
Yes, We're Talking About That Teen Vogue Article (Part 1)
01/30/20 • 64 min
In this week's tumultuous return to our 2020 schedule, we breakdown the recent disappearance of the controversial Teen Vogue 'advertorial' praising Facebook's dedication to a fair and honest 2020 election. We review the original piece and explain its complicated creation, as well as discover shocking things about their internal team.
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Part 1 - Sources- Katie Harbath’s Career History (LinkedIn)
- DCI Group Controversies (Wikipedia)
- Astroturfing History (Wikipedia)
- Education Management Corporation (Wikipedia)
- National Republican Senate Committee (Facebook)
- Sarah Schiff (LinkedIn)
- Facebook let Trump's campaign run over 2,000 ads referring to immigration as an “invasion” (MediaMatters)
- Monica Lee (Website)
- The cure for Facebook's fake news infection? It might be these women (CNET)
- Crystal Patterson at the RNC (FacebookWatch)
- One year inside Trump's monumental Facebook campaign (TheGuardian)
- Pro-Trump super PACs draw scrutiny for Facebook ads seeking voter registration data (TheWashingtonPost)
- Teen Vogue Editorial Staff Had No Idea About That Mysterious Facebook Advertorial: Source (Jezebel)
- Forget fake news stories. False text posts are getting massive engagement on Facebook (Poynter)
- Facebook Says It Won’t Back Down From Allowing Lies in Political Ads (New York Times)
- Fresh Cambridge Analytica leak ‘shows global manipulation is out of control’ (The Guardian)
- How white supremacists evade Facebook bans (The Verge)
- Facebook civil rights audit says white supremacy policy is ‘too narrow’ (The Verge)
- Facebook Allowed Advertisers to Target Users Interested in “White Genocide” (The Intercerpt)
In this week's tumultuous return to our 2020 schedule, we breakdown the recent disappearance of the controversial Teen Vogue 'advertorial' praising Facebook's dedication to a fair and honest 2020 election. We review the original piece and explain its complicated creation, as well as discover shocking things about their internal team.
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Eating For Free is an investigative podcast reporting from the edge of the internet! We're a new wave of critical reporters at a time when pop culture and tech coverage is increasingly chaotic and media lacks the ability or moral direction to make sense of this capitalist nightmare!
Become a Patreon backer for exclusive access to monthly bonus episodes and more! You can also find us on our website, Twitter, and Instagram. For behind-the-scenes gossip and access, join our exclusive Facebook group: Girls & Gays (G.A.G.S.)!
Any personal, business, or general inquires can be sent to [email protected]
Part 1 - Sources- Katie Harbath’s Career History (LinkedIn)
- DCI Group Controversies (Wikipedia)
- Astroturfing History (Wikipedia)
- Education Management Corporation (Wikipedia)
- National Republican Senate Committee (Facebook)
- Sarah Schiff (LinkedIn)
- Facebook let Trump's campaign run over 2,000 ads referring to immigration as an “invasion” (MediaMatters)
- Monica Lee (Website)
- The cure for Facebook's fake news infection? It might be these women (CNET)
- Crystal Patterson at the RNC (FacebookWatch)
- One year inside Trump's monumental Facebook campaign (TheGuardian)
- Pro-Trump super PACs draw scrutiny for Facebook ads seeking voter registration data (TheWashingtonPost)
- Teen Vogue Editorial Staff Had No Idea About That Mysterious Facebook Advertorial: Source (Jezebel)
- Forget fake news stories. False text posts are getting massive engagement on Facebook (Poynter)
- Facebook Says It Won’t Back Down From Allowing Lies in Political Ads (New York Times)
- Fresh Cambridge Analytica leak ‘shows global manipulation is out of control’ (The Guardian)
- How white supremacists evade Facebook bans (The Verge)
- Facebook civil rights audit says white supremacy policy is ‘too narrow’ (The Verge)
- Facebook Allowed Advertisers to Target Users Interested in “White Genocide” (The Intercerpt)
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TikTok-ing Through the Apocalypse (Part 3)
In part three of our TikTok installment, we round-out out our coverage of the new global phenomenon taking over social media. We talk about the new censorship against users dissenting against China, those not deemed worthy of the algorithm’s promotion, the way their app directs data to 3rd party companies, and the recent class-action settlement with the United States Federal Trade Commission.
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Sources:
- Tik Tok and the Uighur Muslims (BBC)
- Feroza Aziz’s Banned TikTok Video (YouTube)
- Privacy Analysis of Tiktok’s App and Website (Rufposten)
- TikTok prevented disabled users’ videos from showing up in feeds (The Verge)
- TikTok and Chinese Surveillance Software (The Independent)
- Privacy Analysis of Tiktok’s App and Website (Rufposten)
- TikTok chief, facing criticism over China ties, cancels meetings with US lawmakers (CNBC)
- TikTok's chief cancels planned meetings with US senators amid concerns over privacy and app's ties to China (Business Insider)
- TikTok music app owner agrees to $1.1 million class action settlement for alleged underage privacy violations (Chicago Tribune)
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We Can’t Stop Cyberbullying Jameela Jamil (With Kendall!)
In the wake of unexpected tragic news, we regret to inform you that Joan Summers was unfortunately too booked-and-busy with her extensive live coverage of the 92nd Annual Oscars ceremony to join us on this week’s episode! However, in lieu of her absence, we brought on the amazing and talented Kendall Close from the backdoors of the Eating For Free studio, to bring you the latest in pop culture discourse. From Jameela Jamil’s failures within the voguing community, Kendall Jenner’s imposter account on TikTok, the latest with deepfake, and Bloomberg’s continued plan to ruin America, it’s still a classic, non-stop mania episode of Eating For Free.
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Eating For Free is an investigative podcast reporting from the edge of the internet! We're a new wave of critical reporters at a time when pop culture and tech coverage is increasingly chaotic and media lacks the ability or moral direction to make sense of this capitalist nightmare!
Become a Patreon backer for exclusive access to monthly bonus episodes and more! You can also find us on our website, Twitter, and Instagram. For behind-the-scenes gossip and access, join our exclusive Facebook group: Girls & Gays (G.A.G.S.)!
Any personal, business, or general inquires can be sent to [email protected]
Sources:- HBO Max chooses Jameela Jamil to host a voguing competition (LATimes)
- Kendall Jenner Imposter Appears on TikTok (BusinessInsider)
- ByteDance & TikTok have secretly built a deepfakes maker (TechChrunch)
- Mike Bloomberg Is Paying ‘Influencers’ to Make Him Seem Cool (TheDailyBeast)
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