Tagged.com is under fire today from New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo who says that child pornography was allowed to remain on the site for nearly two months after the contents were reported to site administrators by undercover investigators. (more…)

ICUC Moderation Services, the leaders in moderation services for some of the largest brands around the globe, is pleased to announce that its website now supports both Adobe Flash and HTML5. Visitors to our site can now check out all of ICUC’s interactive features and social elements from any device, on any network in the world.

The problem of Apple’s iPad and its seemingly lack of Flash capabilities is actually very similar to one of those circular questions that never gets a straight answer until someone like Steve Job’s just grabs the reins and makes a decision - but that’s why he gets paid the big bucks, right? (more…)

The 2008 U.S. election saw the bold integration of social media into the electoral campaign; and the trend is spreading - however cautiously. Officials continue to ask themselves how to strike a balance between community forum and online riot without putting their community and brand at risk.

Enter ICUC. ICUC Moderation Services is pleased to announce the launch of TownHall moderation services. Allowing government officials to open discussion and question periods to the public and maintain a friendly user-experience, while obtaining important feedback, insight and reports on what your citizens want and need. (more…)

This article has been re-posted from www.dustin2to.com.

I flew from Cincinnati down to Orlando to participate in the trade show aspect of this year’s NAA mediaXchange conference. (more…)

I have had a number of calls in the past few days asking for my advice and opinion with regards to brands under social media attack. Each time my phone rings the questions are always something like: “Keith, what do we do if this happens to us?” or “How do we plan for an attack?”

Now, if you haven’t taken Jeremiah Owyang’s advice and followed his steps: planning for a social media attack, you might want to read below for a list of tips and recommendations that one should consider when your brand is in the middle of a social media attack. (more…)

This year’s Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS) of Manitoba hosted a social media conference as a part of their annual Communicator of the Year luncheon. With a stellar line-up of practitioners and enthusiasts, the panels had much to discuss and to kick it all off was ICUC Moderation Services very own Keith Bilous.

The special half day conference was sponsored by CNW Group and focused on the topic of integrating social media into public relations and communications strategies. (more…)

NOTE: This article was originally posted by the Globe and Mail on Friday, February 19, 2010. It was written by Meghan Potkins of The Canadian Press.

When the words “COMMENT REMOVED” started popping up on websites carrying stories about a lack of French at the Olympics, Keith Bilous’ employees were hard at work. (more…)

This article has been re-posted from www.dustin2to.com.

Yesterday I helped my boss and president of ICUC Moderation Services move some electronic equipment into his new house. I hung out there for a few hours and watched as he and his wife positioned and put away items as they arrived - plates, couches, etc. (more…)

This note was received via email from Brandi Dupre, Community Manager at ICUC Moderation Services.

To: Keith Bilous, Jan Reischek, Maurice Gingras, and Emanuel Darlea

I just wanted to send a quick note expressing my gratitude for this opportunity as Community Manager with ICUC. I have a fiery passion for what I do, with both our clients and also as part of our team here within. I love my job, I love our company, I deeply believe in our goals and success, and I want you to know I appreciate so much this opportunity of a lifetime. I couldn’t have asked for a better place to be in my life right now - this is it, and I am so very thankful for all of you, for hiring me, constantly driving me, building and shaping the company to allow for all of us to be here in the first place. I’ve never been so happy with what I do, and never had this kind of outlook every day that I wake up. To think that it will get even better is simply beyond words

You guys have truly built something amazing, for your employees and your clients, and I just wanted to let you know this.

Have a wonderful weekend,
Brandi

P.S- I am still craving sushi. Wish I lived a bit closer, so I could partake in the physical  “meetings”

Earlier this week tech site Engadget announced that they would be shutting down comments due to excessive trolling on its comments sections after extensive coverage of the release of Apple’s iPad.

The company, which regularly covers Apple has been criticized for being overly positive about its products. Bloggers are also speculating on whether Engadget’s comment feature shut down has anything to do with pressure from its advertisers.

Joshua Topolsky announced that the move had “zero business angle”, and was simply because they were sick of the personal attacks on community members and editors. (more…)