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Jun 22, 2018 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
As the child separation crisis continues, a new narrative has emerged to undermine public outrage over the admin's family separation activity. Last night, Gateway Pundit published a story claiming that many of the pictures/stories were faked/misrepresented. 1/
This narrative is being amplified and was echoed by the President earlier this morning. This thread provides examples of fresh propaganda content supporting the narrative on @facebook / @twitter – disinfo messaging has become the norm, shapping the debate in a post truth world2/
Jun 19, 2018 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
With the ongoing child separation crisis and recent reporting that a plurality of Republicans support the administration's policy. We decided to look into trending content on @Facebook's private groups to share a profile of images shaping opinion 1/ vox.com/policy-and-pol…
Jun 19, 2018 • 10 tweets • 6 min read
Here's a look into the Alt-Right community on @facebook. Alt-Right Alliance, a private group, and The Libertarian to Alt-Right Pipeline, a public page, both sharing white-nationalist, anti-semitic, anti-globalist, and far-right cultural content. Pulling back the curtain. 1/
The branding of both of these communities is a blend Gen X culture with current/former public figures. Trump, Farage in Warhammer gear, and Pinochet, Hans-Hermann Hoppe on top of 80's design features. In general, whether its Magic Cards or neon colors, the retro touch is common2/
Apr 24, 2018 • 16 tweets • 10 min read
1/ Last week the @BBC posted a story about Sarah Abdallah [at]sahouraxo, and Vanessa Beeley [at]vanessabeeley, some of the leading voices casting doubts around the chemical weapons attack in Douma and supporting the pro-Assad narrative.
2/ This thread will look at amplification accounts supporting Sarah and Vanessa, and the false flag narrative. New Media Frontier has identified 4 accounts that illustrate a larger @Twitter network spreading disinformation and shaping the debate around recent events.
Apr 20, 2018 • 10 tweets • 6 min read
1/ Today the @DNC filed a lawsuit against the Russian Government, Trump Campaign, and Wikileaks. The announcement was quickly followed by several counter narratives. We took a look at this trending post by Jackposobiec that has received 1.5m impressions as of 3pm ET
2/ One of the first amplification accounts to share the tweet was Bossycowgurl84, an anonymous profile that posts aggressive content and is followed by Charlie Kirk, Harlan Hill and Bill Mitchell. They follow these accounts to amplify their content.
Apr 17, 2018 • 12 tweets • 7 min read
1/ Yesterday OANN posted a story claiming to have found no evidence of a chemical weapons attack in Douma. The correspondent was embedded with the Syrian military and seems to echo Assad regime talking points… 2/ This thread profiles 8 accounts that retweeted and amplified this content which has received 3+ million impressions in under 24 hours.
Apr 8, 2018 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
Top 10 questions for Congressional hearings with Facebook leadership:
Values: What role does Facebook have in supporting our Western values in foreign contexts?
Corporate responsibility: When Facebook’s apps and underlying data practices enable and encourage computational propaganda and the targeting of coercive/deceptive content to vulnerable individuals, is Facebook responsible for the impact of those campaigns?