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Are you numb to the numbers? A social media page aims to humanize the pandemic, putting faces behind the statistics. HOUSTON — Tuesday marked two grim milestones in Texas since the COVID-19 pandemic began. There are now 14,218 lab confirmed COVID-19 patients in the hospitals, the first time that number has surpassed 14,000. Texas also reports 286 more COVID-19 deaths, surpassing 30,000 deaths. The death toll currently stands at 30,219.   Houston hospitals are on the brink of being overwhelmed, and our healthcare workers are exhausted. Still, many people just aren’t listening -- in Texas and across the country. That’s one reason why Alex Goldstein, a communications expert in Boston, wanted to humanize the headlines. Back in March he started a page on Twitter, @FacesOfCovid. Are you numb to the numbers? Houston hospitals say it won't be long before they're overwhelmed. Still, people aren't listening. @FacesOfCOVID seeks to humanize the pandemic. So many dying & grieving alone. The creator says it's a needed platform. Tune in at 10. #KHOU11 #covid19 pic.twitter.com/3fQTcxoNx6— Lauren Talarico (@KHOULauren) January 13, 2021 “I was really struggling with how to process the headlines,” Goldstein said. “I think it’s important to affirm the basic dignity of the…

Published: Jan. 12, 2021 at 11:17 p.m. ET Alphabet Inc.'s GOOG, -1.14% GOOGL, -1.07% YouTube video streaming service suspended President Trump's account Tuesday evening, days after other large tech platforms responded to a deadly riot at the Capitol by banning the president. On Twitter Inc. TWTR, -2.37%, which banned the president from its service Friday, YouTube said that the president could not upload new content for a minimum of seven days. The suspension was in response to new content uploaded to Trump's account, "and in light of concerns the ongoing potential for violence," YouTube said. Facebook Inc. FB, -2.24% banned the president until at least the end of his term within 24 hours of Wednesday's insurrection attempt at the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters, and other services followed. YouTube took down a video the president posted to multiple services in which he professed love for the attackers, but it said Tuesday that the most recent removal was Trump's "first strike." YouTube would not disclose the nature of the video that caused Tuesday's suspension when asked by CNN. The company said commenting would also be disabled on the president's videos.

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DETROIT – A new private Facebook group emerged a few days ago aimed at conservatives in Michigan.Among the first to join were State Rep. Matt Maddock and his wife Meshawn Maddock who is in line to become co-chair of the Michigan Republican Party.Some of the posts in the group have people concerned.The Maddocks have become well known supporters of President Donald Trump for months, but much of that success has been built on conspiracies about the election and COVID-19.Both were found in a new Facebook group called Milford Conservatives Matter.The page is filled with conspiracies, far-right memes and open discussions of martial law and civil war.One post praised the siege on the US Capitol saying people will sleep well knowing members of Congress were scared for their lives.In another post Matt Maddock told the group he joined CloutHub, a social media site popular with conservative and far right groups.Meshawn Maddock in one post wrote about the page, “Lord thank you for this.”Last week she helped charter 19 buses to bring Trump supporters to Washington, DC.Since the attack on the US Capitol calls have been made from Democratic members of the state legislature for Matt Maddock to resign and there has…

Donald Trump (file photo)&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspAP New Delhi: YouTube is suspending US President Donald Trump's channel for at least one week, and potentially longer, after his channel earned a strike under the platform's policies, the company said Tuesday evening. A recent video on Trump's channel had incited violence, YouTube told CNN and the video has now been removed. However, YouTube declined to share details of the video that earned Trump "the strike", but said that after the one-week timeout, it will revisit the decision. It was reported that YouTube had been the only remaining major social media platform not to have suspended Trump in some fashion. Facebook has suspended Trump's account "indefinitely," while Twitter has banned Trump completely. "After careful review, and in light of concerns about the ongoing potential for violence, we removed new content uploaded to the Donald J Trump channel and issued a strike for violating our policies for inciting violence," a YouTube spokesperson said in a statement. "As a result, in accordance with our long-standing strikes system, the channel is now prevented from uploading new videos or live streams for a minimum of seven days--which may be extended," it added. The video-sharing platform added that it…

After being ridiculed for her allegations of embezzlement, Erika Jayne is now being slammed by fans for FaceTuning one of her Instagram pictures. Fans are slamming Erika Jayne from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills after she shared unrecognizable photos of herself on her social media. The photos came amid a lot of drama for the Bravo star, who is in the midst of a divorce and a legal battle. When Erika first joined the Bravo series, fans took a liking to her for how confident she is and her ability to speak her mind. Since then, the viewers started to turn on Erika. She was part of the takedown of Denise Richards, which rubbed many fans the wrong way. In addition, she is currently embroiled in a legal battle for embezzlement allegations against herself and her estranged husband, Tom Girardi. Erika has certainly taken a fall from grace since her first season. Continue scrolling to keep reading Click the button below to start this article in quick view. According to All About The Tea, the 49 year old was ridiculed in the comment section of an Instagram post after her fans were shocked to see her unrecognizable face. In the photo, Erika sports a red…

After it was spotted in testing back in September, LinkedIn has now officially launched the capacity to add links into your LinkedIn Stories - though it's not available to all users at this stage. As you can see in these screenshots, posted by social media expert Matt Navarra, the new option enables you to add a 'See more' prompt to your LinkedIn Stories, which will link through to a URL of your choosing. You can add a URL via a new 'link' icon in your Stories options, at the top right of the composer screen.  Viewers can then access the link by swiping up on the screen, similar to the same option in other Stories tools. You have the option to preview and edit your link before publishing, and while Navarra also notes that users will have access to link click information in their Stories insights. But there is a fairly significant catch, at least in terms of usage from your personal LinkedIn profile. As per LinkedIn, the 'swipe up' feature for LinkedIn Stories is only currently available to LinkedIn Pages. Individual members who have at least 5,000 connections or followers and the Follow button as the primary action on their…

Prodigal Son season 2 premieres on Tuesday, January 12 at 9 p.m. ET on Fox. The first episode of the new season shows what happens after Ainsley Whitly commits a vicious crime in the season 1 finale. When the show posted a teaser for the season 2 premiere on Instagram earlier this week, fans shared their excitement in the comments section. Prodigal Son fans, rejoice! Season 2 is finally here, and Malcolm Bright (Tom Payne) is back to work helping the NYPD solve crimes. In the season 2 premiere, entitled "It’s All in the Execution," the gifted but troubled forensic psychologist tries to focus on the case at hand while also dealing with the drama that unfolded in the season 1 finale. Last season, Malcolm's sister, Ainsley Whitly (Halston Sage), killed pharmaceutical tycoon Nicholas Endicott (Dermot Mulroney). A preview of season 2 shows Malcolm comforting Ainsley afterward and hinting that he'll destroy the murder evidence. Ahead of the highly anticipated episode, the Fox drama shared a teaser of what’s to come on Instagram. Based on the clip, it looks like Malcolm will have to grapple with the fact that Ainsley may be more similar to their serial killer father, Dr.…

With many businesses set to re-align their processes around remote working, even in the wake of the pandemic, Facebook Workplace has seen a significant boost in growth, with millions of paid users now signed on to use the Facebook-for-business model in order to maintain connection with colleagues. And today, Facebook has announced some new enhancements for its professional platform, including an updated Safety Check feature to keep tabs on employee safety, and live video enhancements to facilitate more presenters in a stream. First off, on Safety Check - as explained by Facebook's Alexandru Voica: "Safety Center is an evolution of Safety Check that will provide increased functionality and a new UX to help organizations check on employee safety, manage communications during incidents or issue Travel Advisories to employees during the pandemic." As you can see in these examples, the new Safety Check will provide a quick, easy way for employees to check in during a crisis - which could become increasingly important when you have various staff working in different locations. The responses are then displayed on the Workplace platform, providing more transparency over the impacts. That could also make it easier to track employee availability in different regions as…

Updated33 min agoPublishedJan 13, 2021, 9:36 am SGT SINGAPORE - Messaging giant WhatsApp reassured its users on Tuesday (Jan 12) that it was still respecting their privacy, in the wake of terms and policy changes announced last week that drove many people globally, including in Singapore, to turn to rival chat apps. The changes allow some WhatsApp data to be shared with parent company Facebook. On Tuesday, Facebook executives like Instagram chief Adam Mosseri tweeted that "there is a lot of misinformation about the WhatsApp (terms of service)" and that the policy update "does not affect the privacy of your messages with friends or family in any way". The changes are related to messaging a business on WhatsApp, which is optional, he added. WhatsApp stressed that neither it nor Facebook can read users WhatsApp chats nor hear their calls because they are encrypted. This also applies to chats consumers have with businesses over WhatsApp. Some companies can choose to securely store the messages on Facebook's servers to help them manage the chats. WhatsApp assured that Facebook will not automatically use consumers' chats with merchants to determine the advertisements these people see. But a company can use the data for its…