Internal Facebook report: Eastern European troll farms reached 140M US users/month before the 2020 election; 75% of these users didn't follow any of their Pages
foreign organizations that strategically target these groups for financial and possibly political gain. https://twitter.com/... Ella Dawson / @brosandprose : “In October 2019, all 15 of the top pages ...
Angry over critical coverage, tech figures discuss hitting back against journalists, on Twitter and invite-only Clubhouse, leading to harassment of NYT's Lorenz
chiefly journalism in the public interest. https://www.vice.com/... Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz : Someone leaked an hour of audio from Clubhouse last night where Balajis, Felicia Horowitz, and other...
Angry over critical coverage, tech figures discuss hitting back against journalists, on Twitter and invite-only Clubhouse, leading to harassment of NYT's Lorenz
chiefly journalism in the public interest. https://www.vice.com/... @jason : Fair warning: everything you say on #Clubhouse is being covertly recorded by journalists to weaponize against you This is t...
Jack Dorsey's Twitter account was hacked on Friday, possibly by a group that calls themselves the Chuckle Squad, which posted a number of racist tweets
and he's the CEO of Twitter John Callaham / Android Authority : Regularly changing your Twitter password is important, as Twitter CEO found out Tweets: @twittercomms : We're aware that @jack was compr...
Investigation finds that YouTube is promoting anti-vaccine misinformation in search results and recommendations
BuzzFeed News : Tweets: @passantino , @mat , @ceodonovan , and @ceodonovan See also Mediagazer Tweets: Jon Passantino / @passantino : A search of YouTube for “should i vaccinate my kids” and “are vac...
How several fact-checking sites around the world approach harassment and death threats following partnerships with Facebook to stem misinformation
The PDF file is 299 pages long. It has a table of contents, infographics and a statement of intent. And it has extensive details … Tweets: @antoniogm , @dpfunke , @mat , and @juliacarriew Tweets: An...
Inside the Open Markets Institute Conference attended by politicians and media execs who discussed the role of Facebook and Google in the media industry
Mat Honan / BuzzFeed : Tweets: @kantrowitz , @buzzfeednews , @rishad , @mat , and @joshconstine See also Mediagazer Tweets: Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz : May this @nickbilton quote live on in histo...
How WhatsApp's intimacy and immediacy have greatly increased the spread of misinformation in India, its largest market
like in India. Killer story by @PranavDixit http://www.buzzfeed.com/... Annie Gowen / @anniegowen : India has a fake news crisis of its own - viral WhatsApp hoaxes. Smart piece by @PranavDixit http://...
How WhatsApp's intimacy and immediacy have greatly increased the spread of misinformation in India, its largest market
At 8 p.m. on Nov. 8, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi unexpectedly banned 86% of the country's legal tender from circulation. The goal was to wipe out “black money” … Tweets: @joemfbrown , @annie...
Twitter fixes bug that caused login issues for Android and mobile web users
Some users are currently having trouble signing in to twitter. Rich McCormick / The Verge : Twitter error kicks Android app users out of their accounts Jon Fingas / Engadget : Twitter login bug kicks ...