Team Jorge and Social Media Manipulation

Melissa Ryan
CtrlAltRightDelete
Published in
4 min readFeb 19

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Cambridge Analytica Logo. On a phone, against the backdrop of Facebook.
Image credit: http://www.shopcatalog.com via WikiCommons

It’s been a minute since we last talked about social media manipulation directly. In part because post-January 6, I’ve prioritized the growing power and influence of the U.S. far-right over other topics. But also because, frankly, there hasn’t been as much news of interest. Bad actors haven’t stopped their activities, and social media companies have curbed some, but not nearly enough activity.

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Melissa Ryan
CtrlAltRightDelete

Politics + technology. Author of Ctrl Alt Right Delete newsletter. Subscribe here: https://goo.gl/c74Vva. Coffee drinker. Kentucky basketball fan.