Post Tagged with: "2016 election"
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Twitter notified 1.4 million users who interacted with Russian-linked accounts
Some Twitter users questioned whether the notification was helpful.
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Facebook admits it took too long to recognize social media’s harmful effects on democracy
After the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the company has been trying to understand how social media could be harming democracy.
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Twitter to notify 677,775 Americans who interacted with Russian-linked accounts
The number of Russian-linked Twitter bots and accounts that shared divisive content during the 2016 U.S. presidential election is higher than what was initially reported by the tech firm.
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Twitter is working on a way to inform users exposed to Russian content
Were you duped by Russian-linked content during the 2016 presidential election? Twitter says it’s going to help its users figure that out.
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Facebook profited from polarization, critics say
Investor Roger McNamee, joined by former Facebook and Google employees, continue criticism of Facebook’s role in spreading misinformation ahead of elections.
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Facebook ‘fix’ needed, early investor Roger McNamee says
Early investor and adviser to Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook needs to make fundamental changes in the wake of fake news, Russian meddling in U.S. elections.
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Facebook is going to get even noisier with personal political endorsements
Prepare yourselves, Facebook users. Just in time for tonight’s third and final presidential debate, the election season is about to get even noisier. Facebook, which appears to see itself as […]
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Tim Cook for Veep? Hillary Clinton was reportedly considering it
There’s long been a great sloshing back-and-forth of talent between Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. The San Francisco Bay Area ships out tech digerati to help the government fix its […]
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Zuckerberg-backed immigration group Fwd.us gears up for 2016 election
An advocacy group backed by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other tech titans failed in the past to change the country’s immigration laws, but now the organization is making another […]
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