Jon Festinger

DIGITAL Fake news on Twitter during the 2016 U.S. presidential election (Nir Grinberg, Kenneth Joseph, Lisa Friedland, Briony Swire-Thompson, David Lazer) Older, right-leaning Twitter users spread the most fake news in 2016, study finds Emma Best’s New Transparency Project Targets Russian Leaks She Says Wikileaks Refuses To Touch Chinese Court Creates App To Alert Citizens […]

DIGITAL China creates app to tell you if you are near someone in debt and encourages you to report them: The app will allow the public shaming of “deadbeat debtors” Russia tries to force Facebook and Twitter to relocate servers to Russia Pay for Trump’s border wall with $20 online porn fee, Ariz. lawmaker says Herrick V. […]

DIGITAL Appeals Court: First Amendment Violation To Ban Members Of The Public From Gov’t Officials’ Facebook Pages Facebook page is a government forum Blocking Constituents from Facebook Page Violates First Amendment–Davison v. Randall  Pakistan Demands Google Take Down Petition For Academic Freedom… Saying It Represents Hate Speech Apple loses patent case appeal, owes VirnetX $440M […]

DIGITAL Court: Politicians who block citizens on social media violate 1st Amendment Please don’t repeat these things WikiLeaks says you can’t say about Assange [Updated] Irony Alert: Wikileaks Sends Reporters A List Of 140 Things Not To Say About Julian Assange; Tells Them Not To Publish Copyright, Culture, Sharing, Remix… And A Congresswoman Dancing As […]

DIGITAL Ninth Lawsuit Against Social Media Providers for “Materially Supporting Terrorists” Fails–Clayborn v. Twitter (Eric Goldman) Jake Paul, RiceGum Called Out For Promoting Mystery Box ‘Gambling’ Site To Kids Antipiracy Outfits Routinely Claim Copyright Infringement Against Sites That Simply Report When Torrents Are Released  Jack Black’s YouTube Channel Nabs 2.5 Million Subscribers In Less Than […]