Facebook has described the update as an attack on small businesses that rely on its advertising models â even releasing a number of television commercials on the matter â while Apple has positioned itself as a privacy savior. Neither of those narratives is exactly accurate, said Gautam Hans, an intellectual property and privacy law professor at Vanderbilt University.
âItâs more about control of the industry,â he said.
âApple is a company very focused on controlling its own products and services, and they view Facebook as undermining that.â
On Tuesday, a Wall Street Journal report showed Appleâs own ad products may benefit from the new update that disadvantages Facebook.
Online Anti-Semitism is Soaring
Foreign trolls and other extremists are targeting Jews on social media.
Terrorists and foreign trolls are driving anti-Semitic hate online in the United States and elsewhere, posting negatively about Jews and driving hatred of Jews and Israel.
A new study analyzed 250 million extremist anti-Jewish posts and found that anti-Jewish posts increased sharply during times of political uncertainty and unrest. Much of the anti-Jewish hate that’s being posted on social media seems to originate with domestic terrorists and foreign “trolls” in Russia and elsewhere: anonymous and misleading actors who are deliberately trying to stoke hatred towards Jews and foment divisions within the United States.