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AFROTECH™ Insider Founders Circle Can Help You Reach Your Next Milestone

The right circle can change your circumstances in the blink of an eye! Calling all early-stage, pre-seed, and seed founders — join the AFROTECH™ Insider Founders Circle to build for the future alongside a network that could lead to your next investor or co-founder. This membership aligns with our mission to empower Black entrepreneurs with the tools to succeed and drive innovation across industries, including fintech, medtech, and consumer tech. “At AFROTECH™, we strive to help make a difference and change the narrative regarding raising capital, starting and scaling a startup, and networking with the right people to help grow your business,” Blavity Chief Revenue Officer Michael Hadgis said on LinkedIn. “We created the AFROTECH™ Insider Founders Circle to help founders navigate the path and their business pitch become investor-ready!” Perks The sky’s the limit! Your direct participation in the AFROTECH™ Insider Founders Circle gives you access to exclusive perks, including office...

Feb 20, 2025

How Xbox Showcased 'The Power Of Black Voices In Gaming' At AFROTECH™ Conference 2024

Being Black is not a monolith, which is why the culture’s approach to gaming is not something that is one-size-fits-all. That said, Xbox is on a mission to revolutionize the industry by offering a variety of games that fit the many needs of those playing. Beyond those who play games, there is also a space for those who have an interest in creating them over at the Microsoft-led company. One of the latest games that stem from Xbox is South of Midnight, a spellbinding third-person action-adventure game set in the American Deep South. Designed to celebrate Black heritage and Southern culture, the project follows main character Hazel, who was created by Compulsion Game’s, Zaire Lanier, who serves as the writer and narrative designer on the game. “When creating Hazel, for me, it was important to not think of Blackness as a monolith,” she said during the “ WOVEN: The Power of Black Voices in Gaming” panel at Microsoft’s Black TechXcellence House during the AFROTECH™ Conference 2024.  ...

Dec 13, 2024

5 New Platform Features Instagram Has in The Works

While social media continues to change the way the world communicates and does business, Instagram is continuing to secure its spot in the ever-changing landscape. According to Plann That , the platform is on the verge of giving its reported 1 billion monthly users new feature updates. Check out five new updates Instagram has in the works below. Monetizing IGTV For Content Creators Unlike Youtube, Instagram’s IGTV hasn’t been a source of income for influencers and content creators. However, the social media giant is planning on changing that with its new on-platform ads. Plann That reports the ads will be 15 seconds long and only available when users watch IGTV videos from their feed previews. Content creators and influencers will receive a 55 percent cut of generated ad income. Platform Revamp It’s rumored that Instagram is set to revamp its entire platform similar to Facebook’s makeover in 2019. The new design is said to feature a full-screen story mode where users’ stories appear...

Jul 10, 2020

2020 Is Fast Approaching. Are Social Media Companies Equipped To Fight Misinformation This Time Around?

The 2020 presidential election is right around the corner and with it come questions around social media’s potential impact on the outcome. Social media’s potential to spread misinformation has been in the news a lot over the past few years and its evolved from something most people saw as a place to connect with friends to a machine that disrupts key parts of our democracy. People are able to curate their timelines and newsfeeds, but algorithms hold the real power, working behind the scenes to regulate the content you see, from targeted ads to the publications that are presented to you. With social media essentially shaping the information you get, many people are concerned about the spread of misinformation. After all, not everything that you read on the internet is true, and social media platforms themselves have been guilty of spreading misinformation or otherwise allowing election interference to occur. Perhaps the most infamous case of election interference spurred by social...

Jul 24, 2019

What is Computational Propaganda and How Do Hate Groups Use It?

With the 2020 election coming up, social media companies are facing increased pressure to tackle election interference on their platforms. Ahead of the November 2018 midterms, Facebook established a “War Room” that could possibly return for the presidential elections. And last month, Twitter introduced a new “misleading about voting” report feature. However, there’s another problem looming. Eight case studies commissioned by the Institute for the Future’s Digital Intelligence Lab show that extremists co-opt the conversations of vulnerable groups — including Latino, Muslim, and Jewish communities. The studies were first reported by Buzzfeed News . Researchers focused on computational propaganda or the “assemblage of social media platforms, autonomous agents, and big data tasked with the manipulation of public opinion” — i.e., digital propaganda.” The groups chosen for studies were Muslim Americans, Latino Americans, moderate republicans, immigration activists, Black women gun owners,...

May 8, 2019

A New Research Series Will Explore How Facebook Impacts Elections

We’ve all seen the impacts social media can have on elections. From the Cambridge Analytica debacle, to efforts by foreign actors that specifically targeted African Americans , election security and social media have been mentioned hand in hand almost every month for the past few years. Companies have even tried to set up methods to combat propaganda and election interference like Facebook’s “war room.” However, the full effect that social media can have during elections isn’t completely understood. On Monday , Facebook announced a new series of independent research projects that would examine social media’s impact on democracy. More than 60 researchers from 30 academic institutions across 11 countries will have access to “privacy-protected Facebook data” in order to conduct their research. “We hope this initiative will deepen public understanding of the role social media has on elections and democracy and help Facebook and other companies improve their products and...

Apr 30, 2019

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