What if Facebook was the real silent majority?
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2025 6:15 am
US Elections and Social Media – Unlike Facebook and Twitter , YouTube underestimated the wave of Fake news about the elections. Facebook has a specific metric for “violence and incitement to violence” that has increased sharply this week. The social network also announced the closure of the pro-Trump group “Stop the Steal” whose membership has exploded in recent days . Twitter flagged 38% of Trump’s tweets as “misleading” while fake accounts pretending to be media outlets claimed his victory.
Covid-19 and second lockdown – According to data from Apple and Google, travel is more numerous during the second lockdown . While most businesses are closed, France Digitale offers a kit to help those who wish to get into e-commerce . Local initiatives in this area are multiplying and Amazon remains heavily criticized .
This week in France
Netflix launches its live function in France
Le Monde launches a “feel Good” newsletter
Mobilization around cyberbullying on the occasion of the international day against school bullying.
5G authorization in France scheduled for November 18
TO REMEMBER THIS WEEK:
3 FIGURES
120 million readers for the NYT (including 75 million who came on election day)
Twitter has flagged 38% of Trump's tweets since Nov 3
300,000 members for the Facebook group “stop the steal”
CHART OF THE WEEK
Infographic: The sectors where viber data 5G will have the biggest impact | StatistaYou can find more infographics on Statista
OUR BEST READS / WORTH YOUR TIME / LONG READ
It's the end of an era for American media, no matter who wins the election.
How 2020 changed the internet
Trump's tweets are not insane. Everything is strategic, even the mistakes.
DISRUPTION, DISLOCATION, GLOBALIZATION
Working with robots in a post-pandemic world
In Belgium, bookstores classified as “essential businesses”
Covid-19 and second lockdown – According to data from Apple and Google, travel is more numerous during the second lockdown . While most businesses are closed, France Digitale offers a kit to help those who wish to get into e-commerce . Local initiatives in this area are multiplying and Amazon remains heavily criticized .
This week in France
Netflix launches its live function in France
Le Monde launches a “feel Good” newsletter
Mobilization around cyberbullying on the occasion of the international day against school bullying.
5G authorization in France scheduled for November 18
TO REMEMBER THIS WEEK:
3 FIGURES
120 million readers for the NYT (including 75 million who came on election day)
Twitter has flagged 38% of Trump's tweets since Nov 3
300,000 members for the Facebook group “stop the steal”
CHART OF THE WEEK
Infographic: The sectors where viber data 5G will have the biggest impact | StatistaYou can find more infographics on Statista
OUR BEST READS / WORTH YOUR TIME / LONG READ
It's the end of an era for American media, no matter who wins the election.
How 2020 changed the internet
Trump's tweets are not insane. Everything is strategic, even the mistakes.
DISRUPTION, DISLOCATION, GLOBALIZATION
Working with robots in a post-pandemic world
In Belgium, bookstores classified as “essential businesses”