The US Far Right Helped Stoke the Attack on Brazil’s Congress
[ad_1] The problem, says Santos, is that often platforms do not appreciate the potential impact of “anti-democratic” content. “They’ll take down content that incites violence,” she says. “But when people…
Twitter’s Moderation System Is in Tatters
[ad_1] “Me and other people who have tried to reach out have gotten dead ends,” Benavidez says. “And when we’ve reached out to those who are supposedly still at Twitter,…
The Twitter Bubble Let Democrats Defy Political Gravity
[ad_1] There is a wholly self-contained ecosystem of far-right influencers and followers on Twitter and Facebook. We know the ecosystem spreads disinformation and prejudice, but less thought is given to…
Elon Musk Introduces Twitter Mayhem Mode
[ad_1] The United States took to the polls this week to vote in a high-stakes midterm election. With public trust in election systems at an all-time low, the secret ballot…
A Race to Bridge the Analog Divide in US Politics
[ad_1] “While I see and understand the power of social media and how you can communicate messages and engage in some way, shape, or form, those platforms aren’t designed for…
Inside the ‘Election Integrity App’ Built to Purge US Voter Rolls
[ad_1] Ten days before Georgia’s Senate runoff election in 2021, Gamaliel Warren Turner Sr., a 69-year-old veteran, found out that someone in his county had challenged his eligibility to vote.…
Twitter’s Ex-Election Chief Is Worried About the US Midterms
[ad_1] The staff shortages worry those monitoring the elections too. “I spoke to Elon Musk,” Jessica González, co-CEO of US media advocacy group Free Press, said at a press conference…
The Secret Ballot Is US Democracy’s Last Line of Defense
[ad_1] Though foreign Disinformation campaigns have targeted the 2022 United States midterm elections to a degree, most of the pressure on US voting infrastructure has come from inside the house.…
A Pro-China Disinfo Campaign Is Targeting US Elections—Badly
[ad_1] In an attempt to shift that blame, Dragonbridge’s influence campaign went so far as to create spoofed posts from Intrusion Truth, a mysterious pseudonymous Twitter account that has previously…
China’s WeChat Is a Hot New Venue for US Election Misinformation
[ad_1] When Chinese-language misinformation appears on US platforms like YouTube or Facebook, activists say it seems to get less actively moderated than English content, a pattern that has also been…
Brazil’s Far Right Plots Its Own January 6 Insurrection
[ad_1] Telegram did not respond to a request fof comment. Telegram was used heavily by organizers of the January 6 riot in the US. The platform is unmoderated, with small…
The ITU’s Secretary-General Election Could Shape the Internet’s Future
[ad_1] The Russian candidate to replace him, Ismailov, is no stranger to China’s international policy: He spent three years as a regional vice president at Huawei. From there, Ismailov rose…
So, You Want Twitter to Stop Destroying Democracy
[ad_1] Politicians themselves, meanwhile, must assign Twitter its proper place in our constellation of online spaces. It is real life, but it is not a scientific poll. It represents a…
Kenya’s Threat to Ban Facebook Could Backfire
[ad_1] In June, Global Witness and Foxglove found that Meta continued to approve ads in Amharic targeting Ethiopian users that included hate speech and calls for violence. Facebook has been…
The 2022 US Midterm Elections’ Top Security Issue: Death Threats
[ad_1] In the lead-up to the 2018 midterm elections in the United States, law enforcement, intelligence, and election officials were on high alert for digital attacks and influence operations after…
Have Pollsters Cleaned Up Their Act in Time for the Midterms?
[ad_1] The other important thing I’ll say is, if the Comey quote is true, then actually he needed to listen to good election forecasts that showed the number was more…