President Trump started talking about voter fraud after the 2016 election in the service of his ego — the most powerful force in American politics today.
Archives for August 18, 2018
Facebook has a plan to protect the U.S. midterms. Is it enough?
Two weeks ago, on a hastily scheduled conference call with journalists, Facebook executives announced what many felt was inevitable: Someone, perhaps Russia, was once again trying to use the social network to “sow division” among U.S. voters, this time before November’s midterm elections.
InfoWars Videos, Podcasts, and Social Posts Have Disappeared. Here’s Why Its Website Won’t Be Next
Once silent on InfoWars, the controversial media outlet that publishes viral conspiracy theories, consumer-facing media companies like YouTube, Facebook, Spotify, Apple, and Twitter have pulled an about-face in recent weeks, cutting ties with the website and its owner Alex Jones.
How Russia Persecutes Its Dissidents Using U.S. Courts
Updated at 11:30 a.m. ET. A little more than six years ago, Sasha was on his way to a meeting of Russia’s pro-democracy Yabloko Party in the tiny Russian republic of Kalmykia when he was pulled into an unmarked black car by two plainclothes police officers.
America’s Anxiety of Influence
Earlier this week, David Ignatius at the Washington Post published an interesting column ruing the decline of U.S. “influence” in the Middle East. His central theme is that U.S.