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Oh, Snap! Instagram Is Cracking Down on Fake Activity. Will the Insta-famous Survive?

File this under “When Doing the Most Goes Wrong”: Some of your Insta-faves may be revealed to be a little less popular than you thought, as Instagram seeks to restore trust and integrity to its platform by banning paid-for likes and followers. This move follows similar measures taken on Twitter and Facebook (the latter of…

By

Maiysha Kai

Published

November 20, 2018
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
‘Patriotic’ Trump Supporter Finds Out She Was Tricked by Russian Trolls and Her Reaction Is Hilarious

Florine Gruen Goldfarb loves America. She is a real, down-home patriot. So much so that she unwittingly promoted Russian-coordinated events on Facebook in support of Donald Trump. Goldfarb, who runs the Team Trump Broward County Facebook page, was one of the 53 percent of white women who backed Trump in 2016 and likely didn’t need…

By

Terrell Jermaine Starr

Published

February 21, 2018