Caroline Orr

Jan 24, 2025 | mdpi.com | Rhys Williams |Tim Thompson |Caroline Orr |Gillian Taylor

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Aug 18, 2023 | medium.com | Caroline Orr

When tragedy struck Hawaii, right-wing influencers and Russian state media saw an opportunity to exploit the crisis as part of a long-running effort to undermine support for Ukraine.

Aug 8, 2023 | medium.com | Caroline Orr

By Caroline Orr, Ph.D Today, I continued my series on the anatomy of viral tweets by breaking down an example of rage farming that went viral over the weekend, garnering millions of views and tens of thousands of engagements - using little more than recycled content and s culture war buzzword. Read the full story of how internet outrage is helping racists monetize clicks here:

Apr 22, 2023 | medium.com | Caroline Orr

The temperamentally unfit billionaire who runs Twitter is apparently throttling Substack links again. Because, you know, censorship is just his unique way of showing how much he loves free speech* (*certain conditions apply). You'd understand if you were a billionaire "genius" like him. Anyway, I wrote an article about how Twitter's verification system has been broken since its inception and was in desperate need of reform - but instead of reforming it, Elon Musk decided to destroy it.

Apr 8, 2023 | medium.com | Caroline Orr

We've had many false alarms, but this is not one of them. Join us here to talk about the unfolding crisis at Twitter. Elon Musk is doubling down on his self-serving censorship on Twitter, this time by attacking the institution of journalism repeatedly this week. His labeling of NPR as state-affiliated media appears to be an extension of his own personal grievances - meaning that he's using Twitter to carry out personal vendettas. Sounds like someone else we know, doesn't it?