As Donald Trump sat at a tiny desk and berated the media for not being respectful enough to him, social media exploded with the #DiaperDon trend… A mix between his childish behaviour and the fact […]
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MAGA March Rallies Against Fox News
Trump supporters enjoyed a day out in Washington D.C. today to march in protest against the election results, while also voicing their displeasure for their former favourite news source, Fox News. Since Fox called the […]
Parler Power Grows as Trump Voters Migrate to Right-Wing Purity Test Platforms
Twitter’s crackdown on election misinformation over the past few weeks has seen the President’s tweets littered with warnings of “disputed” or “misleading” content, and he’s got plenty of company. Right-wing allies joined him in a […]
Fauci’s Fight with Trump and COVID Disinformation
This week, Dr Anthony Fauci said that social media’s role in spreading disinformation has impacted the public’s response to COVID “more negatively than positively,” bemoaning the way incorrect information has a way of “self-propagating itself […]
AOC’s Social Media Power Terrifies Her Older, Internet Illiterate Opponents
Facebook data scandals, accusations of influencing elections, Presidential Twitter tantrums, and the very existence of TikTok being threatened, social media platforms and internet giants are constantly be at the forefront of political debate. There is […]
The Presidential Cover Up We Needed Sooner: Trump Wears a Mask
Months of Trump and other Republicans resisting pressure to openly advocate the use of face coverings saw the coronavirus continue to spread, and created a widening political divide. I discussed here last month the apparent […]
The Danger of Politicising a pandemic
Wearing a face mask or face covering could reduce the transmission of Covid-19 by as much as 50%, experts have said. So with 25% of the world’s Covid deaths, you’d think Americans would be more […]
Campaign apps like Trump’s to fuel disinformation and partisan tensions
As if America needed any more propaganda, partisanship and disinformation floating through the digital sphere and political system, along comes another unchecked and invasive addition to the current crop of disinformation super-spreaders. While Trump continues […]
Trump Tulsa Rally Numbers Fall Short: Is TikTok to thank?
A few days ago I wrote about how anti-Trump TikTok users started an online movement to attempt to turn Trump’s anticipated rally in Tulsa into a spectator-less affair. By requesting free tickets en masse without […]
TikTok Users Troll Trump Rally in hopes of Empty Stadium
Donald Trump’s first rally since coronavirus shut the world down is scheduled this weekend, and he couldn’t be happier. He’s thrilled to be returning to his natural habitat, where he expects to fill a 20,000 […]
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