Month: January 2021

Trump Insurgence, Biden Inauguration

Trump Insurgence, Biden Inauguration

January 19, 2021 The Park Center for Independent Media circulates the Indy Brief. Subscribe for a weekly selection of news stories from journalists operating outside traditional corporate systems. Subscribe   The Headlines Our Stories Nominations Open for...

Deplatforming Trump Is Already Having a Huge Impact

Deplatforming Trump Is Already Having a Huge Impact

It’s been nine days of relative calm since Twitter cut off a major spigot of election misinformation from President Donald Trump’s account—setting off a chain of suspensions across Facebook, Snapchat, Twitch, and other platforms that affected the president, his...

What Parler Saw During the Attack on the Capitol

What Parler Saw During the Attack on the Capitol

As supporters of President Donald Trump took part in a violent riot at the Capitol, users of the social media service Parler posted videos of themselves and others joining the fray. ProPublica reviewed thousands of videos uploaded publicly to the service that were...