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It’s a big day; I made a 480% return in the Animal Crossing turnip market AND I got to guest on Pod Save America! We talk digital strategy and disinfo - hope you’ll check it out https://twitter.com/jonfavs/status/1253418643968323585

https://twitter.com/jonfavs/status/1253418643968323585

Here are links to some of the articles/sites I've found useful recently and most of which we talked about on the pod:
1. The @anotheracronym Digital spending report showing Biden outspending Trump online https://www.anotheracronym.org/fwiw-2020-dashboard/

FWIW 2020 Data Dashboard

The FWIW 2020 dashboard is an interactive site that allows you to see how and where 2020 candidates are spending their money online.

https://www.anotheracronym.org/fwiw-2020-dashboard/

2. @ibogost and @alexismadrigal on how Facebook Works for Trump https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/04/how-facebooks-ad-technology-helps-trump-win/606403/

How Facebook Works for Trump

Donald Trump won the presidency by using the social network’s advertising machinery in exactly the way the company wanted. He’s poised to do it again.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/04/how-facebooks-ad-technology-helps-trump-win/606403/

3. @WillOremus on the Covid-19 is a lie TT problem https://onezero.medium.com/the-absurd-reason-covid-19-is-a-lie-ended-up-trending-on-twitter-3943b978287c

The Absurd Reason ‘Covid-19 Is a Lie’ Ended Up Trending on Twitter

It wasn’t because people believed it

https://onezero.medium.com/the-absurd-reason-covid-19-is-a-lie-ended-up-trending-on-twitter-3943b978287c

4. @AlxThomp in Politico on the Biden digital team / Hawkfish story https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/21/biden-campaign-fights-over-bloomberg-digital-firm-198700

Internal Biden campaign rift opens over how to compete with Trump online

Senior leaders are split over whether to hire Hawkfish, a digital firm financed by Mike Bloomberg.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/21/biden-campaign-fights-over-bloomberg-digital-firm-198700

5. Yochai Benkler et al and Network Propaganda. This OpEd is a good precis of the book and still super relevant. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/10/24/russians-didnt-swing-election-trump-fox-news-might-have/

Perspective | The Russians didn’t swing the 2016 election to Trump. But Fox News might have.

More and more people are embracing the theory that Russian influence on the 2016 election was decisive. But the most influential propaganda was homegrown.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/10/24/russians-didnt-swing-election-trump-fox-news-might-have/

6. @kevinroose's Biden is Losing the Internet Does that Matter https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/technology/joe-biden-internet.html

Biden Is Losing the Internet. Does That Matter?

The coronavirus has forced the Democrats’ presumptive presidential nominee into an all-digital campaign, and he’s struggling to break through.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/technology/joe-biden-internet.html

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