As I warned back in April, we now are exactly where anyone could have predicted. Hate Speech’s Rise on Twitter Is Unprecedented, Researchers Find. Problematic content and formerly barred accounts have increased sharply in the short time since Elon Musk took over, researchers said. Before Elon Musk bought Twitter, slurs against Black Americans showed up … Continue reading Twitter Code Quality Crashing, Hate Speech Exploding and Unregulated→
Update August 3, 2024: This new cartoon is so spot on, it’s like The Onion’s Stan Kelly has been reading my blog. Update November 30, 2023: Elon Musk, after being widely condemned for obvious antisemitism, uses his Swastika platform (formerly known as Twitter) to affirm and spread violent white nationalism. Here’s the key to decode … Continue reading How Racist is Elon Musk?→
American politics is experiencing a disturbing revival of anti-immigrant propaganda tactics, eerily reminiscent of some of the most shameful and harmful periods in the nation’s history. At the bottom of the barrel today is Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance, whose weird and racist antics have thrust a larger, more insidious narrative into the spotlight. The … Continue reading Paws and Prejudice From Stanford to Trump: Use of Pets in Exclusionary American Political Messaging→
Multiple people ask me for analysis of the Telegram CEO arrest, and I have to boil it down quickly. It’s far simpler than most realize. Putin corrupts a network of billionaires in tech firms (among other industries) to spread domestic terrorism and destabilize the world to serve his interests. To be clear, the moment Durov … Continue reading Telegram Nazi Groups Face the Music After Putin’s Puppet CEO Arrested in France→