The Verge

JULY 7, 2020

At least 19 fake personas were used to author op-eds published in dozens of mainly conservative publications, with AI-generated headshots of would-be authors used to trick targets into believing the writers were real people. Others, though, just use stolen avatars.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Hungary and Iran. The attacks against them can also be disinformation and doxxing campaigns that endanger their staff and boards, all of which prevents these organizations from providing services in their communities. In Uganda and Myanmar. It is not just the changing legal landscape affecting organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

Speakers ranged from Mayor Michael Bloomberg (via Skype), to online ethnographer danah boyd , consultants from the Obama and McCain ’08 campaigns (and the Obama Whitehouse), academics and thoughtleaders such as Mark Pesce and Clay Shirky , and techno-celebrities such as Craig Newmark ( Craigslist ) and Gina Bianchini ( Ning ).

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

But data privacy wasn’t really a campaign story this year.). These stories often outperformed real news stories, generating millions of interactions throughout the campaign. New York Times journalist Kevin Roose has documented that conservative outrage bait often dominates the top stories of the day in total number of interactions.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 24, 2025

We know that China, Iran, Russia, Turkey, and North Korea are using bot networks to amplify narratives all over the world, says Ran Farhi, CEO of Xpoz , a threat detection platform that uncovers coordinated attempts to spread lies and manipulate public opinion in politics and beyond. Their objective is to pit liberals against conservatives.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Today, let’s talk about some of the less obvious ways that conservative social networks keep slipping up — and whether Truth Social, which has the backing of President Trump, can manage to avoid their fate. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. First, the news: Truth Social is live in the App Store, and hit No.

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