[ad_1] Social Truthformer President Donald Trump’s Twitter clone, has a fraction of the users of competitors like Reddit and X. The company has never turned a profit and happens to be where Trump currently posts. But on the NASDAQ, the stock exchange where Truth Social became a publicly traded company …
Read More »How Kate Middleton conspiracies consumed the Internet | Trending Viral hub
[ad_1] The last few weeks have been a fever dream for the online conspiracy world. Wild claims about Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, moved from the fringe corners of the internet to mainstream social media platforms, and people who don’t normally dabble in conspiracies found themselves leading the charge. …
Read More »Meta kills a crucial transparency tool at the worst possible time | Trending Viral hub
[ad_1] Earlier this month, Meta announced that it would be closing CrowdTangle, the social media monitoring and transparency tool that has allowed journalists and researchers to track the spread of misinformation and disinformation. It will cease operations on August 14, 2024, just a few months before the US presidential election. …
Read More »Kate Middleton’s conspirators are recreating the Streisand effect | Trending Viral hub
[ad_1] Group chats, including at least one of mine, are not enough. #KateGate: Broadly speaking, a collection of theories regarding the whereabouts and well-being of Kate Middletonthe Princess of Wales, appears to be currently taking up more brain cells than oxygen. Rumors have been circulating since January, when Middleton stepped …
Read More »An online election in reverse | CABLING | Trending Viral hub
[ad_1] Hello everyone! Welcome to the first edition of WIRED Policy Lab Newsletter. I’m Makena Kelly, a senior political writer at WIRED, and I’m so glad you’re here. After the 2020 US election, Internet rhetoric spilled over into the real world with violent consequences. In the years since, those drums …
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