Articles by Jonathon Morgan | The New York Times, The Guardian, CNN Journalist | Muck Rack

Dados comprovam: Rússia também interferiu nas eleições intermediárias norte-americanas

— Desde as eleições presidenciais norte-americanas de 2016, influenciada por agentes russos através de uma campanha de desinformação nas redes sociais, plataformas como Twitter e Facebook adotaram algumas medidas para solucionar o problema. Milhares de perfis falsos, com um sem-fim de seguidores, tiveram suas páginas desativadas no Facebook, por exemplo, e não puderam ser restabelecidas facilmente.

Opinion | Russians Meddling in the Midterms? Here’s the Data

— Since the 2016 United States presidential election, which Russian operatives influenced through a coordinated campaign of disinformation on social media, platforms like Twitter and Facebook have taken steps to address the problem. Thousands of “sock puppet” personas with hundreds of thousands of followers have been taken down on Facebook, for example, and cannot easily be rebuilt. Twitter has reduced the risk that propaganda is spread through automated accounts, or bots.

Trump’s Militia Pardon is Another Blow to Federal Law Enforcement

— News that President Donald Trump has pardoned two cattle ranchers who committed arson on public lands should alarm anyone who is committed to our legal institutions, particularly federal law enforcement. On Tuesday, Trump pardoned Dwight Hammond Jr. and his son Steven Hammond, who were convicted for arson on public lands in 2012. Following their convictions, they were sentenced to three months and 12 months in prison, despite facing statutory mandatory-minimum sentences of five years.

Information Operations are a Cybersecurity Problem: Toward a New Strategic Paradigm to Combat Disinformation

— Disinformation, misinformation, and social media hoaxes have evolved from a nuisance into high-stakes information war. State actors with geopolitical motivations, ideological true believers, non-state violent extremists, and economically-motivated enterprises are able to manipulate narratives on social media with ease, and it’s happening each and every day.

Exigent Circumstances: iOS 12’s USB Restricted Mode and Warrantless iPhone Access

— Apple recently confirmed the introduction of a new feature called “USB Restricted Mode” in the latest version of the iPhone’s mobile operating system, iOS 12. If enabled in the user’s settings, USB Restricted Mode will disable data transfer from the iPhone over the Lightning cable once the phone has been locked for an hour unless the phone’s password is entered.

The Facebook hearings remind us: information warfare is here to stay | Renee Diresta and

— Mark Zuckerberg’s congressional hearings this week feels like the culmination of months of scandals, but this is the beginning, not the end. In the wake of revelations about abuse of their platforms, and under threat of regulation not just in Europe but also in the US, Facebook and the other social media companies are scrambling to fix vulnerabilities in their policies and products.

The Bots That Are Changing Politics

— Editor's note: This essay is drawn from discussions and writings around a June 2017 convening organized and led by Samuel Woolley, Research Director of the new DigIntel Lab at the Institute for the Future, alongside fellow bot experts* Renee DiResta, John Little, Jonathon Morgan, Lisa Maria Neudert, and Ben Nimmo. The symposium was held at Jigsaw, the Google / Alphabet think-tank and technology incubator.

Crafting projects, Islam, and Russian propaganda – Data for Democracy – Medium

— We spent last Friday night combing through Jonathan Albright’s dataset of posts from five Russian-linked Facebook pages, trying to track down related Instagram accounts. Most of the accounts associated with those Facebook pages have been removed, but through that research we uncovered several Pinterest pages that we now believe were tied directly to Russia’s 2016 influence operations.

Facebook and Google need to own their role in spreading misinformation -- and fix it

— Jonathon Morgan is the CEO of New Knowledge , a cognitive security startup, and founder of Data for Democracy , a global volunteer tech collective. Previously he advised the White House and State Department during the Obama administration about combating terrorist propaganda online. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. (CNN) Every day we learn more about the scale and effectiveness of Russian influence operations during the 2016 US election.

OPINIÓN: Facebook y Google tienen que aceptar que promueven la desinformación

— Hubo una época en la que esta clase de difusión democrática de ideas era la gran promesa de internet, un sitio en el que la información fluía libremente, sin las restricciones tradicionales de los gobiernos o las empresas de medios. Sin embargo, internet no es una democracia. La información está bajo control de un grupo de empresas de medios que no quiere ayudar a que sus usuarios compartan información, sino que quieren lucrar con su atención.

Interview: Simon Rogers, Data Editor at Google

— We interviewed Simon Rogers about data journalism, ethics, and the future of interactive, immersive storytelling. Simon is currently the Data Editor for Google, was the creator of the Guardian’s Datablog, and authored Facts Are Sacred.

S1E33: Data of the Impossible

— The data of colliding atoms, baby universes and the foundation of our existence. We talk with internationally renowned researchers Dr. Kyle Cranmer, one of experimental particle physicists responsible for discovering the elusive Higgs Boson, and Dr. Lee Smolin, one of the theoretical physicists behind Loop quantum gravity, and author of The Trouble With Physics, and Time Reborn. This episode doesn’t get too technical (we’re not physicists after all), but it’ll still blow your freakin’ mind.

The P-Value Civil War

— This week Chris and Vidya discuss the p-value civil war in science. What a nerdy debate about p-values shows about science — and how to fix it

Learning Everything Else

— This week Chris talks about learning everything they don’t teach you in grad school, bootcamps, or MOOCs. Make a Difference We started a community for data people who want to find impactful projects and meet collaborators. Check out Data for Democracy, and come hang out with us! Sponsors! We’d also of course like to thank this week’s sponsors, Veera and Periscope Data. Veera is a data synthesis platform that makes working with data easier and more fun. Check out Veera, and go be a data superhero!

Breitbart under Bannon: Breitbart’s comment section reflects alt-right, anti-Semitic language

— This article was originally published by The Southern Poverty Law Center. As President Trump is pressured to substantively respond to the rise in anti-Semitic incidents since his election, a new analysis reveals that Breitbart News under Trump's chief strategist Stephen Bannon fostered a comment section - a sample of Breitbart's readership - that increasingly reflected language specific to the white nationalist "alt-right" movement, including anti-Semitic sentiment.

How the 'Alt-Right' Came to Dominate the Comments on Trump's Facebook Page

— Over the course of the campaign, the comments left on the president's official Facebook page increasingly employed the rhetoric of white nationalism. The alt-right is a radicalized subculture.

Origin Story – Data for Democracy

— The question I'm asked most often by data scientists is: "How can I help?" Now, more than ever, this is the attitude we need. Data people have a lot to offer. We're driven by a passion to find the truth. We understand how information can be used to make better decisions and improve our communities.

How Breitbart Under Bannon Fueled Anti-Semitism

— Not idle threats, but language used by those who advocate for violence against minorities and are openly pro-Nazi. As President Trump is pressured to substantively respond to the rise in anti-Semitic incidents since his election, a new analysis reveals that Breitbart News under Trump's chief strategist Stephen Bannon fostered a comment section - a sample of Breitbart's readership - that increasingly reflected language specific to the white nationalist "alt-right" movement, including anti-Semitic sentiment.

White Nationalist Robocall from the Future

— This week I got another robocall from a white nationalist group, this time claiming to be from the year 2029. Seriously. It describes a world where Hillary Clinton's actions have led to mass starvation and a world government run by the Jews.

Militia Groups and the “Rigged Election”

— Faced with probable defeat, Donald Trump is now claiming the election is rigged ( it's not). While election officials spent Monday trying to reassure the public that US democracy is intact, Trump surrogates doubled down on their candidate's accusations, warning of widespread voter fraud, and suggesting that supporters revolt.

These charts show exactly how racist and radical the alt-right has gotten this year

— Regardless of who triumphs at the ballot box, the biggest winner of this presidential election may be the alt-right: a sprawling coalition of reactionary conservatives who have lobbied to make the United States more "traditional," more "populist" and more white.

The Radical Right and the Threat of Violence – Jonathon Morgan – Medium

— Earlier this week I shared a story on Twitter about anti-Semitism in Donald Trump's campaign. The tweet was picked up by a prominent "alt-right" personality, and within a few minutes dozens of other white supremacists rallied to attack me, defend their candidate, and outline their vision for a society free of "Jewish control."

Digging into the Bush Emails

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