Groups linked to oil companies funded Facebook ads denouncing the rail blockades | CBC News

Oil and gas business, as well as teams linked to them, have actually been investing large on Facebook advertisements that denounce the Initial Nations-led demonstrations that have targetted rail transport in Canada in the previous month. These groups, a few of which position themselves as grassroots activities, have actually spent>>>

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Stephen King quits Facebook over false claims in political ads | Books | The Guardian

Stephen King has quit Facebook, stating that he is not comfortable with the “flooding of false details admitted its political advertising”. The bestselling scary storyteller, a respected customer of social networks, also claimed he was not “certain in [Facebook’s] capacity to shield its customers’ personal privacy”. King made the statement>>>

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Bong Go: It’s those anti-Duterte ads on ABS-CBN that got the boss’ goat

SPEAKING FOR DUTERTE. Senator Christopher ‘Bong’ Go cites reasons why President Duterte is upset with ABS-CBN. Photo by Angie de Silva/Rappler MANILA, Phillippines (3rd UPDATE) – President Rodrigo Duterte is “not vindictive,” his former aide, Senator Bong Go, told a Senate hearing on the ABS-CBN franchise on Monday, February 24,>>>

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Coke, crisps, benefit: how ads produced an international processed food generation|Global development|The Guardian

Coke, crisps, benefit: how ads produced an international processed food generation|Global development|The Guardian “Lay’s chips and Coke,” says Diwani, who consumes in between one and two litres of soft drink every day. Kiran Dahal, a Nepalese schoolboy, is filming in his school’s canteen, where children are rushing over each other>>>

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