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…
The Twitter Files Revealed One Thing: Elon Musk Is Trapped
[ad_1] Moderating social media platforms is hard. Just ask the former Twitter employees whose decision to block a 2020 New York Post story about Joe Biden’s son Hunter was picked over yesterday in tweets…
Here’s Proof Hate Speech Is More Viral on Elon Musk’s Twitter
[ad_1] Elon Musk reactivated Donald Trump’s Twitter account last weekend, reversing a ban imposed in January 2021 after his posts were deemed to have incited violence at the US Capitol. Trump has…
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…
The Art of Hitting Disinformation Where It Lives
[ad_1] But beyond documenting and archiving and debunking disinformation, what can be done? How do we respond to this emergent property, an artistic movement born of the digital age? The…
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…
Games, Mysteries, and the Lure of QAnon
[ad_1] QAnon is so sprawling, it’s hard to know where people join. One week, it’s the false rumor that 5G cell towers spread disease, another week it’s Wayfair.com trafficking children…