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This marriage started off on a high note. A man in Chile turned a wedding into a stoner’s paradise when he baked his sister a “magical” wedding cake laced with marijuana — and had guests dancing all night. Alvaro Rodriguez, 29, spiked just one of the seven tiers of his sister’s bridal cake with cannabis, which is decriminalized but illegal to produce and sell in the country. The Santiago resident scored 13 million views of his TikTok video which shows the newlyweds cutting into the cake before 20 of the 100 wedding guests go buck wild on the dance floor, laughing the night away to the tune of Sak Noel’s “Loca People.” “It was good fun,” Alvaro told Jam Press. “The funniest reaction was my aunt. I remember her back hurt, and two hours after eating cake, her pain disappeared and she was up dancing like a teenager.” Newlyweds and their guests were on a high after the bride’s brother baked a “magical” cake.Jam Press/@alvaroelias_ One layer was made with cannabis.Jam Press Vid/@alvaroelias_ Alvaro Rodriguez,  » Read More

Is Facebook always listening? The truth is, it doesn’t need to.Big Tech companies have far easier ways of gathering information on you. Take Google. If you use Gmail, Google Drive, YouTube, Google Podcasts, and an Android phone, think about every bit of information you willingly pass along. Tap or click to erase what Google knows about you.On Facebook, your activity speaks volumes. Say you join a “buy nothing” group. Facebook might guess you value sustainability or just love saving money. This detail goes into its highly specific profile of you. Tap or click here to get free stuff in your neighborhood.Facebook also knows what you do elsewhere because you might have connected apps sharing your data. You can stop that.See the apps and games you have added to FacebookIf you’ve clicked “Connect with Facebook” or enabled apps or games directly through Facebook over the years, you may have lots of third parties watching what you do. Here’s how to check.On a computer:Click the downward arrow in the top right of Facebook.  » Read More

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A former Louisville Metro Police officer now facing a federal civil rights charge was fired last month by the department due to violations of the department's social media rules and for conduct unbecoming.Records obtained by WDRB News show Crews was under two professional standards investigations, one for the social media rules and another in which she was found to have violated procedure, de-escalation and use of chemical policies.In the report from the Louisville Metro Merit Board, investigators found Crews posted a comment on Facebook "which could be construed as promoting violence.""P.S. I hope the pepper balls that she got lit up with a little hurt," she wrote. "Come back and get you some tonight ole girl, I'll be on the line again tonight."Crews was indicted last week for firing a pepper ball at a woman shortly before the 2020 shooting death of David McAtee, a west Louisville business owner. Crews "fired a pepperball at M.M., striking M.M., on June 1,  » Read More

The Michigan Independent Redistricting Commission voted Thursday to reverse a 7% raise its 13 commissioners had approved a month prior.After deadlocking earlier this month when a motion was made to reconsider, the commission voted 12-1 Thursday to kill the raise."We decided it wasn't a wise decision to have gone up 7%," non-affiliated Commissioner Steven Lett said in a press conference on Zoom after the vote. "So we reversed it."Democratic commissioner Brittni Kellom opposed the move.The commission in December passed three new maps that will decide the state's political future in congressional, state House and state Senate races.More: Michigan redistricting panel wraps adoption of state House, Senate, congressional mapsThe commission has been sued for the maps, thus far unsuccessfully. The raise, coming two months after the maps were approved, was controversial considering the commission faced a $1.2 million shortfall. Some Republican lawmakers also said they were unlikely to approve more funding for the commission to cover the raises.More: Redistricting commission gives itself 7% pay increases despite $1.2M shortfallOn March 10,  » Read More

Since Apple’s app tracking transparency feature began, Meta has seen shaky results regarding its advertising to iOS users. Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, relies heavily on ad revenue and has seen damages from Apple’s ad changes. However, many small businesses are claiming that their ads on Facebook and Instagram are suddenly performing better than normal. The reason why is not completely clear, but this boost is making these advertisers buy more than usual lately.  This is good news for Meta, who predicted a $10 billion decrease in revenue this year over Apple’s advertising changes. In an article from The Information, this prediction caused investors to sell stock, causing the company’s market capitalization to drop by more than one-third of its value.  One app creator told The Information that the ad costs are “extremely volatile but it’s definitely better.” Resilient advertisers are reaping the benefits of their work as ad costs have decreased since last year. In a company statement,  » Read More

Mom uses art to help strangers Indiana mom uses art to help more than 8,000 strangers 03:02 The pandemic has been a dark time for many people, but one mom found a way to make it brighter not just for her family, but for thousands of strangers – using art and social media.  Angie Carel has always loved drawing with her family. "When I was a single mom, we did a lot of art because I couldn't afford the Nintendos and all the digital devices, so we always did art, literally daily," Carel told CBS News. That was about 12 years ago. Now, three of Carel's daughters are grown – but when the pandemic hit and in-person learning and sports were canceled, they found themselves back at her house in Roanoke, Indiana. And their mom found herself turning to art again.  "Everyone was just sad and a mess. So, I had this idea this one morning and I was like, 'You know what, I'm going to make them draw.' Because that's our happy place," said Carel,  » Read More

On March 22, 2022, we began investigating a crypto scam on a Facebook page that posed as Crypto.com , a cryptocurrency exchange company, and asked for donations for Ukraine. The Facebook page was named Crypto.com/Nft. However, the company named Crypto.com had nothing to do with it. We notified Meta by email and were told by a company spokesperson that the page would soon be coming down. Meta is Facebook’s parent company. The person or people managing the page bought paid advertising on Facebook in order to run the scam. The ad was approved, and was displayed for at least three days. The page was created on March 18, and the ad began running the next day. We noted that the same ad was still active as of March 22. The “Ad Library” for the crypto scam Facebook page showed that it had been active for at least three days. By March 22,  » Read More

Thirteen years ago I gave in, and joined Facebook. It was at the urging of an old radio pal, who assured me my fears about Facebook were unfounded.Although I had often lectured my teenage sons about Facebook being a waste of time, my buddy told me that it was a great way to reconnect with former co-workers, and even relatives who lived out of town. For a while, Facebook delivered on his promise.Eventually, it devolved into a national clothesline of gossip and disinformation. In its early days, it was a pleasant surprise to get a friend request. Wow, I haven’t heard from her since high school! Hey, this is cool: one of my old softball buddies want to friend me, and I had totally lost track of him!Somewhere along the way, the charm disappeared. I get friend requests from people who are already my Facebook friends. Their accounts get hacked, or some underhanded rascal hijacks their photo and identity, and if I hurriedly click “accept” in a weak moment,  » Read More

Irish ecommerce businesses that rely on social media to win new customers are seeing less traffic to their sites from the iPhone Facebook app and are paying more to advertise to this audience since Apple’s iOS privacy update last year, a new survey has found. Analysis by marketing company Wolfgang Digital found that traffic to ecommerce sites from the Facebook app on iPhones has dropped 29 per cent since the April 2021 update to Apple’s operating system (iOS 14.5) that requires apps to seek user consent to track their activity across other apps and websites. Almost two-thirds of Irish iPhone users do not consent to apps tracking them, according to research conducted in February by Wolfgang Digital in partnership with iReach. The survey of 1,000 Irish adults found that 36 per cent were iPhone users and 64 per cent of those did not consent to being tracked. That makes about 23 per cent of Irish adults “untrackable” for Facebook’s parent company, Meta, Wolfgang Digital said. This has led to greater competition to reach a smaller audience,  » Read More

MOSCOW: A Russian court on Monday (Mar 21) banned Facebook and Instagram as "extremist", part of sweeping efforts by Moscow to crack down on social media during the conflict in Ukraine. The Russian authorities have accused US tech giant Meta - the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp - of tolerating "Russophobia" since President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine on Feb 24. Facebook and Twitter have been inaccessible in Russia since early March and Instagram was blocked in the country a week ago. Moscow's Tverskoi district court acceded to a request from prosecutors for the two social media platforms to be banned for "carrying out extremist activities". It ruled that Meta's WhatsApp messenger service would not be prohibited because it is not used to post public statements. There was no immediate comment from Meta. During Monday's hearing, Russia's FSB security service accused Meta of working against the interests of Moscow and its army during the conflict. "The activities of the Meta organisation are directed against Russia and its armed forces," FSB representative Igor Kovalevsky told the court in a statement reported by Russian news agencies.  » Read More