So now we know what it takes for Facebook and Twitter to cut off Trump: an angry mob storming the United States Capitol. Before today, these companies had overlooked a lot. Consistent racism? Sad, but he’s a public figure. Lies and conspiracies? If people didn’t want them, they...
Read More »Yesterday I suggested that the Georgia senate runoff races have likely siphoned away donations that otherwise might have landed in nonprofit coffers in the last weeks of 2020. But while Ossoff and Warnock may compete with nonprofits for donors’ attention, Facebook’s ongoing political...
Read More »After Joe Biden nailed down the Democratic presidential nomination almost a year ago, many worried that Donald Trump’s online disinformation machine would make short work of him. As the election season built toward the fall and Trump’s social-media numbers consistently blew...
Read More »This year I got to do serious political campaign work for the first time. Yes, I’ve been deep in the world of digital political advocacy for more than two decades, and I’ve helped out on small campaigns in the past, but this election cycle immersed me in the mechanics of working to...
Read More »Axios reports today Google will finally lift its post-election U.S. political ad ban starting tomorrow, December 10th. Political organizers working on January’s Georgia Senate special will now be able to run ads on Google search, YouTube videos, other Google properties and the...
Read More »Billionaire and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg announced this weekend that he’ll invest at least $100,000,000 in the state of Florida to help elect his one-time presidential rival, Joe Biden, beat Donald Trump. Say that again: one hundred million dollars and probably more. The bulk...
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