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The Alabama standout has traits the Patriots have traditionally coveted at the position and could be a target when they pick in the first round.

Ki Smith Gallery opens a three-part exhibition featuring Caslon Bevington, Dylan Reitz, and Sei Smith Caslon Bevington. NEW YORK, NY .-Ki Smith Gallery is presenting First Draft, a three-part exhibition featuring Caslon Bevington, Dylan Reitz, and Sei Smith as both artists and curators. Initially assembled for the gallery’s would-be presentation at Art Toronto, Bevington, Reitz and Smith have been in conversation about the similarities and differences between their practices since February of ...

Pro-Trump rioters plan second act — but not just in Washington Brandy Zadrozny © Provided by NBC News Federal and state law enforcement agencies are bracing for violence planned by radical conservatives and extremists in Washington in the days before the inauguration. And while significant preparations have been put in place around the U.S. Capitol, there is growing concern that statehouses around the country will be targeted, many of which have already been the scene of arm...

The Dangerous Inconsistencies of Digital Platform Policies Why did platforms take action when they did? The timing behind new content moderation policies tells the rest of the world everything it needs to know about platform priorities. Author: January 13, 2021 Pro-Trump protesters clash with police during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 US presidential election results on January 6, 2021. (Reuters/Shannon Stapleton) Last year, more people started to ask the right questions of ...

Experts say echo chambers from apps like Parler contributed to attack on Capitol © Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images A protester takes a photo with police officers in riot gear that are dispersing protesters who are gathering at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. As Trump loyalists stormed the U.S. Capitol last week, conservative-leaning social media sites like Parler and Gab erupted with talk of revolution and civil war, with trending hashtags like #StormTheCapitol...

By LAURA ROMERO, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- As Trump loyalists stormed the U.S. Capitol last week, conservative-leaning social media sites like Parler and Gab erupted with talk of revolution and civil war, with trending hashtags like #StormTheCapitol. Experts tell ABC News that services like Parler -- whose app has now been removed from the leading app stores -- helped create echo chambers for violence and extremist views, then provided a platform for some of the coordination of last weeks attack...

Online extremists started planning the chaos of January 6 months ago.

How Trump’s internet built and broadcast the Capitol insurrection Vox.com 1/8/2021 Rebecca Heilweil and Shirin Ghaffary © Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images People associated with far-right online movements such as QAnon breached the Capitol on Wednesday. Open Sourced logo Ali Alexander, a far-right activist and conspiracy theorist, posted a video to YouTube on Christmas Day, urging people to come to Washington, DC, on the day that Congress would finalize Joe Biden’s elect...

Bad actors are returning to old-school methods of sowing chaos As the social media platforms become more active in tackling false claims around politics and health, disinformation agents are searching for “new” ways to spread their messages. Jan. 7, 2021, 8:15 a.m. Ed. note: Here at Nieman Lab, we’re long-time fans of the work being done at First Draft, which is working to protect communities around the world from harmful information (sign up for its daily and weekly briefings). We’re ...

Politicians in the UK and across the rest of the world have been warned to “take heed” of the impact of their words after a crowd of Donald Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol, leaving four dead. Right-wing supporters of the president invaded the historic centre of US democracy on Wednesday, driven by his false claims that November’s election had been illegally stolen from Mr Trump by opponents. The events were no surprise to experts who have studied the spread of false information on...