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Executive Order Looms For Social Media Firms On Content? 

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The summary, according to the site, would direct the FCC to develop new regulations that would detail how the law may protect social media platforms as they move to take content off their sites – and to take those new regulations into account when investigating or filing suit against those firms. In the UK, Too.

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How Texas Restaurants Are Using A Safety Seal of Approval To Get Customers Back

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In a nod to community efforts to boost customer experienced, individual consumers can report on health efforts at Texas eateries — and whether they are enforcing standards such as social distancing and more official standards mandated by the state’s governor. percent reporting dining less at quick-service restaurants (QSRs) and 35.9

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Is $1,000 Enough To Leave Facebook for a Year? (And Does it Even Matter?)

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You can be sure that one area of regression involves social media. New research, in fact, supports that idea — specifically, the high value that consumers attach to Facebook , and the high cost it would take to make them leave the social media platform. But that doesn’t mean consumers plan to leave Facebook anytime soon.

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ICBA LEAD FWD Summit

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Bolton welcomed LEAD FWD attendees in Fort Worth, Texas. ICBA chairman Brad Bolton showed examples of ICBA bankers on social media. The leadership conference hosted 26 speakers that helped attendees prepare for the future of banking. LEAD FWD is the only national leadership conference specifically for community bankers.

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SEC Halts Texas Financial Firm’s ‘Illegal’ ICO

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29), the SEC’s complaint states that AriseBank “used social media, a celebrity endorsement and other wide dissemination tactics to raise what it claims to be $600 million of its $1 billion goal in just two months.” In addition, the agency was able to freeze the company’s assets and those of its two co-founders, CNBC reported.

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How Collectives Aim To Make Cities Into Blockchain Centers

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A group called the Austin Blockchain Collective , for instance, is looking to establish the Texas city as a hub for blockchain innovation. The University of Texas also has approximately 50,000 students (graduate and undergraduate) in Austin, and it teaches blockchain at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

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Zuckerberg Visits DC To Talk Tech Laws With Senators  

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“The participants had a discussion touching on multiple issues, including the role and responsibility of social media platforms in protecting our democracy, and what steps Congress should take to defend our elections, protect consumer data and encourage competition in the social media space,” the spokesperson told the news outlet.

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