Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saudi crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman was behind a Saudi intelligence operation wherein they bribed Twitter employees (now ex-employees) to gain access to anonymous accounts tweeting criticism of the Saudi regime inside the kingdom. This, according to NPR’s Ailsa Chang. It is unknown how many accounts were compromised (though it […]
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social media
Twitter shuts down ‘manipulative’ accounts in the Middle East
( Al-Bab.com ) – Twitter announced on Friday that it has closed down a series of accounts connected with the UAE, Egypt and Saudi Arabia as part of its effort to shed more light on “state-backed information operations”. Regarding the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, it said: “We have removed a network of 271 accounts […]
India, Infringing Basic Freedoms, must Restore Kashmir’s Internet, Phones
Shutdown Affects Essential Services, Harms Economy
How Facebook’s Algorithm Hides Good Journalism and allowed Russian Election Meddling
By Jennifer Grygiel | – Facebook’s News Feed algorithm determines what users see on its platform – from funny memes to comments from friends. The company regularly updates this algorithm, which can dramatically change what information people consume. How do you feel about Facebook? fyv6561/Shutterstock.com As the 2020 election approaches, there is much public concern […]
Stop begging Google, Facebook etc. to be nice Digital overlords: Fix the Internet by sidelining Big Tech
It is called ‘interoperability’
Can Social Media be Reformed to Exclude Violent Extremist Content Like what led to Christchurch Massacre of Muslims?
By Kevin Veale | – The “Christchurch Call” summit has made specific progress, with tech companies and world leaders signing an agreement to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online. The question now is how we collectively follow up on its promise. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron at the […]
Conspiracy-Theorist-in-Chief Trump Tweetstorms the Far Right after Facebook Deplatformed Them
Despite sharp rise in white nationalist violence toward minorities
Despite Crackdowns, White Supremacist and Neo-Nazi Videos Take Stubborn Root on YouTube
The skit was meant to promote the anti-Semitic conspiracy theory that Jews are hastening immigration to the U.S. as a way to replace white people
Turkey: Social Media Activists Resist Authoritarian Pres. Erdogan in Run-Up to Elections
Essex (The Conversation) – Turkey will soon go to the polls for the fifth time in less than four years. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced them on the same day that parliament extended the national state of emergency for the seventh time since the botched coup attempt of July 2016. Erdoğan brought these elections forward […]
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