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An online propaganda campaign used AI-generated headshots to create fake journalists

The Verge

They argue for more sanctions against Iran, praise certain Gulf states like the United Arab Emirates, and criticize Qatar (currently the subject of a diplomatic and economic embargo from the UAE and other states in the Middle East because of the country’s alleged support for terrorism). Others, though, just use stolen avatars.

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Twibbon: A Twitter Tool That Puts a Ribbon on Your Profile

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Exactly two years ago , the idea of changing the visual of your Twitter avatar to support a cause spontaneously happened as part of the Pea Fund Fridays , a Twitter fundraising campaign created by Connie Reece to support breast cancer research to honor Susan Reynolds. Remember the sea of green avatars last summer in support of the Iran ?

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Great reads from around the web on June 16th

Amy Sample Ward

Summer of Social Good by Mashable - "Summer of Social Good is the first large scale online charitable campaign to raise funds strictly online through the power of Social Media and the Internet. Check out the Mozilla Service Week, taking place September 14-21, and sign up to participate - whether you want to help, or want to get some help!

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The Revolution is Twitterfied

Forum One

Concurrently the Obama campaign leveraged every social media tool in the book to engage US citizens, empower them with ways they could help, and ultimately contributed to winning the next presidency. Protest Iran Election. Katrin Verclas' Twitterfeed - actively amplifying the news out of Iran. Twitter: #iranelection.

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Tweeting for Climate Change? Lessons Learned from 1Sky’s Twitter Campaign

Care2

Recent events in Iran and India showed Twitter's ability to build a groundswell and deploy rapid response messaging, albeit in a much less urgent sense in holding rallies and actions related to climate change.

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Internet shutdowns by governments have ‘proliferated at a truly alarming pace’

The Verge

Since we began tracking government-initiated internet shutdowns, their use has proliferated at a truly alarming pace,” Access Now’s Felicia Anthonio, campaigner and #KeepItOn lead, said in a report on the issue in The Current , a publication of Google’s internet thinktank Jigsaw. “As “It has moved from the fringes to become a common method”.

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Tweeting for climate? Lessons learned from 1Sky’s Twitter campaign

Care2

Recent events in Iran and India showed Twitter's ability to build a groundswell and deploy rapid response messaging, albeit in a much less urgent sense in holding rallies and actions related to climate change.

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