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Fake social media accounts also used to support Ron Paul’s presidential bid and the Occupy movement A handful of fake accounts posted content including several cartoons portraying then prime minister David Cameron as ‘the embodiment of English oppression’. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian Iran’s state broadcaster experimented with using fake social media accounts to influence the […] More
Donald Trump Campaign ads continue to focus on the southern border even as pandemic has killed hundreds of Americans Coronavirus – latest US updates Coronavirus – latest global updates See all our coronavirus coverage A Trump campaign ad featuring the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi. Photograph: Facebook As the reality of the coronavirus crisis took […] More
For workers at Facebook, Google, Amazon and other Silicon Valley giants, one candidate soars above the rest From software engineers at Facebook and Google to drivers for Uber and warehouse workers for Amazon, the employees that power California’s technology industry donate to Bernie Sanders above all other presidential candidates, a Guardian analysis found. The Vermont […] More
From doctored videos to fake quotes, the presidential candidate is muddying the water online – and it’s working If a dumpster is already on fire, is there any harm in throwing some more trash into it? Mike Bloomberg’s campaign has spent the last month unapologetically performing the digital equivalent of dumping buckets of fresh garbage […] More
‘Tongue-in-cheek’ clip falsely suggesting candidate silenced his rivals will not be removed from Instagram A heavily edited video of Mike Bloomberg’s performance at Wednesday’s democratic debate in Nevada has prompted fresh questions about disinformation policies on social media platforms. The video posted by the Bloomberg campaign to Instagram on Thursday paints a flattering portrait of […] More
Guardian US tech reporter Julia Carrie Wong spent a year analysing Trump’s Facebook campaign. She discusses how the sophisticated social media machine is targeting voters. And Leah Green reflects on the death of former Love Island presenter Caroline Flack During 2019, Donald Trump’s campaign spent nearly $20m (£15.4m) on more than 218,000 different Facebook ads. […] More
Policy change involves what Facebook calls ‘branded content’, sponsored items posted by ordinary users who are typically paid by companies Facebook decided on Friday to allow a type of paid political message that had sidestepped many of the social network’s rules governing political ads, in a reversal that highlights difficulties tech companies and regulators have […] More
President posted video of House speaker tearing State of the Union address interspersed with clips of Trump lauding honorees Facebook and Twitter have refused House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s request to remove a video posted by Donald Trump that was misleadingly edited to show her repeatedly tearing a paper copy of his State of the Union […] More
