Stories Related to Mediator: Social Media Pollution, A Huge Problem In The Last Election, Could Be Worse In 2020

JIM RUTENBERG, NY Times: Technology
Sun, 05/19/2019 - 4:49pm

As a candidate, Donald Trump promoted a mystery Twitter account that falsely portrayed a protester as an ISIS terrorist. Nothing stops him from doing it again.

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