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America Is Atomizing

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Right-Wing Groups Are Organizing on Telegram Ahead of Election Day - Right-wing groups, which use Telegram to organize real-world actions, are urging follower... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/technology/telegram-right-wing-groups-election.html #right-wingextremismandalt-right #demonstrationsprotestsandriots #presidentialelectionof2024 #presidentialelectionof2020 #voterfraud(electionfraud) #fringegroupsandmovements #rumorsandmisinformation #computersandtheinternet #instantmessaging

How Telegram Became a Playground for Criminals, Extremists and Terrorists - Drug dealers, scammers and white nationalists openly conduct business and spread toxic sp... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/07/technology/telegram-crime-terrorism.html #right-wingextremismandalt-right #corporatesocialresponsibility #durovpavelvaleryevich(1984-) #fringegroupsandmovements #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #israel-gazawar(2023-) #childabuseandneglect #drugabuseandtraffic #terrorism

How Pavel Durov, Telegram’s Founder, Went From Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg to Wanted Man - Pavel Durov’s anti-establishment streak helped him create one of the world’s biggest onli... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/26/technology/pavel-durov-telegram-founder.html #freedomofspeechandexpression #durovpavelvaleryevich(1984-) #contenttype:personalprofile #fringegroupsandmovements #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #artificialinsemination #politicsandgovernment

Telegram’s Top Executive Pavel Durov Reportedly Detained in France - The founder of Telegram, an app with more than 900 million users, was taken into custody ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/25/technology/pavel-durov-telegram-detained-france.html #right-wingextremismandalt-right #freedomofspeechandexpression #durovpavelvaleryevich(1984-) #fringegroupsandmovements #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #childabuseandneglect #drugabuseandtraffic #mobileapplications #france

Donald Trump Was Shot. Then the Conspiracy Theories Spread. - Claims that President Biden and his allies ordered the attack on Donald J. Trump, or that... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/15/technology/trump-shooting-conspiracy-theories.html #assassinationsandattemptedassassinations #right-wingextremismandalt-right #crooksthomasmatthew(2003-24) #truthsocial(socialnetwork) #fringegroupsandmovements #rumorsandmisinformation #computersandtheinternet #conspiracytheories #x(formerlytwitter)

States Move to Ban Deepfake Nudes to Fight Sexually Explicit Images of Minors - Legislators in two dozen states are working on bills, or have passed laws, to combat A.I.... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/22/technology/deepfake-ai-nudes-high-school-laws.html #childsexualabusematerial(csam) #schooldiscipline(students) #teenagersandadolescence #rumorsandmisinformation #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #issaquahhighschool #washington(state) #childpornography #cyberharassment

Jackson Hinkle Rides Rage Over Israel to Prominence - Jackson Hinkle’s incendiary commentary has generated over two million new followers on X ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/business/media/jackson-hinkle-israel-gaza-misinformation.html #right-wingextremismandalt-right #presidentialelectionof2024 #fringegroupsandmovements #rumorsandmisinformation #israel-gazawar(2023-) #x(formerlytwitter) #newsandnewsmedia #putinvladimirv #thedailywire #socialmedia #generationz #youtube.com

Teen Girls Confront an Epidemic of Deepfake Nudes in Schools - Using artificial intelligence, middle and high school students have fabricated explicit i... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/08/technology/deepfake-ai-nudes-westfield-high-school.html #schooldiscipline(students) #rumorsandmisinformation #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #childpornography #education(k-12) #bullies

From Russia, Elaborate Tales of Fake Journalists - As the Ukraine war grinds on, the Kremlin has created increasingly complex fabrications o... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/18/business/media/russia-fake-journalists.html #russianinvasionofukraine(2022) #fringegroupsandmovements #rumorsandmisinformation #computersandtheinternet #internationalrelations #politicsandgovernment #x(formerlytwitter) #zelenskyvolodymyr #newsandnewsmedia #socialmedia #youtube.com

Shafiqah Hudson, Who Fought Trolls on Social Media, Dies at 46 - When the hashtag #EndFathersDay began trending on Twitter, she realized it was more than ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/05/us/shafiqah-hudson-dead.html #right-wingextremismandalt-right #fringegroupsandmovements #rumorsandmisinformation #deaths(obituaries) #shafiqahhudson #womenandgirls #blackpeople #socialmedia #oregon #4chan

New Hampshire Officials to Investigate A.I. Robocalls Mimicking Biden - The calls, in a voice most likely artificially generated, urged people not to vote in Tue... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/22/business/media/biden-robocall-ai-new-hampshire.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #rumorsandmisinformation #artificialintelligence #primariesandcaucuses #bidenjosephrjr #telemarketing

How A Rare Myocarditis Death Caught the Attention of the Anti-Vaccine Movement - A 24-year-old’s sudden death devastated his family — and caught the attention of the move... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/13/technology/covid-anti-vaccine.html #centersfordiseasecontrolandprevention #vaccinationandimmunization #fringegroupsandmovements #rumorsandmisinformation #coronavirus(2019-ncov) #childrensdefensefund #internal-great-read #deaths(fatalities) #conspiracytheories #autopsies

Where Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Delivers His Fringe Views: Not on the Trail - The Democratic presidential challenger continues to espouse extreme ideas, but has dialed... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/technology/rfk-jr-campaign-vaccines.html #vaccinationandimmunization #fringegroupsandmovements #rumorsandmisinformation #computersandtheinternet #coronavirus(2019-ncov) #childrenshealthdefense #conspiracytheories #kennedyrobertfjr #research

As Covid-19 Cases Tick Higher, Conspiracy Theorists Stoke New Fears - A late-summer rise in Covid-19 infections is bringing with it a wave of conspiracy theori... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/technology/covid-19-uptick-conspiracy-theorists.html #right-wingextremismandalt-right #vaccinationandimmunization #fringegroupsandmovements #rumorsandmisinformation #coronavirus(2019-ncov) #kaiserfamilyfoundation #conspiracytheories

Robert Kennedy Jr., With Musk, Pushes Right-Wing Ideas and Misinformation - Mr. Kennedy, a long-shot Democratic presidential candidate with surprisingly high polling... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/05/us/politics/robert-f-kennedy-jr-twitter-2024.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #presidentialelectionof2024 #rumorsandmisinformation #coronavirus(2019-ncov) #primariesandcaucuses #gabbardtulsi(1981-) #kennedyrobertfjr #democraticparty #bidenjosephrjr #muskelon

Carmakers Are Pushing Autonomous Tech. This Engineer Wants Limits. - Missy Cummings, who spent more than a year at the federal auto safety agency, said that d... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/15/business/missy-cummings-tesla-autopilot.html #regulationandderegulationofindustry #driverlessandsemiautonomousvehicles #automobilesafetyfeaturesanddefects #electricandhybridvehicles #trafficaccidentsandsafety #rumorsandmisinformation #speedlimitsandspeeding #deaths(fatalities) #roadsandtraffic

Founder of CrowdTangle Hopes to Bring Transparency to Social Media - The co-founder of CrowdTangle has been working with Congress on legislation to make tech ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/02/business/media/crowdtangle-facebook-brandon-silverman.html #silvermanbrandon(technologyexecutive) #regulationandderegulationofindustry #right-wingextremismandalt-right #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #lawandlegislation #coonschristophera #whistle-blowers #crowdtangleinc

Awash in Disinformation Before Vote, Taiwan Points Finger at China - The self-governing island is on high alert for digital-age trickery and deception that Beijing mig... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/technology/taiwan-election-china-disinformation.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #democraticprogressiveparty(taiwan) #chinesenationalistparty(taiwan) #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #politicsandgovernment #votingandvoters #socialmedia #tsaiing-wen #propaganda #elections