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Snopes

Alex Kasprak and Jordan Liles

December 13, 2019

If Facebook Is Dealing with Deceptive ‘BL’ Network, It’s Not Working

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…

2019|Categories: Media|Tags: Disinformation, Facebook, USA|

Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien

Soledad O’Brien

December 7, 2019

Social Media & 2020: Is your social media feed helping or hurting democracy?

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…

2019|Categories: Media|Tags: Elections, Facebook, USA|

The New York Times

Derrick Bryson Taylor

November 30, 2019

Twitter Permanently Suspends Accounts of Ilhan Omar’s Potential Challenger

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…

2019|Categories: Media|Tags: Elections, Twitter, USA|

Pew Research Center: Internet, Science & Tech

Laura Silver, Emily A. Vogels, Mara Mordecai, Jeremiah Cha, Raea Rasmussen, Lee Rainie

November 20, 2019

Mobile owners in emerging countries: What they struggle to do

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…

2019|Categories: Media|Tags: Mobile|

The Hill

Maggie Miller and Chris Mills Rodrigo

November 17, 2019

Trump makes social media a player in impeachment

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…

2019|Categories: Media|Tags: Trump, Twitter, USA|

MarketWatch

Meera Jagannathan

November 1, 2019

Sheryl Sandberg doubles down on Facebook’s political ad stance

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…

2019|Categories: Media|Tags: Elections, Facebook|

U.S. House Modernization Committee

October 31, 2019

Hearing on Congressional Mailing Standards

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…

2019|Categories: Media|Tags: Data Access, USA, Voting|

The New York Times

Brendan Nyhan

October 31, 2019

Americans Trust Local News. That Belief Is Being Exploited.

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…

2019|Categories: Media|Tags: Fake News, USA|

Washington Square News

Akiva Thalheim

October 14, 2019

NYU Launches Center for Social Media and Politics After Rise of Fake News, Russian Trolls

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.…