A pedestrian walks past Tencent Holdings’s headquarters in Shenzhen, China. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Chinese technology giant Tencent seesawed on Thursday as analysts assessed the company’s mixed earnings results as well as the potential impact of the coronavirus outbreak. Hong Kong-listed shares of Tencent popped over 3% in early trade, […]
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Multilevel marketing sellers use coronavirus to sell oils
Sellers of supplements and essential oils are using coronavirus claims to try to sell on Facebook. CNBC has found dozens of examples where sellers for multilevel marketing, or MLM, companies, such as doTerra and Young Living, claim on Facebook that their products can prevent consumers from getting coronavirus. Some suggest the products can give consumers […]
Facebook bans ads, listings for medical face masks due to coronavirus
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Chesnot | Getty Images Facebook on Friday announced it is temporarily banning ads and commerce listings selling medical face masks as the company continues to grapple with the reaction of its users to the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Facebook Director of Product Management Rob Leathern announced the change […]
Facebook offers free ads to WHO, will remove flase claims
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the F8 Facebook Developers conference on April 30, 2019 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday that the social network will give the World Health Organization free advertising for its coronavirus response and take down false claims about the virus. Users […]
Tom Brady’s tweet was an ad for Hulu
Hulu’s Super Bowl ad featuring Tom Brady. YouTube Tom Brady set off a flurry of speculation Thursday when he shared a dramatic-looking black-and-white photograph of himself on Twitter. Onlookers wondered whether the New England Patriots star quarterback was walking toward or away from the camera, and what symbolism that could hold. Brady is available as […]
Mike Bloomberg’s Super Bowl ad focuses on gun control
Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg gives the thumbs up as he embarks on his bus after speaking to supporters at the Viva Villa restaurant in San Antonio, Texas on January 11, 2020. Mark Felix | AFP | Getty Images Presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg released his 60-second Super Bowl ad on Thursday morning, and it focuses […]