From Facebook to alt-right Reddit, social media communities played a large role in gathering young voters for the 2016 election. Hillary Clinton spoke of her supporters in "secret Facebook groups" while Mark Zuckerberg, post-election, dismissed the notion that Facebook had any influence over Tuesday's outcome. But social platforms absolutely affected the election results: here's a look at how.
Sep 25, 2018, 10:00 AM UTCCasey Newton
The case that Russia is winning the cyberwar
A new book argues that Russian election meddling was decisive — and it’s still ongoing
May 24, 2018, 6:00 PM UTCCasey Newton
Facebook disclosure requirements for political ads take effect in the United States today
‘Paid for’ labels will now appear above election and issue advertising
Mar 29, 2018, 5:48 PM UTCCasey Newton
This is Facebook’s self-defense plan for the 2018 midterm elections
Executives lay out a four-pronged approach to fighting state-sponsored attackers
Mar 17, 2018, 2:32 AM UTCCasey Newton
Facebook suspended Donald Trump’s data operations team for misusing people’s personal information
Cambridge Analytica played a key role in the 2016 presidential election campaign
Nov 1, 2017, 3:30 PM UTCCasey Newton
Senators blast tech companies over Russian meddling: ‘Do something about it — or we will’
Sen. Dianne Feinstein leads charge against Facebook, Google, and Twitter
Oct 31, 2017, 10:06 PM UTCCasey Newton
Senators grill tech companies about Russian interference, but don’t get very far
In a high-stakes meeting, lawyers stick to the script
Oct 30, 2017, 10:40 PM UTCCasey Newton
Russia’s election posts reached 126 million people, Facebook will tell Congress
About 40 percent of Americans saw the posts
Oct 12, 2017, 8:23 PM UTCCasey Newton
Russia reportedly used Pokémon Go in an effort to inflame racial tensions
Pokémon, no
Dec 7, 2016, 5:02 PM UTCCasey Newton
Facebook is patenting a tool that could help automate removal of fake news
A project in the works since 2015
Nov 16, 2016, 8:07 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Facebook's Like button is a built-in filter bubble
News outlets shouldn’t have to be your friends
Nov 16, 2016, 6:54 PM UTCCasey Newton
The author of The Filter Bubble on how fake news is eroding trust in journalism
‘Grappling with what it means to look at the world through these lenses is really important to us as a society’
Nov 16, 2016, 3:00 PM UTCKaitlyn Tiffany
In the war on fake news, school librarians have a huge role to play
Talking to an information sciences professor about the challenges ahead
Nov 15, 2016, 12:29 AM UTCJacob Kastrenakes
Facebook employees reportedly forming secret ‘task force’ to address fake news
Nov 14, 2016, 11:58 PM UTCNick Statt
Google will soon ban fake news sites from using its ad network
Cutting off their revenue streams
Nov 14, 2016, 10:58 PM UTCCasey Newton
What we know, and what we don’t, about Facebook’s effort to reduce hoaxes
What is Facebook actually doing about fake news?
Nov 14, 2016, 5:06 PM UTCNatt Garun
Facebook reportedly had a fake news fix, but was too afraid to use it
Sources claim an ‘internal culture of fear’ following the Trending Topics debacle
Nov 14, 2016, 4:24 PM UTCLizzie Plaugic
Google's answer to 'who won the popular vote' is a conspiracy blog
Nov 13, 2016, 4:26 PM UTCAndrew Liptak
Mark Zuckerberg warns about Facebook 'becoming arbiters of truth'
Nov 11, 2016, 2:10 AM UTCCasey Newton
Zuckerberg: the idea that fake news on Facebook influenced the election is ‘crazy’
‘Voters make decisions based on their lived experience’
Nov 10, 2016, 5:05 PM UTCColin Lecher
Facebook on its fake news problem: 'there's so much more we need to do'
Nov 9, 2016, 5:29 PM UTCColin Lecher
Clinton asks Facebook supporters to 'come out' from secret groups
Nov 9, 2016, 5:01 PM UTCLizzie Plaugic
Facebook feature that informs users of newly elected representatives is broken
Nov 8, 2016, 6:11 PM UTCLizzie Plaugic
Clinton campaign launches ‘digital hotline’ where users can text or tweet Election Day questions