Editor's Pick: It's Time for a Social Media and Disinformation Reckoning

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View Online Editor's Pick February 14, 2020 It's Time for a Social Media and Disinformation Reckoning Can social media be saved? Can democracy be saved? The first question may seem less compelling than the second, but to some very worried observers, they are intimately entwined. Social networking -- on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and a host of other online networks -- is the root of all current cultural evils, in the eyes of some critics. As part of a comprehensive virtual discussion on the state of technology in 2020, we put two central questions to ECT's panel of industry insiders in an effort to tease apart some of these tangled issues. We asked them to identify the biggest problems with social media and to propose some potential solutions. Read More » Televerde's Michelle Cirocco: 'Invest in Disempowered Populations'  Televerde trains and employs women incarcerated in Arizona and Indiana, and it offers many of them employment when they leave prison. Michelle Cirocco, Televerde's chief social responsibility officer, spoke with the E-Commerce Times about the the long-term benefits of Televerde's program. Read More » A D V E R T I S E M E N T 3 Ways Agent Experience is Boosting Customer Experience Discover how you can empower your agents to provide a 5-star experience to every customer. On demand Webinar featuring Lori Bocklund of Strategic Contact and additional resources. Read more get.niceincontact.com Customer Retention Blooms Again Brightback recently published a report on customer churn and what more than 400 subscription companies say they're doing about it. Its findings are in line with many other sources, and the data deserves an examination.  Read More » Latest E-Commerce Trend: The Rise of Shoppable Posts Core business-to-consumer platforms like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, and business-to-business platforms like LinkedIn, are not meeting consumer expectations, but all of them are adopting or currently developing shoppable strategies to make them more competitive with the likes of Amazon. Read More » The Clear and Present Ransomware Danger Ransomware incidents increased sharply in 2019. Almost as many ransomware threats were detected in the first three months of 2019 as in the whole of 2018, Trend Micro reported. The rise of Ransomware as a Service could explain why losses due to ransomware have been increasing. Read More » Career Advice Free Best Practices: How to Make Yourself Indispensable How hard would it be for your employer to find someone that can do what you can do, but for less? The way to counteract that is to do everything possible to show your company how indispensable you really are. Download this article to find out how. Read more ecommercetimes.tradepub.com Reader Services News Alerts Get the day's top e-business and technology news from ECT News Network delivered to your inbox as stories break. Sign up today. Feedback We welcome your feedback. To share your thoughts or ideas, please use our online form. Manage Subscriptions This newsletter was sent in response to your request on an ECT News Network website. To update your settings, or to receive other newsletters from ECT News Network: Manage My Subscriptions. Business Services How to Advertise To advertise in this newsletter or elsewhere on ECT News Network, please call our sales department (818) 461-9700 or follow these links: Contact Sales | Media Kit | Rate Card | Lead Generation ‌ ‌ ‌ © 2020 ECT News Network, Inc.

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