Two students behind Sleeping Giants Brazil, who fought misinformation in Brazil, confronted online threats and a lawsuit against Twitter aimed at unmasking them
David Biller / Associated Press : Tweets: @dlbiller , @slpng_giants , and @ap Tweets: David Biller / @dlbiller : Brazil was flooded with misinformation about the coronavirus this year, and two studen...
Nandini Jammi, one half of pressure group Sleeping Giants, which has targeted Breitbart, Facebook, and others, leaves over disagreements with Matt Rivitz
Megha Rajagopalan / BuzzFeed News : Tweets: @beccalew , @buzzfeednews , @shannoncoulter , @carnage4life , @scottlucas , @arb , and @kerrymflynn Tweets: Becca Lewis / @beccalew : I wish I could say th...
Social media pressure is here to stay as a tactic against advertisers and platforms that support shows like Infowars, because it works, as Sleeping Giants shows
Shortly before the 2016 presidential election, Matt Rivitz stumbled upon the Breitbart News website, which once called itself the “home of the alt-right.” Tweets: @chuq , @sulliview , and @slpng_giant...
How comment hosting service Disqus, which gets ~2B unique visitors/month and supports anonymous comments, is losing its battle against trolls and hate speech
The commenting giant Disqus has said repeatedly that it doesn't allow hate speech. But its platform is overrun with trolls, white nationalists, and neo-Nazis. Tweets: @travelinganna , @slpng_giants ,...
Facebook gets exclusive rights to stream 25 MLB afternoon games, making MLB first league to air season games solely on Facebook; sources say price ~$30M-$35M
you won't be able to watch them anywhere else on TV or online: https://www.recode.net/... Jessica Lessin / @jessicalessin : It's stunning how little money this is for Facebook. http://www.bloomberg.co...