Right-wing media thrives on Facebook. Whether it rules is more complicated.
Right-wing media / Facebook A few years ago, New York Times columnist Kevin Roose decided he wanted to get a better look at what was happening on Facebook. Because Facebook does not offer much data about activity on its platform, Roose turned to a Facebook-owned tool called CrowdTangle, which lets journalists and researchers see which public posts are getting the highest levels of engagement. It…
“Outright Lies”: Voting Misinformation Flourishes on Facebook
Voting Misinformation / Facebook On April 3, Terrence K. Williams, a politically conservative actor and comedian who’s been praised by President Donald Trump, assured his nearly 3 million followers on Facebook that Democrats would light ballots on fire or throw them away. Wearing a red “Keep America Great” hat, Williams declared, “If you mail in your vote, your vote will be in Barack Obama’s fireplace.” The…
Facebook funnelling readers towards Covid misinformation – study
Facebook / Covid misinformation Websites spreading misinformation about health attracted nearly half a billion views on Facebook in April alone, as the coronavirus pandemic escalated worldwide, a report has found. Fonte: The Guardian Leia todo o texto Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/aug/19/facebook-funnelling-readers-towards-covid-misinformation-study?fbclid=IwAR1sGofV_7P6yskH8ImZOCxU0TyIOdGdtqHoJRes49kO_zhVC5TZy9DgIoI Leia outros textos aqui
How the coronavirus pandemic is changing social media
Coronavirus Pandemic / Social Media “War is the locomotive of history,” said Leon Trotsky in 1922, arguing that social developments that would normally unfold over decades can take place in months when conflict is raging. The coronavirus pandemic is similar in nature, bringing about radical changes to almost every field of human existence in an unusually short space of time. Fonte: Reuters Institute Leia…
What if Facebook Is the Real ‘Silent Majority’?
Facebook / ‘Silent Majority’ Since the 2016 election, I’ve been obsessively tracking how partisan political content is performing on Facebook, the world’s largest and arguably most influential media platform. Every morning, one of the first browser tabs I open is CrowdTangle — a handy Facebook-owned data tool that offers a bird’s-eye view of what’s popular on the platform. I check which politicians and pundits…
