LIVE now: We’re releasing shocking new research from @Avaaz on spread of Hunter/Biden misinfo in swing states on Facebook. Plus an amazing power panel on voter suppression with @ruha9@safiyanoble & @digitalsista
Incredible stats about how Facebook’s algorithm is amplifying Hunter/Biden story to more than 50 million people. ‘We were really shaken by these results,’ says @fadiquran from Avaaz. ‘We surveyed voters in Pennsylvania & found 86% of them had seen this misinfo & 35% believed it’
Powerful words from @ruha9 on voter suppression. ‘Black people are the prime targets of voter suppression.. Facebook is not simply ignoring this. It’s profiting from it. This is racial capitalism’
Honestly if you have *any* interest in US election & racial justice you need to tune in now. An incredible panel. @safiyanoble Ruha Benjamin @ruha9 & Shireen Mitchell @digitalsista are bringing it! Three formidable women, all experts in their field, speaking truth to power
Hoping Brexiteers who failed to back calls for an inquiry into Russian interference see this. Next time, it might be other side that benefits. Foreign interference not about politics it’s national security. And zero done has been done to protect us
cc @TomTugendhat@IoWBobSeely
I am a huge fan of @FT's journalism. I subscribe to the @FT & support its journalism. And I think it really needs to examine its coverage of Cambridge Analytica & its own involvement with the firm, @khalafroula.
Last week, a journalist who had not covered the story previously wrote a blogpost below. It failed to note even basic background context of @iconews's inquiry & set off cascade of other stories that claimed @observeruk's investigation had been 'debunked' ft.com/content/aa235c…
A follow-up piece was littered with inaccuracies. The allegations are falsely represented. Even the account of how the inquiry began is factually incorrect.
In fairness: this is a difficult, complex story that has unfolded over years.
Everything about this story is hard to follow. But here's what you need to understand: AIQ is company at the heart of Brexit. Found by Cummings. Used by 4 different campaigns. Who by law not allowed to co-ordinate. (Though we know at least 2 of them did - Vote Leave & BeLeave)
Last week, @ICOnews told DCMS committee 'AIQ has consistently denied have a closer relationship beyond that between a software developer & their client'. And that all work was 'conducted with SCL & not CA'.
These docs - which @ICOnews has - flatly contradict this
'AggregateIQ - IN PARTNERSHIP WITH - Cambridge Analytica'
2 companies
Operating together as ***1 legal entity***
'Aggregate IQ in partnership with Cambridge Analytica'
From Brittany's new data dump. I really didn't mean to look tonight...but my god.
For the Brits: incontrovertible evidence AIQ - firm at heart of Brexit contracted by Cummings - was operating as single legal entity with Cambridge Analytica
(Previously: denied, denied, denied)
For the Americans: Cambridge Analytica started working for Trump in Sept, 2015
This contract dates from 11 months before it was announced that Cambridge Analytica was working for the Trump campaign.
And overlaps with period when Cambridge Analytica was working for Ted Cruz
This is live now & is already absolutely chilling. @heidibeirich is one of foremost experts in armed militias currently talking about violent white supremacists organizing & recruiting on Facebook