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Social Media and Activism

Use of social media platforms for organizing and mobilizing

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Jan 28, 2026
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Is there evidence of Signal chat group working on Anti-Ice operations in MN? If so, does instructing others to obstruct law enforcement break a federal law?

show a burst of that encrypted Signal groups in were being used to monitor and mobilize around immigration agents; federal authorities have opened an investigation after a conservative journalist publ...

Feb 2, 2026

What platform design features make reposts and satire spread faster than corrections?

Social platforms are engineered so that emotionally charged reposts and satirical items trigger fast, visible rewards and , while corrections arrive slowly, with weaker social signals and less amplifi...