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Facebook Deletes Two Purported North Korean Accounts

in News on August 24, 2010 at 10:15 am PT

Facebook (along with Twitter and YouTube) is officially banned in North Korea, and as such, Facebook spokeswoman Kumiko Hidaka cited the social network’s term of service regarding the deletion of two accounts purported to originate from there. “If a person poses as a person or entity that you don’t officially represent, that becomes a violation of our policy.” For its part, in response to this and other recent speculation that it has been utilizing social media for propaganda purposes, North Korea’s government assured Forbes’s Taylor Buley that it isn’t.

MicroHoo: Time to Begin the Hard-Sell [Talking Points Docs]

in News on July 30, 2009 at 12:36 pm PT

“This is the one that stuns me, that people haven’t figured it out,” said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer this morning in Redmond at the company’s annual Financial Analyst Meeting, truly surprised at Yahoo investors’ negative reception to the Microsoft-Yahoo deal. How to convince them otherwise? Not to fear, Steve! The Microsoft-Yahoo propaganda machine is in full swing and has already produced its first talking-points docs.
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