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“#Facebook and Twitter tried to stop voter intimidation… and they failed miserably” Neither disinformation nor voter intimidation is anything new. But tools developed by leading tech companies including Twitter, Facebook, and Google now allow these tactics to scale up dramatically. As a scholar of cybersecurity and election security, I have argued that these firms must…
“#Facebook is subverting democracy again — and it’s doing it on purpose” As the US presidential election polling day draws close, it’s worth recapping what we know about how Facebook has been used to influence election results. The platform is optimized for boosting politically conservative voices calling for fascism, separatism, and xenophobia. It’s also these…
“#Creating a costly COVID narrative and other commentary” Media desk: Creating a Costly COVID Narrative The “news media can still be a very formidable force” when “there is a panic, the subject is unfamiliar to the masses and they speak with a generally uniform voice,” notes John Ziegler at Mediaite. The pandemic gave the prestige…
“#Study finds ‘good’ governments fall harder than dictatorships” Oh, how the mighty have fallen … and may fall again. A new historical review by anthropologists at Purdue University has revealed that “good” governments — meaning those that supported social programs and did not amass disproportionate wealth — suffered “major” collapse compared to more tyrannical regimes….
“#Modern ‘democracy’ means protecting freedom as much as it does holding votes” Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) has been tweeting some interesting things. During this week’s vice-presidential debate, Lee declared on Twitter, “We’re not a democracy.” That raised some eyebrows, to say the least. He followed up by tweeting, “Democracy isn’t the objective; liberty, peace, and…
“#The virus is absolutely no reason to put democracy on hold” Amid COVID, Americans — even kids — have managed OK with programs like Zoom and Google Meet. If they can, so can pols; no need to delay or cancel the nation’s business due to new cases. Yet that was exactly what some demanded after…
“#Hong Kongers stand up for freedom on Chinese Communists’ ‘National Day’” Every year, the Chinese Communist Party celebrates National Day, the anniversary of its takeover of China. It’s become an occasion for protest in Hong Kong — and freedom-lovers didn’t let 2020 stop them Thursday. Though Beijing has imposed a “national security” law that criminalizes…
“#Irina Slavina dies after setting herself on fire in Russia” A Russian journalist died after setting herself on fire outside a government building Friday — writing on Facebook an hour before her suicide, “Blame the Russian Federation for my death.” Irina Slavina, editor-in-chief of the small local news outlet Koza Press, self-immolated in front of…