Trump in talks with upstart apps about new social network. But, Trump advisors expect ex-president’s Twitter alternative to run on a new platform built by Brad Parscale. Trump Approached Conservative Media App Gab Before Announcing Plans To...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg dropped a bomb on U.S. political advertisers today: no new ads related to candidates or issues will run on Facebook or Instagram in the week before Election Day this year. The decision comes as the company tries to deal...
Following Twitter’s recent political ad cop-out, last week Google announced new restrictions on political advertising on its digital platforms, including YouTube. Unlike Trump’s favorite microblogging platform, Google will still allow...
This time they came for Pelosi, and they came looking like amateurs. Like it mattered: the crudely edited video of the House Speaker altered to slur her speech has already reached millions of American voters. Wait until the REAL deepfakes come along...
This piece is an excerpt from Chapter Three of “How to Use the Internet to Change the World – and Win Elections [2019 Edition]. Download your copy today, or pick up the ebook on Amazon.com. Before we dive into the details of online...
Good stories from the past few weeks. Town hall? 120 people. Live-streamed chicken dinner? 257,000 views on Facebook. “Democratic strategists say the quest to capture the attention of Democrats online, through social streams and viral sharing...
As thousands of young people flood the National Mall and public spaces in cities across the country today, I’m consumed by thoughts of what they mean for the future of political organizing. “The children are our future” —...
New Epolitics.com contributor Ben Kaplan is the founder and CEO of PR Hacker. Read more on his blog. Becoming The First Viral President: How Trump Won The Race To The White House When Donald Trump sent a thunderbolt to the Democratic and Republican...
Of course it’s a trick question, since the answer is always going to be, “it depends”. Your circumstances influence the balance point between data and content, but one is rarely as useful as it could be without the other. All the...
Clinton rules Twitter during Republican debate with these epic trolls of her rivals. ‘How to move to Canada’ trending after Trump win on Super Tuesday, via Laura Packard. Even as He Rises, Donald Trump Entertains Conspiracy Theories that...