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AI for Social Media: Supercharge Your Copy, Images & Videos

Forum One

We’ve already seen high-profile malicious uses of deep fakes and Generative AI also makes it easier for users or bots to create spam messages and misinformation at scale. There are complex copyright and fair use issues, and new PR and crisis communications challenges.

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On Alert: Signs that Your WordPress Site Has Been Hacked

Byte Technology

It may have been a large-scale malware attack, or some nefarious lone individual may have inserted files and scripts onto your server or hijacked your site’s emails or search results. Then they add bad links to your site that direct users to spam pages. This usually garners a good bit of spam accounts which are easy to delete.

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Pipe Up: How to Get More Comments on Your WordPress Posts

Byte Technology

Each time someone leaves a remark, the server has to run a PHP script, and when multiple visitors are commenting concurrently it can put burden on the host and slow the entire site down considerably. You’ll still effectively block spam, and you’ll be brought into closer interaction with your users.

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Being Human: Google’s New API Solves an Internet Annoyance

Byte Technology

As long as there have been websites, there have been tools in place to keep those sites safe from spam and hacker abuse. And so frustration ensued, all in the name of protecting your favorite blogs, shopping portals, subscription and contact forms and news sites from abusive scripts and dangerous malware.

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10 Best Practices for Email Security

Tech Soup

Stop Spam & Phishing Emails. Spam is not only a nuisance; it can also pose security risks. For instance, by converting a Word file to PDF, any potentially harmful scripts can be removed. anti-spam email security email content anti-phishing security Email Compliance servers Server Applications Anti-malware antivirus'

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You're an Accidental Spammer: What Do You Do When You've Been Hacked? (Digital Dispatches from the desk of Gavin Clabaugh)

NTEN

Scenario: Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, bacon and spam. Perhaps it's something else, but regardless the cause, some ingenious script-kiddy has turned the tables and suddenly you're responsible for thousands upon thousands of spam messages. The names have been changed to protect the paranoid.

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Nonprofit Email Basics: Master Effective Fundraising Communications

sgEngage

To make sure yours don’t get lumped in with the spam, here’s how to use your email communication to forge (or maintain) relationships with your constituents. Automate your thank-you sequences so that, if someone gives you two gifts in one month, they don’t receive the same generic script each time. Thank you’s. Peer to peer.

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