DONATE: As many of you know, I support my blogging as a freelance journalist writing for publications like Middle East Eye, The Nation, Al Jazeera and Jacobin Magazine. It's a precarious business since you are at the mercy of editors who you hope understand the importance of your work, but who sometimes don't. You may pitch a story you believe is … [Read more...]
Netanyahu’s Weaponization of Facebook in Israeli Election Offers Roadmap for Trump 2020
Marc Zuckerberg delivered a shockingly tone-deaf Georgetown speech in which he doubled down on Facebooks's refusal to police false political ad content. He argued that political advertising should be an absolute free speech zone on his platform. His users would, he maintained, be able to judge themselves on the veracity of such ads. He refused to place … [Read more...]
