Hate Groups Losing Face on Facebook

Staff / Truthdig May 12, 2009 A debate over freedom of speech on Facebook has shaken up the Web this past week. The controversy centers on use of the social media site by such entities as Holocaust denial groups. In an interview, Facebook spokesman Barry Schnitt expressed the site’s desire “to be a place where people can discuss all kinds of ideas, including controversial ones,” but drew the line at groups that incite violent behavior. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

White House All Atwitter

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2009 It's not entirely clear how the White House joining the cyber-ranks of MySpace, Facebook and Twitter will serve to make the American government more "transparent" and "efficient," but perhaps micro-blogging will save our democracy or maybe we'll get to hear about what Joe Biden had for lunch. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Not With a Bang but a Twitter

Staff / Truthdig Apr 15, 2009 Can plugging into online social networks via Twitter or Facebook lead to some kind of computer-aided moral decline en masse? A study out of the University of Southern California's Brain and Creativity Institute seems to suggest that this may be an imminent side effect of living in information-overloaded societies. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Pokes Iran

Patrick Chappatte, The International Herald Tribune Mar 30, 2009 Dig deeper

Team Obama Wunderkind Caught Dallying with Clinton Cutout

Staff / Truthdig Dec 7, 2008 A key member of Barack Obama's past and future team of aides has learned the hard way that "transparency" cuts both ways when it comes to the potential for evidence of one's moments of private revelry -- or tomfoolery -- to travel far and wide on the Internet in a flash. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

More Ways to Truthdig Than Ever Before

Staff / Truthdig Aug 25, 2008 You can now follow Truthdig on Twitter and check up on our latest stories using your mobile phone or iPhone If you still can't get enough, make sure you sign up for our newsletter, subscribe to our news feed, listen to the podcast, befriend us on Facebook and MySpace, and watch our videos on YouTube and Revver Or you can still get us the old-fashioned way, right here. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Social Terror Networking

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Feb 11, 2008 The satirist envisions a new front in the global war on terror, if only the terrorists would waste as much time on Facebook as Americans do. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Facebook Triumph for Colbert

Staff / Truthdig Oct 30, 2007 Regardless of Americans' varying opinions about Comedy Central court jester Stephen Colbert's satirical (or is it?) play for the White House, one thing's for sure -- the man's getting results. While Barack Obama's bid to build a loyal network of young'uns on Facebook grew slowly, Colbert's followers almost crashed the ultra-popular site's servers in mere days. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Giuliani’s Daughter Backs Obama?

Staff / Truthdig Aug 7, 2007 While it's no secret that presidential contender Rudy Giuliani has had his share of family difficulties, his daughter's Facebook profile, which has since been taken down, is raising eyebrows. Caroline Giuliani, 17, described her political views as "liberal" and said she was a member of the largest Barack Obama support group on Facebook. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Friendster Rebellion: A Privacy-Concern Dam Break?

Staff / Truthdig Sep 8, 2006 Bush's warrantless wiretapping program failed to arouse much more than a collective shrug across much of America, but when the social networking site Facebook recently began broadcasting every change a user makes to his online "friends," ("you're out of my top-50," for example), the community rebelled -- quickly and viciously. Could this be the start of something? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )