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. We expect that more remain to be found.”.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 24, 2025

Today’s problem is the use of bot farms to trick social media algorithms into making people believe those lies are true. It fools the social networks algorithm into showing the post to more people because the system thinks it’s trending. A lie repeated often enough becomes truth.

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The Verge

JUNE 23, 2020

I spent the weekend watching three stories unfold at the intersection of social networks and politics. During the initial George Floyd protests earlier this month, a big question was whether the social networks would take action against President Trump for one of his bad posts. Let’s take them in turn.

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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. The president of the Coalition for a Safer Web is calling for a new “social media standards board.” billion to fight California’s housing crisis.

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The Verge

JULY 31, 2020

And most intriguingly, Mayer said TikTok would do something that lawmakers have often asked of other social networks, but so far none have even suggested they would consider: allowing regulators to inspect the company’s algorithms, which select which videos and accounts to promote throughout the app. Alex Heath / The Information ).

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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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