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Airbnb puts global ban on house parties to support social distancing guidelines

The Verge

Airbnb is cracking down on house parties and events in properties listed on its platform to try to better follow local health departments’ social distancing requirements for large gatherings, the company said in a blog post Thursday. Photo Illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images.

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PAX West backtracks, will require vaccinations or negative COVID tests after all

The Verge

The initial health and safety guidelines for the event instead focused on the face coverings, social distancing, and the cleaning protocols PAX West would feature when attendees congregated in Seattle. The spectrum of reactions to PAX West’s health and safety guidelines before this week’s change.

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Workshop content: Creating results using social media – the HR perspective

Trends in the Living Networks

I will be MC for the conference day, and will also run a half-day workshop on Creating Results Using Social Media on the following day. Workshop: Creating Results With Social Media in HR. This is the workshop description: CREATING RESULTS USING SOCIAL MEDIA. Establishing social media governance, guidelines and policies.

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Making social media happen in government: case study of NSW Department of Education

Trends in the Living Networks

I’m at the launch meeting of the social media community of practice set up by Institute of Public Administration NSW (IPAA). At the conference I wrote about the case study of Queensland Police , which is a great example of government bodies creating value through social media. Here are a few live notes from the event. .

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Movie Theater Chains Allowing Vaccinated Patrons to Go Maskless

Gizmodo

Following Center of Disease Control guidelines, movie theater chains will no longer require fully vaccinated guests to wear masks. Reduced capacity, social distancing, and heavy sanitization will be followed in compliance with CDC safety measures. Read more.

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Facebook accuses the ‘Apple tax’ of stifling its plan to help struggling small businesses

The Verge

Facebook is launching a new events feature that will let page owners and event organizers create paid online events to try to fill the gap created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the social media giant announced on Friday. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. The company has submitted this change to Apple for review.,

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Tech News Roundup February 19

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29th Annual Leukemia Ball Preview with Event Co-Chairman Ed Offterdinger. NARA looks to lead on social media archiving - FCW.com. DHS issues cyberthreat information sharing guidelines, enhancing the utility of NCCIC. Katie Kennedy. Apple-FBI fight over iPhone encryption pits privacy against national security - Los Angeles Times.

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