- Update: Orlando shooter inspired by Islamic extremist information shared online, President Barack Obama says.
- Update: Orlando shooting exposes Donald Trump’s biggest weakness: A total lack of empathy. Tweets from the Id.
- Update: Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick deletes “reap what you sow” tweet after mass shooting at LGBT club. Note: it was a pre-scheduled tweet. Only a coincidence, though, that it was on Pride weekend?
- How Clinton aims to trump Trump on Twitter, following in Elizabeth Warren’s footsteps. C.f. Clinton hits Trump University in a series of tweets, and How dominant has Trump been on Twitter? Plenty.
- Hillary Clinton’s ‘Delete Your Account’ Tweet Is Her Most Retweeted Tweet. But, FYI, Hillary Clinton did not actually tweet that ‘sick’ Donald Trump burn.
- RNC’s Newest Hispanic Outreach Director Scrubs Tweets Warning About Dangers Of Trump. Meanwhile, Trump’s name does not appear on the RNC website.
- Hillary Clinton Google suggestions accused of favoring candidate. Repeat after me: There’s no evidence that Google is manipulating searches to help Hillary Clinton. C.f. a look at how the conspiracy theory itself COULD change the search results.
- Could Facebook Swing the Election?
- RNC Reserves an Unprecedented $150 Million in Digital Video Ads. “Party Claims Inventory From Google and Others to Reach Hispanics and Women”, though a little bird tells me the real amount is much lower.
- Women Open Their Wallets for Clinton.
- Clinton’s tech team stumbles toward Trump. “After struggling to put Sanders away, the Dems’ digital and data all-stars plot attack on low-tech Trump.” Meanwhile, meet the Clinton tech team and get a taste of their data-driven world.
- Trump Campaign Might Copy Sanders’s Small-Donor Fundraising Strategy. Trump has plenty of experience taking money from people, after all.
- That Viral Photo of Hillary Checking Her Phone Made the State Department Want to Investigate Her Email Usage. Oops.
- Sanders is biggest spender of 2016 so far — generating millions for consultants. Drinks are on Revolution Messaging next time.
- On cutting-edge voter data, Trump critically behind Clinton.
- Who Runs Hillary Clinton’s Social Media?. A profile of Katie Dowd.
- This scientist just changed how we think about climate change with one GIF.
- California Online Voter Registration Spikes After Facebook Issues Reminder.
- How Are Politicians Using Facebook to Engage With Audiences? Useful data from several countries.
- How to Hack an Election. Did a political consultant really use digital tricks to change the outcomes of elections across Latin America?
- ‘End yourselves’: Councilwomen threatened [online] after voting against Seattle’s NBA arena.
- Results from an online harassment survey. C.f. 9 Tips for Nonprofit Campaigners to Deal With Online Harassment.
- Inside Democratic Facebook’s vicious civil war.
- Anti-Choice Groups Use Smartphone Surveillance to Target ‘Abortion-Minded Women’ During Clinic Visits.
- How Brands Get the Most Out of Trolls.
- Trump aide mistakenly emails Politico reporter for Clinton dirt.
- What happens when a 50-something journalist gets a week’s worth of news from SnapChat Discover? The horror…the…horror….. C.f. Six stats that show the power of SnapChat.
- ‘Don’t Make a Commercial’: The Onion’s CCO Explains Why So Much Content Marketing Sucks.
- Case Study: Using Digital To Win A Crowded Primary.
- The Midwestern Techie Revolutionizing Wall Street.
- PayPal thinks your crowdfunding project will fail.
- Escaping the Digital Media ‘Crap Trap’. YMMV.
- LinkedIn Called Me a White Supremacist, and all [he] did was happen to share a name with one. Didn’t even get a t-shirt!
- Have Twitter Bots Infiltrated the 2016 Election?
- Political Data Firms Recalibrating for Clinton Republicans, Trump Democrats and High Negatives. Crossover Voters Could Trouble Predictions for Down-Ballot Races.
- How 4chan trolls plan to help Donald Trump win the White House, as Anti-Semitic Trump supporters made a giant list of people to target with a racist meme.
- Trump Selects a White Nationalist Leader as a Delegate in California, blaming a “database error”.
- How the Internet Is Threatening Our Freedom. “Facts no longer matter in the digital world — which means Trump can get away with anything.
- China’s scary lesson to the world: Censoring the Internet works.
- Filter bubbles in action.
- France Releases App Meant to Warn About Terrorist Attacks.
- Mapping The Rise Of Mobile Technology For Social Good.
- Matt Bruenig and the Pitfalls of the Social Media Wars.
- Message Discipline in the Age of Twitter . Excellent tips.
- Is Facebook’s One-Click Donate Button a Game Changer for nonprofits?
- Where Social Media Efforts Are Trending, According to 5,000+ Marketers.
- Study: Poor Email Practices Costly for Some Nonprofits. Good information from Every Action and Epolitics.com contributor Brett Schenker.
- What Facebook Messenger’s evolution means for advertisers.
- Startup Platform Offers ‘User-Generated Commercials’.
- 18 Smart Ways to Grow Your Email List With Facebook in 2016.
- Data Firms Expanding Targeting Options With DSP Partnerships .
- Combatting Ad Fraud? Vendors Need to Lead the Way .
- How Online Trends in 2016 Will Impact Your Nonprofit.
- The Internet is in Its Awkward Teenage Years — Here’s How Design Can Help.
- 5 Important Items to Include on Your Email Sign-Up Form.
- How To Fundraise Like A Rockstar: Tips From Nonprofits Doing It Right.
- 5 Ways to Engage Online Like You Mean It.
- What Nonprofits Can Learn From Political Campaigns About Harnessing Smart Data.
- 3 Steps To Capture Your Website Visitors In Less Than One Second.
- Is the 20 Percent Rule Gone? Not So Fast My Friends….
- Why Do We Delete the Initial Pronoun From Our Sentences? Glad You Asked.
- Facebook Disguises Its Marketing Report as a Cheeky Deck of Cards.
- Dear Bernie supporters: Stop sharing posts from dumpster-fire websites, via Shaun Dakin.
- ‘I’d Like You To Post Long, Aggressive Rants On Social Media,’ Says Bernie Sanders In Supporter’s Interpretation Of Speech.
- Why erotic novel ‘Space Raptor Butt Invasion’ is up for the prestigious Hugo sci-fi award.
- And finally: a Prominent Silicon Valley investor denies he kept a sex slave for 13 years.
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– cpd