Once again, Robert Mueller’s probe of possible Trump campaign Russia connections has ensnared one of our digital politics compatriots. Last summer’s party of interest was Trump digital director Brad Parscale; according to Reuters, this...
The Cambridge Analytica story is moving so fast that it can be hard to make sense of. Below is my list of essential reading, broken down by topic. As far as I can tell, here’s what we DON’T know: Did the Trump campaign even use Cambridge...
The AP reported yesterday that the campaign of former Tennessee governor and Democrat Phil Bredesen, now running to replace Bob Corker in the Senate, may have been hit by a cyber-attack: In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, campaign lawyer...
So much news about Trump, Russia and the social media world, so little time to keep track. To help, I’ve created an reading list catch you up fast, which I’ll be updating as new stories break [Note: Updated 11/9/2017 w/articles marked as...
Epolitics.com contributor Deepak Puri has held executive positions at Oracle, Netscape and VMware, and is the founder of SkilledAnalysts.com, an IoT consulting firm, and co-founder of Democracy Labs, a non-profit hub in San Francisco that connects...
You might have missed the news in the never-ending blizzard of Trump-related stories, but digital politics now has a role in the investigation about possible ties between his campaign and the Russian government. Specifically, members of the now...
Watch those hands, Robbie! Via Shaun Dakin, important news about Trump’s and Clinton’s social-media support around the last presidential debate: A University of Oxford study indicates [Trump] may have had some help in the form of pro...
As reported in Gizmodo yesterday: Facebook workers routinely suppressed news stories of interest to conservative readers from the social network’s influential “trending†news section, according to a former journalist who worked on the project...
Update: An Astute Reader notes that NB’s statement doesn’t mention that it was an American client or that the elections in question were Tuesday’s primaries. Good point! I made that assumption, but NB’s clients are...
As Michigan and Arizona voters head to the polls to choose a Republican presidential candidate, the folks at Daily Kos hope that at least a few liberals will be among them. Why? Because they’ll vote for Rick Santorum, of course — that...