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Identity As A Service To The Rescue

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Social media platforms are infested with phonies, and not just your best friend’s irritating co-worker (although he totally is). This is about the fact that fake identities comprise 25 percent of new social media accounts created every day, and that 53 percent of all social media logins are fraudulent , according to a recent study.

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Zuckerberg Advocates Internet Regulation

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Zuckerberg also said in his opinion piece that he wanted the government to update legislation that would protect elections, which would include new rules for online political advertising that would “reflect the reality of the threats” that social media companies have to deal with. Landry said.

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FTC, State AGs To Team Up To Investigate Google, Facebook

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According to a report in Bloomberg citing Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, the meeting had been slated for this week but will be rescheduled. At Google, he pointed to its role in online ads as an antitrust and consumer protection concern. Would the FTC allow Chase or Goldman-Sachs to own the Nasdaq?” Landry said.

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A Step Ahead

Independent Banker

social media presence. With the average individual spending 100 minutes on social media each day, it’s entirely possible for community banks to share some of that screen time. If you’re an online bank or are simply looking for younger, more millennial-type customers, Twitter and Instagram are strong platforms to use.

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We analyzed 7 of the fastest-growing personal finance apps of all time to figure out the secrets to their success — here’s what we learned

CB Insights

Then, they spent an equal amount of time working on distributing that content both through social media (Reddit, personal finance forums) and through SEO (which wound up driving about 20% of Mint’s overall traffic). Louisiana — #6 in Credit Karma searches. The best PFM tools don’t just help their users succeed.

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Facebook Looks To Government For More Regulation

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Elsewhere, Zuckerberg said a benefit of updating rules would be the protection of elections , where new rules for online political ads would “reflect the reality of the threats” with which social media companies grapple. The blog post offered up four areas for “more active” oversight and more government participation.