TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Russia is angry with American social media companies limiting its reach, but, frankly, too bad. I’m not surprised at the ratio, and the rising tally of international companies that it implies. The EU wants to ban Russian media : Sputnik and Russia Today are under the ban-hammer in the European Union.
The Verge
JUNE 17, 2020
Here’s Russell Brandom at The Verge : Dubbed “Secondary Infektion,” the campaign spanned a number of online platforms, beginning on the Russia-based LiveJournal in 2014, and moving to Twitter and YouTube later that year. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms.
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The Verge
JUNE 23, 2020
A country where nothing is true and everything is possible is, to be clear, looks more like Russia than the one I grew up in. It seems like a dangerous path to go down, even if I realize we’re already well on our way. Snap won some praise earlier this month when CEO Evan Spiegel announced that Trump would be removed from Snapchat Discover.
The Verge
JUNE 16, 2020
Nicole Perlroth at The New York Times has the story: In February, intelligence officials warned House lawmakers that Russia was interfering in the 2020 campaign to try to get President Trump re-elected, and that Russia intended to interfere with the 2020 Democratic primaries as well as the general election.
The Verge
JULY 14, 2020
Equifax lost data from more than 100 million people (possibly working for Russia, depending on who you believe), which is certainly more information than TikTok has ever had access to. As recently as April, Zoom was caught rerouting external video calls through China , a behavior far more serious than anything we’ve seen from TikTok.
The Verge
JULY 31, 2020
The Chinese government, possibly in concert with Russia, manipulated former CNN star Larry King into spreading disinformation through a fake interview with a Russian journalist. Some writers thought a smart take about the hearing would sound something like: “who cares, this won’t change anything.” Alex Heath / The Information ).
The Verge
JULY 22, 2020
Democrats are worried about a potential Russia-linked effort to interfere in the election by using a Senate panel to advance smears against presidential candidate Joe Biden. There will never be a single answer to the question of what people should see when they open Facebook. Christopher Stern and Nick Wingfield / The Information ).
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