Iran’s Covert Cyber War
Over the weekend, Hassan Rowhani, a former top nuclear negotiator, was officially sworn in as Iran’s new president. Unfortunately, there are no indications that he… Read More
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War of Tweets: The State Department Takes on Islamists
Twitter and other social media are the new battle ground in the war of ideas between Islamist radicals and the U.S. State Department. Since July… Read More
What’s More Dangerous—a Sharknado or an EMP Attack?
The SyFy channel’s newest original movie, Sharknado, took social media by storm earlier this month and continues to gain traction (a sequel is in the… Read More
Are You Getting Fooled by Obama? Check These 5 Pictures and Find Out
Organizing for Action, President Obama’s campaign group, is good at what it does. Its activists know how to get people fired up about President Obama,… Read More
How Many “Friends” Does the State Department Really Have?
A new State Department inspector general’s report accuses State of buying friends—or, more precisely, boosting its “likes” on Facebook to up to 2 million—by spending… Read More
Pew Study Reveals 5–1 Bias for Same-Sex Marriage in Media Coverage
Media stories supporting redefinition of marriage outnumbered stories with the opposite viewpoint by almost five to one, according to a study released Monday by the… Read More
Social Media and the Boston Attack: The Good, the Bad, and the Confused
Reddit, the website that styles itself the Internet’s front page, apologized yesterday to the people hurt by its overhasty attempts to capture the Boston… Read More
World Recoils from Boston Marathon Bombing
The world has reacted to the Boston marathon bombings with horror and compassion, much as it did to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001…. Read More
Revolutions, Terrorists, and Tweets: Social Media and the Arab Spring
The Heritage Foundation will be holding a public event on February 13 to discuss the role of social media in the Arab Spring with experts… Read More
Jail Time for Offensive Facebook Postings?
How many people would be in jail if annoying or offending a person were against the law? The answer: pretty much everyone. If you think… Read More
