Arkansas Times: Saline County sheriff hopeful sues over lurid Facebook accusations. “Richard Friend, who is the chief of police in England, is in a runoff for the Saline County sheriff’s position. He filed suit on March 10 in Saline County Circuit Court against Kevin Cooper, Rick Cross and ‘John Does 1-5,’ saying they falsely accused him of corruption, theft and abuse of authority, among […]

New York Times: Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Push to Cleanse His Past Online This link goes to a gift article. “Collectively, the loosely organized team managed to downplay records of his criminal past and promote him as a philanthropist and an intellectual. At times those efforts appeared to contribute to the willingness of some people and organizations to engage with him.” Those people don’t […]

Courthouse News Service: Media watchdog withdraws its suit against X. “A nonprofit media watchdog and the social media giant X filed to dismiss the current cases between the two entities Thursday, after a year of litigation that at one point made it to the Ninth Circuit in December.”

How you respond to negative reviews directly impacts what AI models say about your brand. A thoughtful response demonstrates professionalism. A defensive one signals the opposite.

We published 8 response templates covering scenarios from legitimate complaints to fake reviews and extortion. Each follows a proven structure: acknowledge, take ownership, offer resolution, move offline.

Full guide: https://www.ranksignal.ai/blog/how-to-respond-to-negative-reviews-templates

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The Register: Moody humans should let AI handle bad public feedback first, study finds. “Don’t tell the folks over at the r/BusinessTantrums subreddit, but it looks like companies opting to use what a group of researchers call automated review monitoring systems (ARMS) are substantially less likely to let staff respond publicly to negative reviews, and are also far more likely to make actual […]

AI models like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity are building narratives about brands in real time – and 19% of consumers now use AI for brand research instead of traditional search.

Your "AI brand signal" is shaped by 5 factors: content footprint, reviews, entity consistency, authority, and citations.

We wrote a deep dive on what this means and how Signal Score measures it (0–100 across 5 models).

https://www.ranksignal.ai/blog/what-is-ai-brand-why-it-matters

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Engadget: Google reportedly muzzles Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney until 2032. “Epic Games’ courtroom battle with Google is over, but it’s reportedly going to affect how its CEO can speak about the tech giant for years for years to come. According to The Verge, part of the settlement terms Epic had signed has a clause stating that Epic and Sweeney will have to speak positively about Google’s […]

Your personal reputation is now shaped by AI models as much as by search engines. When someone asks ChatGPT "Who is [your name]?", the AI assembles a narrative from public sources.

We published a guide for creators and professionals covering how AI builds personal narratives, which platforms matter most, content strategies for authority, and how to correct AI-generated misinformation.

Full guide: https://www.ranksignal.ai/blog/personal-online-reputation-management-creators-professionals

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Mashable: Men are paying to have negative posts removed from Tea app. “According to Tea App Green Flags’ FAQs, they can only remove posts with direct references to a client. On average, the site says, a Tea App ‘takedown campaign’ will take 21 – 30 days. The lengths of other takedowns depend on the platform. Price-wise, it costs $1.99 to report one Tea account and up to $79.99 to report 25 of […]

Most agencies sell visibility, Sorta Famous builds presence

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