97% of the posts about political content on X/Twitter comes from just 10% of the users.

Social media discourse about politics is dominated by the most extreme users and does not reflect what more users think.

TaylorLorenz.Substack.com and Dr. Jen Golbeck 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 join me for a discussion on the Internet, AI, and the Far Right today.

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(0:35) - Intro
(0:36) - Gaza Campus Protests Splitting the
Democratic Base
(04:47) - Seizing the Political Division & The
Importance of Advocating
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In today's MAGAReport, we look at yesterday's white supremacist Patriot Front march in West Virginia, plus chatter on the far-right pro-Trump forums
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In today's MAGAReport, I share some actual threats and plans for action from some NC proud boys tinyurl.com/MAGAReport-4-2…

Grieving pet owners can be comforted by 'supernatural' interactions, according to Dr. Jen Golbeck 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 who experienced 'witnessing' her golden retriever napping just after he'd died.

Her Anthrozoös Journal study analyzes supernatural visits reported by 544 dog owners🐶
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Courts should interpret the 4th Amendment to mean the government can't buy data from data brokers if it would have needed a warrant to get it directly from a person or service provider, EFF’s Adam Schwartz told @FedScoop. fedscoop.com/ice-pursuing-p…

Face recognition is a threat to privacy, racial justice, free expression, and information security. See how EFA member S.T.O.P.—Surveillance Technology Oversight Project is working to combat face recognition in NYC: eff.org/deeplinks/2024…

In today's MAGAReport, there are no organized plans for violence, just the usual complaints about things they don't like. I also talk about how Alan Ritchson of 'Reacher' became a MAGA enemy this week: tinyurl.com/MAGAReport-4-1…

In today's MAGAReport, I give you a tour of some full on QAnon conspiracy theory content from yesterday - with line-filled graphics! Also, no organized plans for violence today jengolbeck.substack.com/p/magareport-f…

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In today's MAGAReport, I look at some of the violent memes appearing in response to Trump's posts on TruthSocial. These aren't plans for violence yet but lay the groundwork for future violent responses if things (court cases, the election) go against him jengolbeck.substack.com/p/magareport-f…

For the last month I've been attending online webinars from election denial groups who are ramping up their efforts to try and disrupt the 2024 presidential election.

Here's what I found out:

(with typically wonderful art from Anjali Nair)

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