May 23, 2016
Early data on the performance of Facebook Instant articles. Periscope makes videos permanent. Donald Trump does something that crosses the ethical line for PR pros. And we look at the deeper issues underpinning the discussion about Facebook's Trending Topics.
Gini Dietrich, Martin Waxman and Joseph Thornley tackle these topics and more in this week's Inside PR podcast.
In our main discussion, we turn our attention to lack of transparency in how Facebook's Trending Topics are selected. This is a far reaching and important issue. It's about Facebook's emergence as a media outlet. It's about dominance of one player. It's about the level of transparency necessary so that we can assess bias. And it's about the additional obligation to transparency and scrutiny that Facebook should now be subject to.
During our discussion, we cite several sources that you should read in order to have the facts to make up your own mind about what is at stake: