- Trump in talks with upstart apps about new social network. But, Trump advisors expect ex-president’s Twitter alternative to run on a new platform built by Brad Parscale.
- Trump Approached Conservative Media App Gab Before Announcing Plans To Start His Own App.
- Trump Teases Starting His Own Social Media Platform. Here’s Why It’d Be Tough.
- Trump Wants to Build His Own Twitter. Ignore Him. “Members of these forums for disgruntled right-wingers are discovering that without normies to troll and libs to own they march toward depressing destiny of utter boredom.” Though, a Trump-branded one might make a fast buck.
- Trump helped the GOP raise $2 billion. Now former aides and allies are jockeying to tap into his fundraising power. “But there is growing concern in his orbit that his email list is going to get ‘cold,’ in the words of one adviser, because he is not regularly using it.”
- DNC reports best-ever February fundraising for a non-presidential year.
- Massive Facebook study on users’ doubt in vaccines finds a small group appears to play a big role in pushing the skepticism. C.f. Small QAnon Facebook groups are responsible for pushing massive anti-vaccine lies.
- QAnon now pushes alarming conspiracy myths targeting China and Jewish people.
- Calls, texts by Oath Keepers founder contain ‘substantial evidence’ of Capitol conspiracy, prosecutors allege.
- The Whole Point Was to Avoid Mob Violence. “A mob, by contrast, is animated by vices: rashness, self-indulgence, vulgarity, vanity, ambition, boastfulness, buffoonery, and envy, as listed by Aristotle. These are just the sort of traits inculcated online, with likes and clicks rewarding the worst of human instincts.”
- How GOP used misinformation, partisan news sites to flip California House seats.
- Whitmer kidnapping plot hearing live feed: Confidential FBI informant testifies. Note the role of the Facebook algorithm.
- Facebook: From Election to Insurrection. How Facebook Failed Voters and Nearly Set Democracy Aflame. Quotes: “Facebook failed to prevent a flood of followers for violence-glorifying pages and groups, many of which are still active” and “Nearly 100 million voters saw voter fraud content on Facebook”
- Facebook Created An Employee “Playbook” To Respond To Accusations Of Polarization.
- A look back at the past week’s congressional hearing involving the heads of tech companies.
- The Science of Making Americans Hurt Their Own Country. “A new report lays bare why Russian disinformation succeeds.”
- How to Put Out Democracy’s Dumpster Fire. “Our democratic habits have been killed off by an internet kleptocracy that profits from disinformation, polarization, and rage. Here’s how to fix that.”
- How to increase transparency for political ads on social media.
- Microsoft Pitches Cybersecurity To U.S., European Campaigns As Hacking Fallout Continues.
- The Daily 202: Biden is sending a direct message to young, potential migrants: Stay home. Details on the volume and placement of digital and radio ads in Central America.
- Carrier Changes and a Looming Court Ruling Have Texting Vendors On Edge.
- Biden’s digital guru is starting an ad firm of her own, via Eric Wilson.
- Social media censorship tracker. “Surfshark analyzed 185 countries and their social media blocking practices from 2015 to present day.”
- The Clubhouse Challenge To Digital Authoritarianism in Thailand.
- Misinformation on Twitter sparks backlash against Columbia Multicultural Graduation Ceremonies.
- How women in politics are targets of online abuse.
- A high school football team told adults they were spit on and called the n-word. Nothing changed until a player posted, ‘enough is enough!’.
- Spain’s social media provocateurs gear up for digital war ahead of Madrid election.
- Myanmar Citizens Use Protester Toolkit to Skirt Internet Ban.
- Tech experts explain how social media disinformation is reshaping politics.
- How to Spot Fake Video.
- Video games are the new contested space for public policy. “Video games…are vibrant, contested, growing, lucrative, politicized spaces, where actors of all sizes and ideologies compete to influence the minds of their audiences.”
- 10 Lessons from Biden’s Influencer Programs, via Eric Wilson.
- The year of the stan: How the internet’s super fans went from pop stars to politics.
- Unique Campaign Merchandise Can Bring Fundraising Success — And Provide A Creative Outlet.
- The Facebook Boost Post Button: How to Use it and Get Results.
- Predicting Revenue in Your Multi-Channel Fundraising Campaign.
- Using Google Ad Grants to Stretch Your Marketing Dollar: 4 Top Tips.
- The top three secrets to increasing email open and click rates in 2021.
- 10 Tips for Better Remote Data Collection with Mobile Phone Surveys.
- 4 Clues It’s Time to Choose a New CRM.
- Advocacy Video That Won’t Break The Bank.
- The Challenges That Go With Creating In-Language Content.
- Modify Your Design for Global Audiences: Crosscultural UX Design.
- 7 Crucial Elements for a Successful Virtual Fly-in. Best practices for digital lobby days.
- An Evolution In Political Design On The Left.
- Not Even the NYT Wants to Be a Part of Its Cooking Facebook Group Anymore, via Brad Caldana.
- And finally, High-schooler and her mother hacked school records to steal homecoming queen election, police say.
Amazon Is Spending the Last Week of the Union Vote Trying to Come Up With Epic Twitter Owns.
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– cpd