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How AI Is Transforming the Way Political Campaigns Work How AI Is Transforming the Way Political Campaigns Work
The future is arriving—and we’d better watch out.
Feb 1, 2024 / Micah L. Sifry
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What Netflix’s ‘Great Hack’ Gets Wrong About Cambridge Analytica What Netflix’s ‘Great Hack’ Gets Wrong About Cambridge Analytica
The British consulting firm didn’t steal the 2016 election, and it couldn’t have if it tried.
Aug 6, 2019 / Micah L. Sifry
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Before Donald Trump, There Was Ross Perot Before Donald Trump, There Was Ross Perot
Perot was a “welfare billionaire” who grew rich off Medicare and Medicaid contracts—and turned the deficit into a national fetish.
Jul 11, 2019 / Micah L. Sifry
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Power Needs to Be Restored to Internet Users Power Needs to Be Restored to Internet Users
The problem is bigger than Facebook.
Mar 28, 2018 / Editorial / Micah L. Sifry
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In Facebook We Antitrust In Facebook We Antitrust
The social-media giant’s reach and power are unprecedented.
Oct 12, 2017 / Editorial / Micah L. Sifry
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Steve Bannon Wants To Start World War III Steve Bannon Wants To Start World War III
His 2009 film, Generation Zero, shows a hellishly bleak vision of our past, present, and future, driven by a magical belief in historical determinism.
Feb 8, 2017 / Blog / Micah L. Sifry
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Hillary Clinton’s Technology Agenda Isn’t Good Enough Hillary Clinton’s Technology Agenda Isn’t Good Enough
And Bernie Sanders deserves some of the blame, too.
Jul 11, 2016 / Micah L. Sifry
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How the Sanders Campaign Is Reinventing the Use of Tech in Politics How the Sanders Campaign Is Reinventing the Use of Tech in Politics
The watchword is no longer Big Data but Big Organizing, in which thousands of volunteers play a leadership role in the campaign.
Mar 14, 2016 / Micah L. Sifry
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The Internet Is People: A Response to Marshall Ganz The Internet Is People: A Response to Marshall Ganz
Ganz seems to think my book blames technology alone for the Internet’s failure to democratize politics. That’s far from the case.
Oct 21, 2014 / Micah L. Sifry
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Remembering Doug Ireland Remembering Doug Ireland
Doug Ireland followed the truth wherever it took him.
Oct 31, 2013 / Lived History / Micah L. Sifry