Facebook Kills ‘Inauthentic’ Foreign News – US Propaganda Stays Alive
The creation of digital content led to the re-establishment of claqueurs: By 1830 the claque had become an institution. The manager of a theatre or opera house was able to send an order for any number...
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CIA-Backed Firm Touted Social Media Surveillance of Students to Sell Services...
Emails obtained by Lucy Parsons Labs reveal that Geofeedia touted social media surveillance of middle and high school students by its suburban Chicago police customers in an effort to sell their...
View ArticleD.C.-Based Pro-Israel Group Secretly Ran Misleading Facebook Ads to Target...
This story was originally published by ProPublica. In 2016, as Palestinian-American poet Remi Kanazi performed at college campuses around the United States, his appearances seemed to spark student...
View ArticleEmpire of Lies: Are ‘We the People’ Useful Idiots in the Digital Age?
Back in the heyday of the old Soviet Union, a phrase evolved to describe gullible western intellectuals who came to visit Russia and failed to notice the human and other costs of building a communist...
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The New York Times’ Shaky Case that Russia Manipulated Social Media to Tip...
In their long recapitulation of the case that Russia subverted the 2016 election, Scott Shane and Mark Mazzetti of The New York Times painted a picture of highly effective Russian government...
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Brutally Honest: Facebook Removes Images Of Starving Children from Yemen
For a few hours after The New York Times published an article about conflict and hunger in Yemen, Facebook temporarily removed posts from readers who had tried to share the report on the social...
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In Wake of Synagogue Shooting, Social Media Purge Continues With Removal of...
PITTSBURGH — In the wake of the mass shooting at the Pittsburgh Tree of Life Synagogue on Saturday, action has been taken to remove an alternative social media network on which the shooter responsible...
View ArticleHelp MintPress News Fight for Truth in the Face of Social Media Censorship
After the October 11th, 2018 Facebook and Twitter purge of over 800 activist sites and pages — many of which were partner sites with MintPress — we believe our days as an independent journalism...
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Sick Of Facebook? Read This.
I didn’t realize you were still doing your show!” “Why can’t I see your posts anymore?” “I’ve had to re-follow you several times on Facebook.” These are but a few of the various comments and complaints...
View ArticleAn Unredacted Interview with Comedian Lee Camp
WASHINGTON – Taking on the biggest issues in politics was not on Lee Camp’s mind when he first got into comedy. The American comedian — now known for his incisive political commentary and humor — first...
View ArticleWith Deplatforming of Yiannopoulos, Patreon Joins Facebook and Twitter on the...
SAN FRANCISCO – The decision of crowdfunding platform Patreon to delete the page of right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos for an alleged past association with the group Proud Boys has been hailed by...
View ArticleWatch | Combating Facebook & Google Censorship
MintPress founder & editor in chief, Mnar Muhawesh, recently produced a live stream on Facebook to discuss social media giants’ efforts to wipe independent journalism off the map and what we’re...
View ArticleFour Pro-Democratic Disinformation Campaigns Uncovered in 2017 Alabama Senate...
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA — Four separate, distinct groups of pro-Democratic operatives engaged in disinformation tactics during the hotly contested U.S. Senate special election in Alabama in 2017. Last...
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Newsguard Turns to EU to Push Controversial Ratings System on Tech Companies,...
BRUSSELS — The neoconservative-backed news rating upstart “Newsguard” is now lobbying the European Union to “force the hand” of major U.S.-based tech companies — including Facebook, Google, and...
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Twitter Greenlights Venezuela’s Pro-Opposition Online Blitz – Shuts Down...
CARACAS, VENEZUELA — As the U.S.-backed coup attempt in Venezuela continues to take shape, shady anonymous actors are waging an information war manipulating social media with automated posts in an...
View ArticlePentagon Looking to Step up Its Disinformation Warfare
US Department of Defense officials are looking to weaponize disinformation, by looking for new “influencing tools” against “enemy propaganda,” military.com reported. The Pentagon wishes to expand its...
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More Gov’t Hooks in Social Media: Facebook Hires Patriot Act Co-Author While...
The U.S. government-social media nexus appears to be tightening. Earlier this week, President Donald Trump held a closed-door meeting with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Just days prior, the other top...
View ArticleMintCast Episode 2: Failed Coup in Venezuela, Forgotten US Atrocities in the...
In this installment of MintCast, Alan MacLeod and Whitney Webb discuss recent MintPress headlines such as efforts to exploit the Sri Lankan Easter bombings, next steps for the Yellow Vest movement in...
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Facebook Bans Political Artist for Provocative MAGA-Hats-as-Klan-Hoods Sculpture
Facebook has a longstanding tradition of stifling dissenting and alternative voices, including those of journalists. Now, artists’ careers are being hurt by the strongarm of the social media behemoth....
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How a Mass Bot Network is Pushing the Coup in Bolivia
Bolivia. November 11. Generals appear on television demanding the immediate resignation of the elected head of state, Evo Morales. Ever since Morales won the October 20 election, the country had been...
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