Amazon Sues Instagram, TikTok Influencers Over Knockoff Scam

‘Order This, Get This’: Social-media influencers are in Amazon’s legal crosshairs for promoting generic Amazon listings with the promise to get prohibited counterfeit luxury items instead. Continue reading Amazon Sues Instagram, TikTok Influencers Over Knockoff Scam

Facebook to verify identities on accounts that churn out viral posts

Hopefully it’s a COVID-19 version of what it did post-2016 elections, when it required verification of those buying political or issue ads. Continue reading Facebook to verify identities on accounts that churn out viral posts

Tubular Labs raises $10 million to measure online videos across social platforms

Tubular Labs cofounders Allison Stern, Rob Gabel and VP of Engineering David Koblas. Just how popular was that video of the mom laughing in her Chewbacca mask? And how did that video stack up against the mermaid pillow one that went viral in January? Are videos published by Last Week Tonight watched more or shared more than videos published by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert? Mountain View, Calif.-based Tubular Labs Inc. is using big data analytics to figure out such… Read More Continue reading Tubular Labs raises $10 million to measure online videos across social platforms