The Department of Homeland Security is investigating a report that current and former U.S. Border Patrol agents are part of a Facebook group posting racist, sexist, and violent posts about migrants and Hispanic lawmakers. The ProPublica investigative site says the posts include sexually explicit images and remarks mocking migrant deaths, including the highly publicized […]
Supporters of Rep. Ilhan Omar are urging Facebook and Twitter to suspend President Donald Trump’s accounts after the president posted a video attacking the Minnesota Democrat. “We don’t have to give hate a platform,” a new petition states. Launched Saturday by the Women’s March, it accuses the president of “inciting violence and engaging in hate speech” […]
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — In 2018, technology firms such as Facebook and Google faced more scrutiny and negative press over their handling of data breaches and online speech. The issue may mean new rules and more regulations in the future. The question of who can access personal user data through technology caused many people to rethink […]
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] draft report prepared for the U.S. Senate, and seen by the Washington Post, says Russia used every major social media platform to target voters with misinformation to try to get Donald Trump elected president. The Post said Sunday the report was done by Oxford University’s Computational Propaganda Project and network analysis firm Graphika. The […]