Snopes Alex Kasprak and Jordan Liles December 13, 2019 CSMaP Co-Director Joshua Tucker is quoted in a story on a Vietnamese group promoting propaganda on Facebook. Since October 2019, Snopes has been following the activities of a digital media outlet called “The BL” which has an explicitly pro-Trump editorial strategy...
Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien Soledad O'Brien December 7, 2019 CSMaP Co-Director Jonathan Nagler appeared on Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien to discuss the impact social media is having on our democracy and upcoming elections...
The New York Times Derrick Bryson Taylor November 30, 2019 Twitter suspended the accounts of Danielle Stella, a Republican candidate hoping to challenge Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota next year, after she suggested the congresswoman should be tried for treason and hanged...
Pew Research Center: Internet, Science & Tech Laura Silver, Emily A. Vogels, Mara Mordecai, Jeremiah Cha, Raea Rasmussen, Lee Rainie November 20, 2019 CSMaP Co-Director Joshua Tucker served as an expert advisor on a Pew Research Center Report on mobile technology use. While phone owners clearly have overcome one major obstacle with regard to using technology, many nonetheless regularly encounter difficulties using their phone to its fullest capacity...
The Hill Maggie Miller and Chris Mills Rodrigo November 17, 2019 Social media is quickly becoming a powerful force in the impeachment hearings for President Trump. The first impeachment carried out in the online age has seen Trump criticizing Democrats and a key witness, as pundits and lawmakers weigh in on the latest developments...
MarketWatch Meera Jagannathan November 1, 2019 Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg on Wednesday reiterated that the world’s biggest social media site considers political ads “an important part of the dialogue” rather than a financial incentive...
U.S. House Modernization Committee October 31, 2019 CSMaP Co-Director Joshua A. Tucker testified before the House Modernization Committee in a hearing on congressional mailing rules. Representatives heard from experts on how social media and technology will impact the way members of Congress communicate with their constituents...
The New York Times Brendan Nyhan October 31, 2019 The nature of the news misinformation problem may be changing. As consumers become more skeptical about the national news they encounter online, impostor local sites that promote ideological agendas are becoming more common...
Washington Square News Akiva Thalheim October 14, 2019 The university has received approximately $12 million in funding to establish a new Center for Social Media and Politics, which will research topics like how social media affects political participation and the spread of disinformation....
SFGATE Barbara Ortutay October 13, 2019 Republicans and Democrats don’t agree on health care, immigration or taxing the rich. But one subject draws critics from both parties: Big Tech...
