My Journey to the Center of America’s Political Spam Text Hell

I’ve gotten nearly 2,000 campaign fundraising texts that were meant for someone else. I tried to find out why—and uncovered a labyrinth of politicians, data brokers, and shady tactics.

Inside the Democrats’ Campaign Spam Machine | KQED

We talk about the system behind campaign fundraising texts, how it works, who profits and why changes could be on the horizon.

Stop and Consider:Our campaign

During a federal election there is a large amount of information being distributed, much of it online, which is seeking to influence your vote. Some of this may be disinformation, or false information.

Websites pretending to be local news are boosting Democratic candidates

The websites of unknown origin are targeting key U.S. House races. They are getting picked up by ChatGPT's responses but Google's products avoid promoting them.

Exposing Cross-Platform Coordinated Inauthentic Activity in the Run-Up to the 2024 U.S. Election

Coordinated information operations remain a persistent challenge on social media, despite platform efforts to curb them. While previous research has primarily f

Two Parties, Two Internets

Republicans and Democrats aren’t just messaging differently, they’re talking in entirely different places

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Bill C-22’s Groundhog Day: Why the Government’s Dismissal of Signal, Apple and the U.S. Congress Concerns Runs Back the Disastrous Online News Act Playbook - Michael Geist

Secure messaging service Signal yesterday became the latest company to warn that Bill C-22, the lawful access bill, could force it to leave the Canadian market rather than comply with provisions it says would compromise its end-to-end encryption and create new cybersecurity risks. Signal vice-president Udbhav Tiwari told the Globe and Mail that the company “would rather pull out of the country than be compelled to compromise on the privacy promises we have made to our users.” The comments are part of a steady stream of similar warnings from Apple, Meta, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the Cybersecurity Advisors Network, and the chairs of the U.S. House Judiciary and Foreign Affairs Committees. Despite growing concern, the government’s response has been to launch a misleading social media campaign and repeatedly insist that the experts and companies are mistaken.

In Texas, AI-generated political ads are blurring the line between real and fake - Poynter

Experts say increasingly realistic campaign ads could make it harder for voters to distinguish authentic messages from fabricated ones

Ted Cruz campaign using firm that harvested data on millions of unwitting Facebook users

Exclusive: Documents reveal donor-funded US startup embedded in Republican’s campaign paid UK university academics to collect psychological profiles on potential voters

The Trump Administration Group Chat, Signal: The Coke of Secure Messaging, Transparency Versus Security

The Trump administration’s Signal gaffe raises fascinating questions about secure messaging and the trade-off inherent in transparency.

My *wife* just got an offer to purchase *me*. I'd like to think I'm pretty progressive on nearly every social issue, but this is just a bit too far.... yes, yes, I know this is some type of… | Scott Jenson | 13 comments

My *wife* just got an offer to purchase *me*. I'd like to think I'm pretty progressive on nearly every social issue, but this is just a bit too far.... yes, yes, I know this is some type of scam/phishing ploy but a) it's pretty funny and b) it's just so incredibly bizarre. | 13 comments on LinkedIn

Legally Cognizable Manipulation

Swaths of personal and nonpersonal information collected online about Internet users are increasingly being used in sophisticated ways for online political mani

A single signature by Trump can remove you from the internet

The Trump administration has likened them to the digital arm of al-Qaeda and, in an unprecedented move, just added them to the list of global terrorist organizations