Your Wednesday Wake-Up Call: Facebook in the Hot Seat. Plus, a Really Bad Day for Under Armour
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Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital-related news. What people are talking about today: The suspect accused of killing eight people in a truck attack in Manhattan on Tuesday was an Uber driver, reports say. Uber told The New York Times that Sayfullo Saipov, the suspect in what authorities are calling a terror attack, had passed a background check. The ride-hailing company also says it has offered to help the FBI. Uber, in constant crisis this year, has faced questions before about the effectiveness of its background checks; will this revive them? Headline writers have seized on the suspect’s Uber connection: “From Truck Driver to Uber Driver to Terror Attack Suspect,” was the Times’ headline.
Uncomfortable questions
Facebook, Google and Twitter go back to Congress today to get grilled for a second day about how Russia hijacked their platforms to spread divisive messages during the U.S. presidential election last year. A day earlier, the tech giants admitted they don’t yet have the ability to stop a similar scenario in the future, as Bloomberg News reports.
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