In 2017, one UW Madison student created a Facebook group for students to share their own comedic jabs at campus life through memes. Today, the group has grown to nearly 30,000 members – and the community is shaping campus culture and discourse. This week on New Domains, we hear from Shane Linden – the founder […]
New Domains: Amazon’s Twitter War Against Rep. Pocan and Unions
Last Friday, an Amazon warehouse in Alabama held a historic vote on whether to unionize. The vote drew national attention, as it would be the first worker’s union for the online retail giant. But in advance of the vote, Amazon’s various Twitter accounts targeted high-profile politicians who were pushing for the union vote and speaking […]
New Domains: How a Local Pay-it-Forward Facebook Group Began and Grew
Back in March of 2020, when Covid-19 lock-downs first emerged, Paulo Delgado was just one Madison citizen who saw a need for help. He created a Facebook group, Dane County Neighbors Helping Neighbors. Over one year later, it’s now approaching 15,000 members – all local citizens working together on the platform to tackle the needs […]
Animal Rights Group Sues UW Madison for Allegedly Hiding Critical Comm...
Image by Giovanni Calia on Unsplash An animal rights non-profit has filed a lawsuit against the University of Wisconsin – Madison for allegedly censoring a former employee online. The lawsuit is part of a quickly-growing area of First Amendment case law that sets boundaries for how governmental entities can interact on social media. The lawsuit, […]
Big Tech and Democracy
The suspension of former Pres. Trump’s accounts on major sites like Twitter and Facebook last month has reignited a national conversation about what and how we communicate on the internet—and why we should reimagine it. Who stays? Who goes? Who decides? Today, we talk with social media expert Sarah T. Roberts about these issues, including […]
The First Amendment and Big Tech
On January 8th, Twitter announced that it was “permanently suspending” Donald J. Trump’s Twitter account, due to the risk of “further incitement of violence.” The decision by the private corporation was notable, first because Trump was the sitting President of the United States at the time, but also because @realDonaldTrump was the sixth most followed […]
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