimination and the subtle, but real, discrimination because I was female. I did what I could to fight that battle while I was working – especially the perception that women were bitchy if they were assertive. Unfortunately, I think that’s still a concern for women.

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Addressing Fake Online Reviews: A Legal Approach for Your Business

In today’s digital age, online reviews significantly influence consumer behavior and business reputations. While positive reviews can boost your business, fake negative reviews can harm your brand and drive away potential customers. Addressing fake reviews legally requires a strategic approach. This article explores the legal steps you can take to protect your business from the impact of fake online reviews says, Gaurav Mohindra.

Identifying Fake Reviews

Before taking legal action, it's important to identify whether a review is indeed fake. Common indicators include:

1. Unverified Purchases: Reviews from accounts that have no record of purchasing your product or service.

2. Generic Content: Reviews that are vague, lack detail, or seem to follow a template.

3. Timing and Volume: A sudden surge of negative reviews in a short period, especially if they share similar language or patterns.

4. Reviewer’s Profile: Profiles with limited activity or those that have left only negative reviews for multiple businesses.

Steps to Address Fake Reviews

1. Document and Preserve Evidence

• Screenshots and Records: Take detailed screenshots of the fake reviews and keep records of any relevant interactions or transactions.

• Metadata: Preserve metadata, such as timestamps and reviewer profiles, which can be critical in legal proceedings.

2. Report to the Platform

• Flagging System: Most review platforms, such as Google, Yelp, and Amazon, have mechanisms to report and flag fake reviews.

• Detailed Explanation: Provide a thorough explanation and evidence to support your claim that the review is fake.

3. Respond Publicly

• Professional Response: Address the review professionally and courteously, stating that you believe the review to be fake and encouraging the reviewer to contact you directly for resolution.

• Transparency: Transparency in your response can mitigate potential damage by showing other customers that you are proactive and concerned about their feedback.

Legal Actions Against Fake Reviews

1. Cease and Desist Letter

• Initial Step: A cease and desist letter is often the first legal step. It formally requests the reviewer to stop posting defamatory content and remove existing fake reviews.

• Legal Representation: Having a lawyer draft this letter can add weight to your request and show that you are serious about taking legal action.

2. Defamation Lawsuit

• Grounds for Defamation: To pursue a defamation lawsuit, you must prove that the fake review is false, has been published, and has caused harm to your business.

• Legal Process: Consult with a lawyer to understand the feasibility and process of filing a defamation lawsuit in your jurisdiction.

3. Unmasking Anonymous Reviewers

• Subpoenas: If the fake reviews are anonymous, you may need to issue subpoenas to the review platform to obtain the reviewer’s identity says, Gaurav Mohindra.

• Court Orders: This often requires obtaining a court order, and the success of such requests can vary depending on the platform’s privacy policies and the jurisdiction.

4. False Advertising and Unfair Competition

• Competitor Misconduct: If you suspect that a competitor is behind the fake reviews, you can potentially file claims under false advertising or unfair competition laws.

• Legal Grounds: These claims require demonstrating that the fake reviews were part of a deliberate attempt to mislead consumers and harm your business.

Preventive Measures and Best Practices

1. Monitor Your Online Presence

• Regular Checks: Regularly monitor review sites, social media, and other online platforms for fake reviews.

• Automated Tools: Use automated tools and services to track and identify suspicious review activity.

2. Encourage Genuine Reviews

• Customer Engagement: Encourage satisfied customers to leave genuine reviews by making it easy and reminding them of the importance of their feedback.

• Incentives: Offer incentives for honest reviews, ensuring that they comply with the review platform’s policies and guidelines.

3. Legal Policies and Terms of Service

• Review Policy: Clearly state your policy regarding reviews on your website and social media pages.

• Terms of Service: Include clauses in your terms of service that address the posting of fake reviews and outline the legal actions you may take.

Gaurav Mohindra: Fake online reviews can damage your business’s reputation and revenue, but there are legal avenues to address this issue. By identifying fake reviews, documenting evidence, reporting them to platforms, and taking appropriate legal action, you can protect your business. Additionally, implementing preventive measures can help mitigate the impact of fake reviews in the future. Always consult with legal professionals to ensure that your approach is both effective and compliant with relevant laws and regulations.

If you need specific legal advice or assistance, consider reaching out to a lawyer who specializes in internet law and defamation. 

Originally Posted: https://vocal.media/journal/addressing-fake-online-reviews-a-legal-approach-for-your-business

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Title: Bridging the Gap: Adapting Digital Marketing Practices for the Manufacturing Industry Introduction: In an era where the webspace becomes a critical battleground for businesses to boost their visibility, digital marketing has woven itself into the essence of every industry's fabric – the manufacturing sector included. However, the challenge doesn't stop at acknowledging the need for this novel approach. Bridging the gap involves adapting digital marketing tactics dynamically while aligning with the unique nuances of the manufacturing industry. Essence of Digital Marketing in Manufacturing: Digital marketing is no longer an option, but a necessity–especially for the manufacturing industry, predetermined to be more reliant on traditional marketing methods. Our world is becoming progressively interconnected, with the majority of consumers preferring the ease of online research before committing to a business relationship. When leveraged effectively, digital marketing can provide manufacturing businesses with a competitive edge, influence customer perceptions, and shape brand reputation. Harnessing SEO Power: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) can be the potent weapon your business needs to surge in the war of rankings. To truly resonate with your target audience and ensure maximum visibility, your manufacturing business needs to naturally incorporate keywords relevant to your sector. For instance, words like CNC machining, OEM manufacturers, custom moulding, quality control systems, can smoothly scatter throughout the website, blogs or articles to increase discoverability. Content: King of Digital Marketing: Compelling content is at the heart of any effective digital marketing strategy. Manufacturing businesses can leverage engaging narratives to shed light on their processes, USPs, and industry insights. Whether it's in-depth articles, engaging blogs, social media posts, or demonstrative videos, the content needs to be educational yet fascinating, enabling it to resonate with professionals and businesses alike. Leveraging Social Media: B2B industries like manufacturing can use social media to showcase their products, demonstrate their manufacturing process, and publicly address customer queries and issues. LinkedIn, especially, can serve as a powerful platform to cement professional ties, while Facebook and Instagram can dramatically boost brand visibility and engage a broader audience. ROI-Based Digital Advertising: To maximize the returns on investment (ROI), industries can adapt Pay-Per-Click (PPC) and other digital advertising campaigns fittingly. For instance, Google Ads can increase brand exposure, while LinkedIn Sponsored Content can generate high-quality leads in the B2B manufacturing sector. Analyzing Performance Metrics: Digital marketing's beauty lies in its ability to provide measurable metrics. Manufacturing businesses need to observe Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) like organic traffic, bounce rate, conversion rate, leads generated, social media engagement, among others. It provides an understanding of the effectiveness of implemented strategies and areas for improvement. Final Thoughts: The potential of digital marketing is immense, and when appropriately adapted, it can provide manufacturing businesses with a substantial competitive edge in the digital frontier. Bridging the gap involves comprehending the industry-specific nuances and blending them with proven digital marketing practices. By doing so, businesses can not only improve their digital footprint but also achieve their long-term objectives. Case Study: XYZ Manufacturing Company's Digital Marketing Transformation Background: In the early 2010s, XYZ, a leading manufacturing company, faced a challenge. Their traditional marketing methods such as print media, trade shows, and direct mails failed to yield significant results. The company realized the need for a radical shift – embracing digital marketing to reach a wider and more targeted audience.

The Transition to Digital Marketing: Step 1: Identifying the Audience Like most manufacturing companies, XYZ had a specific customer base: businesses that require their products for their operations. Through digital marketing practices, they started identifying their customers' online behaviour, which platforms they frequently used, and the kind of content that attracted them. Step 2: Creating a Website As a first digital platform step, they built a user-friendly, informative website featuring an extensive catalogue of their products, supported by visually appealing graphics and video content. Step 3: Developing Content Marketing Strategy They understood the relevance of regularly updating their website. Thus, XYZ began publishing blog posts related to their industry, product reviews, video tutorials, and use-case examples. This kept users engaged and highlighted their thought leadership and product range. Step 4: Adopting SEO Practices To increase website visibility, they integrated SEO practices. Keywords were carefully chosen based on their customer's search behaviour to increase organic search engine ranking. Step 5: Utilizing Social Media Platforms Knowing the power of social media in this digital era, they marked their presence on platforms like LinkedIn and Facebook. This further expanded their network and client base. Step 6: Implementing Email Marketing XYZ leveraged email marketing to keep in touch with their existing and potential clients, providing them with regular updates, product launches, and industry news. Results: Within two years of implementing digital marketing, XYZ saw a tremendous improvement. Website traffic increased by 70%, leading to a 30% increase in sales inquiries. The revenue increased by 20% in the first year itself. Tangible Advice for other Manufacturing Businesses: Adapting digital marketing practices can indeed bridge the gap between manufacturing industries and their audience. Here is some advice to help other businesses follow the same path: 1. Understand your audience and their digital habits. 2. Use SEO practices to improve your online visibility. 3. Regularly update your website content to engage users. 4. Leverage social media platforms to connect with a broader audience. 5. Implement email marketing for more personal and regular connection. This case study accentuates the power of digital marketing for manufacturing industries, showcasing the real-world applicability of these practices and their potential to improve visibility, customer connection, and revenue. Remember, it's not about replacing traditional marketing entirely, but rather integrating digital strategies to ensure you're reaching your customers where they spend a significant amount of their time: online. "Ready to revolutionize your manufacturing business with cutting-edge digital marketing strategies? Bring your business into the future. Connect with us now and let's bridge the gap together!" Start Your Digital Transformation Now! "According to a 2020 report by Thomas, 93% of manufacturing companies plan to increase their investment in digital marketing strategies, underscoring the critical role of having a strong online presence in today's evolving industry landscape."

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3rd Stop: Moving between Digital Platforms

Digital Citizenship: Understanding People Online

A digital citizen is expected to:

Proficiency in digital technologies

Actively engage in communities across various levels

Participate in a dual process of lifelong learning and continual advocacy for human dignity (Hintz, Dencik, & Wahl-Jorgensen, 2019).

Proficiency in digital platforms is essential for digital citizenship, as differences in technical capabilities among platforms can have diverse political implications. For example, Twitter and Facebook vary in their network structures, methods of information consumption and proliferation, and even user base orientations towards public affairs (Shane-Simpson et al. 2018).

The nature of social connections between Twitter and Facebook significantly influences bridging and bonding social capital and the extent of gender differences in political communication (Koc-Michalska et al. 2021). In comparison with Facebook, Twitter users tend to engage more in political posting, are exposed more frequently to counter-attitudinal political content, and are less likely to receive mobilizing messages or political advertising (Vaccari & Valeriani 2021).

Platformization and Online Political Participation in Action

Political engagement in advanced democracies has undergone a transformation. In recent decades, there has been a decline in membership in many traditional collective action-oriented organizations such as political parties and trade unions. Simultaneously, there has been an increase in citizens’ ad hoc involvement with local communities, environmental and human rights organizations, causes, and online social movements, indicating a shift in their approach to long-term allegiances and membership (Vromen 2016).

Social media offers various affordances for facilitating political acts. Some of these acts are simply faster and easier ways to accomplish traditional forms of participation, like sharing a petition or contacting public officials, while others have no direct analogue in the pre-digital era (Theocharis & van Deth 2018). Examples include publicly following a political figure, posting written comments for other people, commenting on others' posts, and forwarding political news, with or without commentary and social endorsement.

Most citizens now engage in politics in individualized, ad hoc ways rather than as committed members of formal groups. This can encompass offline and online petitioning, monetary donations, ad hoc volunteering, and boycotting or buycotting consumer items over political concerns.

The emergence of social media has introduced a heightened everyday sociality to political interactions online, embedding political engagement within everyday cultural production and consumerism.

The Shifting Nature of Political Involvement

Changes in political engagement signify a departure from traditional modes of engagement towards ‘citizen-initiated’ and ‘policy-oriented engagement’ (Dalton 2019). This shift is reflected in a preference for issue-based campaigns and the ‘politics of the ordinary’, as well as a general inclination towards flexible forms of ‘individualized collective action’ (Bang 2005; Micheletti 2003).

“The politics of choice appears to be replacing the politics of loyalties” (Norris 2002, p. 4).

Citizens are less likely to be passive subjects and more likely to demand a say in the decisions affecting their lives. The new style of citizen politics reflects a more active participation in the democratic process (Dalton, 2008, p. 9).

Digital divide, however, acts as a barrier to the ideal form of public sphere. Subsequent analyses of the digital divide suggest that the issue is no longer about access to the internet but rather political efficacy and the internet’s tendency to simply replicate offline political inequalities.

In other words, individuals who are politically engaged online are typically the same type of people who are active offline. Pippa Norris (2001) acknowledged this early on when discussing a democratic divide where the internet reinforces existing political inequalities rather than mobilizing citizens absent from political engagement and participation.

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Bang, H 2005, ‘Among everyday makers and expert citizens’, in J Newman (ed.), Remaking governance, The Policy Press, Bristol, pp. 159–178.

Cristian Vaccari & Augusto Valeriani 2021, Outside the bubble : social media and political participation in western democracies, Oxford University Press, New York, Ny.

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Farkas, J 2020, ‘Hintz, A., Dencik, L., & Wahl-Jørgensen, K. (2019). Digital citizenship in a datafied society. Cambridge: Polity Press, 193 pp.’, Communications, vol. 0, no. 0.

Koc-Michalska, K, Schiffrin, A, Lopez, A, Boulianne, S & Bimber, B 2019, ‘From Online Political Posting to Mansplaining: The Gender Gap and Social Media in Political Discussion’, Social Science Computer Review, vol. 39, no. 2, p. 089443931987025.

Micheletti, M 2003, Political Virtue and Shopping, Palgrave Macmillan US, New York. Norris, P 2013, Democratic phoenix : reinventing political activism, Cambridge University Press, , Cop, Cambridge ; New York.

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Vromen, A 2016, ‘Introduction’, in Digital Citizenship and Political Engagement, Palgrave Macmillan, London, pp. 1–7.

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Instagram was accused of providing a platform for sexual abuse of children

The New Mexico Attorney General has filed a new lawsuit against Meta, calling Facebook and Instagram a breeding ground for sex offenders.

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According to the Wall Street Journal , a new complaint has been filed by the New Mexico Attorney General against Meta. The lawsuit alleges that Meta and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg , have allowed Facebook and Instagram to become "platforms for child sexual abusers." According to the complaint, filed in state court on Tuesday, the meta-algorithms recommend sexual content to children.

The New Mexico Attorney General's Office conducted an investigation that included the creation of a number of fake and test profiles on Facebook and Instagram; Accounts that claimed to be children or teenagers. As a result of this investigation, not only did they find inappropriate recommendations for each of the prey accounts (including accounts that publicly posted adult pornography), but it was confirmed that they also attracted sexual harassers and predators.

A test account claiming to be a 13-year-old girl gained more than 6,700 followers, most of whom were male adults. Some accounts asked the user to contact them privately or meet them offline.

According to the complaint filed, the fake account of the 13-year-old girl received "messages full of sexual images and videos". This account reported many posts and accounts; But Meta responded that it found no violations of community standards.

The complaint states: "Meta, Facebook and Instagram platforms are breeding grounds for criminals who prey on children for human trafficking, distribution of sexual images, neglect and prostitution. Teenagers and children can easily register without any restrictions and there is no age verification process for them. It also sends inappropriate meta and content to them."

The Wall Street Journal recently published findings on how Facebook enables and promotes groups that share child sexual abuse content. Based on this, Meta developed terms, phrases and emojis related to child safety and used them to identify criminal networks. It also stopped recommending groups with members "behaving in a suspicious manner."

A Meta spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal: "We use advanced technology to root out abusers, hire child safety experts, report content to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and share information with other companies and law enforcement agencies. "We share with state attorneys general."

New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torres claimed that Meta downplays the dangers children face on the platform and continues to prioritize engagement and advertising revenue over the safety of the most vulnerable members of society.

Meta is currently facing dozens of lawsuits alleging that its platform harms the mental health of children. Zuckerberg and the CEOs of other major social platforms are also set to testify before the US Senate in January about their failure to protect children.

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