Category Archives: chicanery

“Viral pro-Trump tweets came from fake African American spam accounts, Twitter says; Disinformation experts are anticipating that social media platforms will continue to be central to foreign and domestic efforts to mislead voters.”

campaigns, cheap speech, chicanery
NBC News: Twitter has taken action to stop a spam operation that pushed messages from fake accounts about Black people abandoning the Democratic Party.The company removed two fake accounts and deleted the account of a San Diego man who… Continue reading

Times of Israel Takes Deep Dive into Psy Group’s Connection with Trump Campaign (as Detailed in Senate Intelligence Committee Report), Including Proposal to Target Minority Communities, Suburban Female Voters, and Undecided Voters with Covert Messaging

cheap speech, chicanery
Times of Israel: On August 18, the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released the fifth volume of its Russia investigation, which examines Russia’s attempts to meddle in US politics during the 2016 elections. An entire section of the… Continue reading

“Disinformation campaign stokes fears about mail voting, using LeBron James image and boosted by Trump-aligned group”

campaigns, cheap speech, chicanery
WaPo: A prominent Washington-based conservative advocacy organization is promoting a deceptive digital ad campaign that is stoking fears about mail-in voting and targeting battleground states with high concentrations of minority voters.FreedomWorks, the tax-exempt nonprofit that helped launchtea-partyprotests a decade ago… Continue reading