Astroturfing

When discussing the pros and cons of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s proposal to raise fees on private and downtown ride-hail trips, while lowering the tax on shared trips in the neighborhoods, it’s important to take an intersection approach and consider the potential…

Here’s a good example of a regressive transportation policy: allowing Uber and Lyft to increasingly dominate Chicago’s transportation system. These ride-hail services, which are artificially cheap due to the companies’ willingness to burn through venture capi…

Skip to comments. What Should Trump Supporters Make Of The Latest Impeachment Polling?Townhall.com ^ | November 4, 2019 | Scott Morefield Posted on 11/04/2019 12:09:02 PM PST by Kaslin As polling on impeachment again dominates the news cycle, it’s wort…

So why not make DST last year-round? Or get rid of it altogether? In new research, we show that local politics more so than party and ideology shape lawmakers positions on DST. And as historical opponents of DST decline in importance, pressure for year-round …

Political disinformation campaigns on social media threaten to sway political outcomes, from U.S. elections to Hong Kong protests, yet are often hard to detect. A new study, however, has pulled back the curtain on one type of campaign called "astroturfing," …

Apple made a big deal on its recently quarterly earnings call with analysts about the strong growth it’s seeing specifically in its Services segment. It got me thinking about how uneven Apple’s efforts have been in this respect. Case in point: Look at the sad…

Political disinformation campaigns on social media threaten to sway political outcomes, from U.S. elections to Hong Kong protests, yet are often hard to detect. A new study, however, has pulled back the curtain on one type of campaign called "astroturfing," …

Twitter on Wednesday announced a blanket ban on all political and issue-based advertising across its site, with CEO Jack Dorsey stating in a series of tweets that the company had decided to do so because paying for reach forces highly optimized and targeted p…

Twitter on Wednesday announced a blanket ban on all political and issue-based advertising across its site, with CEO Jack Dorsey stating in a series of tweets that the company had decided to do so because paying for reach forces highly optimised and targeted p…

Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey announced abruptly though the timing was certainly not accidental that the platform would soon disallow any and all political advertising. This is the right thing to do, but it’s also going to be hard as hell for a lot of r…