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Several funds managed by Arabella Advisors, a Democrat-linked consultant firm, are quietly bankrolling research by universities and non-profits into how online "misinformation" and "disinformation" spreads, according to a Daily Caller News...

Several funds managed by Arabella Advisors are quietly bankrolling research by universities and non-profits into the spread of online “misinformation."

Several funds managed by Arabella Advisors, a Democrat-linked consultant firm, are quietly bankrolling research by universities and non-profits into how online “misinformation” and “disinformation” spreads, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation review of the networks’ grants.

With less than $100, one can buy tens of thousands of votes for Twitter polls using bot-for-hire manipulation services, according to the nonprofit digital rights group Accountable Tech.

New Twitter Inc owner Elon Musk has outsourced several controversial decisions – like whether to reinstate former US President Donald Trump’s account, and if he should leave the Twitter CEO job – to public polling on the network, saying he intends to follow the will of the people. But the results of such surveys can be easily gamed by bots, according to new research.

A tool to stop non-consensual distribution of intimate images has been successful – but there’s still the problem that collecting digital trophies is part of being a man

Plus: ICE accidentally doxes asylum seekers, Google fails to uphold a post-Roe promise, and LastPass suffers the second breach this year.

Exclusive: a study shows the company has a long way to go in upholding its pledge to protect users

Despite the reinstatement of previously banned accounts, including Donald Trump, politicians sit tight as Twitter descends into chaos.

Social media site's billionaire owner has reneged on promise to form a "content moderation council," civil rights groups say.