Media
Digital Nod's Guaranteed Media Placement Program Is Securing Press Coverages for US Brands and Public Figures – Net Newsledger
In today’s digital world, brands, influencers, artists, and public figures are always competing against each other to get more followers and customers. One of the ways to achieve this is to increase your digital footprint and grow your following on social media. However, this is an arduous and time-consuming task. There is another way to get the traffic you want in a fraction of the time.
Digital public relations (PR) services specialize in getting your name out there while you—the artist, creator, or businesses—focus on your products and services. Such agencies are not a want but a need in today’s increasingly digitalized world. Digital Nod is a leader in this field and the #1 provider of guaranteed press features for brands and public figures in the United States.
Over the years, Digital Nod has helped thousands of brands and individuals get their stories published in the biggest publications in America. Thanks to an extensive network of media partnerships, Digital Nod can guarantee its clients to be featured in top-tier publications such as Entrepreneur, Forbes, Maxim, and USA Today. When a story about your work or business is published on sources like these, the days of craving for online publicity become a thing of the past. When your potential clients and target audience reads about you in such prestigious publications, business comes to you automatically.
Another benefit of choosing Digital Nod is that clients can choose which publications they want to be featured in. This is part of a customized strategy offered by this agency to maximize coverage and reach specific target audiences. Digital Nod also offers some of the fastest turnaround times in the industry, meaning your press article would be published in a matter of days. Media coverage also aids in the verification of social media accounts. Don’t be surprised if you also see your social media reach growing exponentially after your press articles go live.
Digital Nod proudly guarantees its media placement services. If the agency cannot publish press articles on a client’s publication of choice within the promised timeline, it is ready to refund the payment. Hence, it’s a win-win situation where you neither have to pay any retainer fees nor risk your money.
Today, Digital Nod has become a household name in the US with its industry-beating services and high-quality customer support experience. Here’s wishing this agency more success in ventures to come.
Media
India’s media – captured and censored – Al Jazeera English
Across almost every form of media in India – social, broadcast and print – Narendra Modi and the BJP hold sway.
With India amid a national election campaign, its news media is in sharp focus. Until recently it was believed that the sheer diversity of outlets ensured a range of perspectives, but now, India’s mainstream media has largely been co-opted by the Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Just how did the media in India get to this point and what does it mean for the upcoming elections?
Featuring:
Ravish Kumar – Former Host, NDTV
Shashi Shekhar Vempati – Former CEO, Prasar Bharati
Pramod Raman – Chief Editor, MediaOne
Amy Kazmin – Former South Asia Bureau Chief, Financial Times
Meena Kotwal – Founder, The Mooknayak
Media
Social media lawsuit launched by Ontario school boards
|
Premier Doug Ford says that lawsuits launched by four Ontario school boards against multiple social media platforms are “nonsense” and risk becoming a distraction to the work that really matters.
The school boards, including three in the Greater Toronto Area, have launched lawsuits seeking $4.5 billion in damages against Snapchat, TikTok, and Meta, the owner of both Facebook and Instagram, for creating products that they allege negligently interfere with student learning and have caused “widespread disruption to the education system.”
But at an unrelated news conference in Ottawa on Friday, Ford said that he “disagrees” with the legal action and worries it could take the focus away from “the core values of education.”
“Let’s focus on math, reading and writing. That is what we need to do, put all the resources into the kids,” he said. “What are they spending lawyers fees to go after these massive companies that have endless cash to fight this? Let’s focus on the kids, not this other nonsense that they are looking to fight in court.”
Four separate but similar statements of claim were filed in Ontario’s Superior Court of JusticSocial media lawsuit launched by Ontario school boards pervasive problems such as distraction, social withdrawal, cyberbullying, a rapid escalation of aggression, and mental health challenges,” Colleen Russell-Rawlins, the director of education with the Toronto District School Board, said in a news release issued Thursday.
“It is imperative that we take steps to ensure the well-being of our youth. We are calling for measures to be implemented to mitigate these harms and prioritize the mental health and academic success of our future generation.”
The school boards are represented by Toronto-based law firm Neinstein LLP and the news release states that school boards “will not be responsible for any costs related to the lawsuit unless a successful outcome is reached.”
These lawsuits come as hundreds of school districts in the United States file similar suits.
“A strong education system is the foundation of our society and our community. Social media products and the changes in behaviour, judgement and attention that they cause pose a threat to that system and to the student population our schools serve,” Duncan Embury, the head of litigation at Neinstein LLP, said in the new release.
“We are proud to support our schools and students in this litigation with the goal of holding social media giants accountable and creating meaningful change.”
Media
Ontario school boards sue social media giants for $4.5B
|
Four major Ontario school boards are taking some of the largest social media companies to court over their products, alleging the way they’re designed has negatively rewired the way children think, behave and learn and disrupted the way schools operate.
The public district school boards of Toronto, Peel and Ottawa-Carleton, along with Toronto’s Catholic counterpart, are looking for about $4.5 billion in total damages from Meta Platforms Inc., Snap Inc. and ByteDance Ltd., which operate the platforms Facebook and Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok respectively, according to separate but similar statements of claim filed Wednesday.
“These social media companies … have knowingly created a product that is addictive and marketed to kids,” said Rachel Chernos Lin, the chair of the Toronto District School Board, on CBC Radio’s Metro Morning on Thursday.
“We need them to be held accountable and we need them to create safer products.”
The allegations have yet to be proven in court, and there is no set date for when they will be heard. CBC Toronto has reached out to the companies named for comment.
The school boards, speaking under a new coalition called Schools for Social Media Change, allege students are experiencing an “attention, learning, and mental health crisis” because of “prolific and compulsive use of social media products,” in a news release.
They allege the platforms facilitate and promote cyberbullying, harassment, hate speech and misinformation, and have a part in escalating physical violence and conflicts in schools, according to the statements of claim.
They also argue these apps are “purposefully designed” to deliver harmful content to students dealing with topics such as suicidal ideation, drugs, self-harm, alcohol, eating disorders, hate speech and sex — particularly content encouraging “non-consensual” sexual activity.
Trying to respond to those problems has caused “massive strains” on the boards’ funds, including in additional mental health programming and staff, IT costs and administrative resources, the release says. The boards call on the social media giants to “remediate” the costs to the larger education system and redesign their products to keep students safe.
Lawsuit may be first of its kind in Canada
Hundreds of school boards in the United States, along with some states, have launched similar lawsuits against social media companies.
Last fall, over 30 states accused Meta Platforms Inc. of harming young people’s mental health and contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly designing features on Instagram and Facebook that cause children to be addicted to its platforms.
In an email, a spokesperson for Snap said Snapchat was “intentionally designed to be different from traditional social media.”
“Snapchat opens directly to a camera — rather than a feed of content — and has no traditional public likes or comments. While we will always have more work to do, we feel good about the role Snapchat plays in helping close friends feel connected, happy and prepared as they face the many challenges of adolescence.”
Neinstein LLP, a Toronto-based firm, is representing the school boards. The boards will not be responsible for any costs related to the suit unless a successful outcome is reached, the release says.
Duncan Embury, a partner and head of litigation at Neinstein, told CBC News the named companies are “mainly responsible” for the social media products that kids use, and share “common” designs or algorithms that lead to “problematic use.”
To his knowledge, this is the first case of its kind in Canada.
“Based on what we’re seeing and what we’re hearing from our educators, I think this is a problem that is pervasive across our system and I wouldn’t be surprised if there [were] more boards that took this step,” said Embury.
Ford ‘disagrees’ with move
At an unrelated news conference on Thursday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he “disagrees” with the schools boards’ lawsuits.
“What are they spending on lawyer fees to go after these massive companies that have endless cash to fight this? Let’s focus on the kids, not about this other nonsense that they’re looking to fight in court,” he said.
WATCH | Ford disagrees with school board lawsuits against social media companies:
CBC News spoke to parents with children who attend schools in the Toronto District School Board. While they all agree social media apps are a problem, they differ in what approach they think should be used to regulate them.
“Just take the phones away,” said Gillian Henderson.
“I don’t think we need to sue anybody, that seems like a long, expensive process. Just take away their phones in class and give them back to them when they need them.”
The board has recently moved to develop a policy to limit cellphone use in classrooms, which includes potential phone bans and social media restrictions. It previously said staff had problems enforcing policies stating students should only use phones for educational purposes only.
Shyon Baumann said school boards could use some help in reducing screen time.
“If the school boards can do what they can trying to police it, that would be great. But it would be also great if the app creators did what they could to make the harms decrease,” he said.
“If they’re not going to make voluntary changes, then maybe doing it through the courts is the most effective way.”
-
Politics23 hours ago
Alberta Politics: UCP ahead of NDP by 15-points. Naheed Nenshi is the most well-known and well-liked NDP.
-
News24 hours ago
Canada to get ‘Renters’ Bill of Rights’: Justin Trudeau
-
Real eState12 hours ago
A settlement in a U.S. lawsuit could upend the cornerstone of real estate industry: commissions
-
Media24 hours ago
Is the US media layoffs phenomenon the next housing crisis?
-
News20 hours ago
Why Canada's record population growth is helping – and hurting – the economy – CTV News
-
Media19 hours ago
Four Ontario school boards sue social-media giants for products that harm students' behaviour and education – The Globe and Mail
-
Economy20 hours ago
Opinion: The future economy will suffer if Canada axes the carbon tax – The Globe and Mail
-
Science20 hours ago
Meteors, UFOs or something else? Dawson City, Yukon, residents puzzled by recent sightings in night sky – CBC.ca