Reddit, Acting Against Hate Speech, Bans ‘The_Donald’ Subreddit (Published 2020)
“The_Donald” subreddit, now banned by Reddit, is home to more than 790,000 users who post memes, viral videos and supportive messages about President Trump.Credit...Pete Marovich for The New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — Reddit, one of the largest social networking and message board websites, on Monday banned its biggest community devoted to President Trump as part of an overhaul of its hate speech p
‘Shut the Site Down,’ Says the Creator of 8chan, a Megaphone for Gunmen (Published 2019)
Fredrick Brennan started the online message board 8chan in 2013.Credit...Todd Heisler/The New York Times Fredrick Brennan was getting ready for church at his home in the Philippines when the news of a mass shooting in El Paso arrived. His response was immediate and instinctive. “Whenever I hear about a mass shooting, I say, ‘All right, we have to research if there’s an 8chan connection,’” he said
From 2018: Explaining QAnon, the Internet Conspiracy Theory That Showed Up at a Trump Rally (Published 2018)
Some attendees at President Trump's rally in Tampa in June 2018 wore T-shirts with a block letter Q.Credit...Chris O'Meara/Associated Press QAnon has changed since 2018. Go here for more. Those watching President Trump’s rally in Tampa on Tuesday couldn’t help but be exposed to a fringe movement that discusses several loosely connected and vaguely defined — and baseless — conspiracy theories. In o
Reddit Limits Noxious Content by Giving Trolls Fewer Places to Gather (Published 2017)
Alexis Ohanian, a founder of the website, which banned several forums in 2015 as part of a broad crackdown on poisonous behavior.Credit...David Paul Morris/Bloomberg There are — and always have been, and probably always will be — trolls, scoundrels and reprobates on the internet. It is a problem that has vexed multibillion-dollar corporations and the smartest computer programmers in the world. Fac
The Web’s Creator Looks to Reinvent It (Published 2016)
A group of top computer scientists gathered in San Francisco on Tuesday to discuss a new phase for the web.Credit...Jason Henry for The New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — Twenty-seven years ago, Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web as a way for scientists to easily find information. It has since become the world’s most powerful medium for knowledge, communications and commerce — but that doesn’t
The Agency (Published 2015)
Listen to This Article.Adrian Chen set about reporting on a “troll farm” in Russia – then became a victim of Russian misinformation himself. Around 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 11 last year, Duval Arthur, director of the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness for St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, got a call from a resident who had just received a disturbing text message. “Toxic fume hazard warning
How Social Media Silences Debate (Published 2014)
The Internet might be a useful tool for activists and organizers, in episodes from the Arab Spring to the Ice Bucket Challenge. But over all, it has diminished rather than enhanced political participation, according to new data. Social media, like Twitter and Facebook, has the effect of tamping down diversity of opinion and stifling debate about public affairs. It makes people less likely to voice
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Trump Wants Back on Facebook. This Star-Studded Jury Might Let Him. (Published 2021)
Dogs Took Over the Internet. Our Souls Are at Stake. (Published 2018)