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Posted by Mark Finkelstein on December 23, 2016 10 Comments
It was the strangest of settings for some very serious breaking news. There was Mika Brzezinski, cuddled up in her flannels on Morning Joe's special Christmas set. In the previous segment, Joe Scarborough had grilled Sean Spicer, whom President-elect Trump yesterday named as his White House spokesman, over Trump's tweet of yesterday in which he said that the US needed to greatly strengthen its nuclear arsenal. Spicer repeatedly refused to say that the Trump tweet came in response from a statement by Vladimir Putin, just hours earlier, announcing Russia's intention to strengthen its own nuclear arsenal. When the show returned after a break, Spicer was gone, but Mika and Joe announced that during the break Spicer had been on the phone with Trump, that Mika had posed a question about the nuclear tweet, and that in response Trump told her: "let it be an arms race because we will outmatch them at every pass and outlast them all."

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 21, 2016 10 Comments
Turns out there's a particular group of gals more willing to block or "unfriend" people on social media due to their political beliefs -- Democrats. A survey conducted by PRRI found that only 13% of respondents fessed up to blocking, unfriending, or unfollowing "someone on social media because of what they posted about politics." Given how nasty this two-year-long election season has been, 13% seems low. Both Democrats and those identifying as moderates were more likely to eliminate someone from their political circles than Republicans.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2016 3 Comments
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doesn't hesitate to take to social media to get his point across, including when the press treats him unfairly. (Where have I heard that before?) But if you read the headlines about some comments he made at a press event, you'd think Netanyahu just admitted to "attacking", "lashing out" at, and "berating, badmouthing" journalists on social media. But that's not what he said. Those journalists misstated the question he was asked in their headlines. Leftist Haaretz used the "lashing out" words:

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 20, 2016 15 Comments
The families of the Orlando nightclub shooting victims filed a federal complaint against the web giants for allegedly providing "material support" to ISIS and helping terrorist Omar Mateen "radicalize", according to an exclusive report by Fox News. Why not sue Mateen's internet service provider? Or the manufacturer of the web-enabled devises he used to "radicalize" himself? This is akin to blaming the gun for the actions of the shooter.

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 18, 2016 27 Comments
While the Washington Post didn't seem very concerned about the eight years of disinformation oozing from the Obama White House and its online surrogates, they are so obsessed with President-elect Trump that they've created a Google Chrome browser extension to fact check Trump's tweets. WaPo writes:
We made a tool that slips a bit more context into Trump's tweets. It's still in the early stages, but our goal is to provide additional context where needed for Trump's tweets moving forward (and a few golden oldies).

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 14, 2016 7 Comments
Since the presidential election last week, there's scarcely a corner of the internet free of nasty contentiousness. Thankfully, not everyone has lost their sense of humor. A handful of memes imagining President Obama and VP Biden's White House departure are easily my most favorite things on the internet right now. Especially since they play on Uncle Joe as well...Uncle Joe. Most of the memes show Biden suggesting ways to prank the incoming presidential crew, but all of them are lol-worthy. Enjoy:

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 13, 2016 10 Comments
Love it or hate it, Facebook is an inescapable part of modern social engagement. As the public grapples for any variable that would explain the Trump presidency, Facebook is the recipient of at least some of the blame, justly or not. The complaints are rather silly -- users are blaming the social media platform for content others post, in particular, fake news stories. Of all the factors that determined last week's electoral outcomes, I doubt fake news stories even moved the needle, alas...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2016 28 Comments
This should surprise no one. These are probably the same people who in college demanded intellectual safe spaces and trigger warnings. We have seen it at Twitter, where conservative accounts seem to be targeted, and also at Facebook, where there were allegations of the same. The Wall Street Journal reports, Facebook Employees Pushed to Remove Trump’s Posts as Hate Speech:

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 20, 2016 0 Comments

Faking sick? Stay off social media because employers have decided to track down supposed sick employees on social media to see if they're really sick: A new Careerbuilder survey found that more than a third of bosses have caught an employee lying about being sick by...

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 08, 2016 56 Comments
President Obama has TOTUS (Telepromter of the United States) and his wife has Michelle Obama's Mirror. After the Commander In Chief Forum hosted by NBC and moderated by Matt Lauer, a new social media star has been born: Hillary's Ear Piece. It became a trending topic on Twitter last night:

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on August 13, 2016 5 Comments
Anthony "Carlos Danger" Weiner's online sexual predator persona is very well known.  His lewd forays on social media made him a disgraced laughingstock, and he ultimately resigned his House seat and then withdrew his bid for mayor of New York City as a result. The latest page in Weiner's "cautionary tale of self destruction" includes a mongoose, porn scenes, strappy black heels, and an epic catfishing expedition. The New York Post reports:
Sext fiend Anthony Weiner boasted of his animal prowess — claiming he was “deceptively strong . . . like a mongoose” — and gave his cellphone number to a college student during a flirty, private online chat on a recent trip to Los Angeles, The Post has learned. But the joke was on the horndog pol, whose wife, Huma Abedin, is a top aide and close confidante of Hillary Clinton.

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on July 29, 2016 16 Comments
At long last, our national political convention nightmare is over. Thanks to the magic of the internet, we're able to bring you the best moments from this year's Democratic National Convention, sound-free.

Me, when someone brings me a donut:

Hillary got a little bit too excited - Imgur

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on July 15, 2016 76 Comments
With all the money, all the resources, and all the graphic design talent at their disposal, the Trump campaign, in conjunction with the RNC's joint fundraising committee, decided to roll with TP2016. T.P. Which, given how the 2016 cycle has gone, I suppose is par for the course. Shortly after Trump tweeted confirmation he'd selected Indiana's Governor Pence as his running mate, the new logo graced a fundraising email and was slapped across the internet for all to see (and mock). The logo is rather...suggestive. At least to many a politico and casual observer.

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on June 25, 2016 4 Comments
Back in 2014, the Obama administration announced its plan to "give up its last remaining authority over the technical management of the internet" by giving "the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), an international nonprofit group, control over the database of names and addresses that allows computers around the world to connect to each other." The response in many quarters was less than enthusiastic. The New Republic noted at the time:
A Wall Street Journal columnist described it as “America’s Internet surrender.” Said one member of Congress: “Giving up control of ICANN will allow countries like China and Russia, that don’t place the same value in freedom of speech, to better define how the internet looks and operates.”
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