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Spam Accounts Linked to Turning Point USA Offshoot Removed by Twitter and Facebook

I feel like lying is the GOP’s hobby of choice, only slightly behind telling Black people that we are the real racists. Turning Point Action, a spinoff of Turning Point USA, enjoys lying so much they paid a group of teenagers to do it for them on social media. CNN reports both Facebook and Twitter…

By

Joe Jurado

Published

September 16, 2020
Entertainment, Social Media

Facebook Removes A Bunch of Accounts From Romania Posing As African-Americans Supporting Trump

Race and racism continue to be a pivotal issue in American politics, and there’s no question it will matter in this year’s elections. Just like the last go-around in 2016, outside actors are leaning on this Achille’s heel of the U.S. to sow disinformation ahead of Election Day in November—and they are laser focused on the…

By

Ishena Robinson

Published

August 8, 2020
Culture

Russian Operatives Are Apparently Taking Their Disinformation Campaign on the Road—Moving From African Americans to the African Continent

The Russians targeted African Americans in the run-up to election 2016 with deceptive social media accounts and websites purporting to be legitimate sources of information, and now, it looks like they’ve taken their disinformation campaign across the ocean to Africa. Facebook says it’s shut down accounts linked to a Russian operative that were targeting several…

By

Dara Sharif

Published

October 31, 2019
Entertainment, Social Media

2016 Déjà Vu: Facebook Uncovers Disinformation Campaign Targeting Black and Latinx Groups Ahead of Midterms

Facebook has taken down dozens of Facebook and Instagram accounts it says were part of an effort to sow disinformation and manipulate social media users ahead of the 2018 midterms. As the Washington Post reports, the pages were specifically centered on drumming up opposition to Trump. Just as in 2016, the accounts tried to rally…

By

Anne Branigin

Published

August 1, 2018