Una nueva investigación encontró que, de las 17.427 cuentas que usan el hashtag anti-Morales #BoliviaNoHayGolpe, casi un tercio se creó el 11 de noviembre, el día del golpe.
A pesar del golpe a su negocio, Kretz argumenta que el problema real es "mucho más grande" y destaca cómo se han armado los estándares comunitarios de Facebook contra personas bienintencionadas.
Facebook has a longstanding tradition of stifling dissenting and alternative voices, including those of journalists. Now, artists’ careers are being hurt by the strongarm of the social media behemoth. Earlier this month, artist Kate Kretz -- who employs a multitude of techniques, including silverpoint,
Alan MacLeod y Whitney Webb, copresentadores de MintCast, discuten los acontecimientos actuales en Sri Lanka, Francia y Venezuela, y también profundizan en los esfuerzos de Estados Unidos para ocultar la historia real de la Guerra de Corea, así como la historia de Joe Biden de asociarse con notables racistas estadounidenses.
In this installment of MintCast, Alan MacLeod and Whitney Webb discuss recent MintPress headlines such as efforts to exploit the Sri Lankan Easter bombings, next steps for the Yellow Vest movement in France, and the tightening nexus between social media companies and the U.S. government. Special attention is given to the recent failed coup attempt
La reciente y controvertida contratación de Facebook puede impulsar los esfuerzos para "romper" Facebook y otros gigantes de las redes sociales, como el reciente llamado de la senadora Elizabeth Warren's (D-MA) para tomar medidas antimonopolio contra algunas de las compañías más grandes de Silicon Valley, como Facebook y Twitter. .
The U.S. government-social media nexus appears to be tightening. Earlier this week, President Donald Trump held a closed-door meeting with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Just days prior, the other top social-media network, Facebook, hired Jennifer Newstead, a former legal adviser to Trump’s state department who had previously co-authored the
The Pentagon wishes to expand its capabilities in irregular warfare, which according to Defense officials is a critical tool for defeating near-peer adversaries preemptively.
US Department of Defense officials are looking to weaponize disinformation, by looking for new “influencing tools” against “enemy propaganda,” military.com reported. The Pentagon wishes to expand its capabilities
Shady anonymous actors are waging an information war manipulating social media with automated posts in an apparent attempt to manufacture a faux consensus for regime change in Venezuela.
CARACAS, VENEZUELA -- As the U.S.-backed coup attempt in Venezuela continues to take shape, shady anonymous actors are waging an information war manipulating social media with automated posts in an apparent attempt to manufacture a faux consensus for regime change in the online theater. If you’ve been on Twitter since January 23, you could be
Newsguard co-CEO Steven Brill in Brussels on Tuesday claimed that news sites that have recently criticized Newsguard’s motives — MintPress among them — are “secretly supported” by the Russian government, a claim for which he provided no evidence.
BRUSSELS -- The neoconservative-backed news rating upstart “Newsguard” is now lobbying the European Union to “force the hand” of major U.S.-based tech companies -- including Facebook, Google, and Twitter -- to integrate
