Facebook banned data firm Cambridge Analytica from its social network on Friday. Their crime? Failing to delete a data set gathered via a Facebook app in 2014 that they’d agreed to destroy — including information from possibly 50 million...
Ten years ago, internet politics invaded South by Southwest — and I was there to see it. I’d been going to SXSW Interactive since 2003, back when it was a tiny little thing compared with the behemoth it is today. The DC internet politics...
New contributor! Dmytrø Bilash is a long-time Epolitics.com reader based in Kyiv whom I got to meet in person on a trip to Ukraine last fall. He’s an entrepreneur focused on marketing technologies and the co-founder of Captain Growth, which...
The AP reported yesterday that the campaign of former Tennessee governor and Democrat Phil Bredesen, now running to replace Bob Corker in the Senate, may have been hit by a cyber-attack: In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, campaign lawyer...
New Epolitics.com contributor! Though I know him from his Campaigns & Elections days, Jordan Lieberman now serves as the political and public affairs lead for Audience Partners, an Altice Company. Have we reached Peak Cookie? Political...
If you’re running this year, every second is precious — and the early seconds are the most precious of all for digital organizers. Most online outreach is incremental, trench warfare rather than blitzkrieg. We recruit a few people today...
Last week, Donald Trump announced that Brad Parscale, his 2016 digital director, would serve as manager for the President’s 2020 reelection campaign. It’s a milestone of sorts: the first time that a digital strategist has been named...
Hi folks, I’ve been working on a new blog series for advocacy tech vendor Blackbaud, and the first installment went live earlier this week. The topic’s a big one: how should organizations approach social media — Facebook in...
Beth Becker’s latest “Political Social Grab Bag” e-newsletter came out a few days ago and we have it here for your enjoyment. An Epolitics.com online exclusive! Sign up now to get the next Political Social Grab Bag delivered...
The latest digital politics news and perspective, including a highlight or two from late 2017. Send in good stories as you see them! Just email me or send a tweet. Russia pushes more ‘deep state’ hashtags. “Following the success of...