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During the video to announce his candidacy for president in 2020, Joe Biden framed the debate around the tragic events that took place at a white nationalist rally as an existential threat to our country. It was not just the murder of a civil rights protester that Biden was referencing, but rather Donald Trump’s famous statement equating white nationalists, Klansmen, and Neo-Nazis, by claiming there were “good people on both sides.”
Read MoreBy Kathy Kyle Bonomini, Founding Partner at Amplia Group
To truly empower women, to reduce the gender pay gap, and to help women succeed in business, we must stop labelling ourselves and other women Boss Babes, Girl Bosses, Lady Bosses and Golden Skirts.
Read MoreIn an era where there is increasing concern about the veracity of news, a potentially much more serious issue are deepfakes. Deepfakes are videos that have been digitally altered to display artificial video and audio. The potential for damage by deepfakes includes social, economic, and political costs.
Read MoreWith all of the rancor over fake news being shared on social media, a recent study published in Science shed light on the context and extent of the problem. According to the article 1% of Twitter users were exposed to 80% of the fake news and 0.1% of the users were responsible for sharing 80% of the fake news. The researchers strongly speculate that this activity is most likely from Twitter bots.
While there will certainly be a game of whack-a-mole as bots change handles, it provides Twitter with a clear path forward. If researchers could access these data, certainly Twitter has them as well. So what’s taking so long?
Read MoreAs we look forward to 2019, one piece of advice we are sharing with our clients is to approach public affairs with a longer lens. There are important trends to keep in mind that will be with us throughout the entire year like backlash against wage stagnation and income inequality, climate change, migration of threatened people, and the ebbs and flows of populism in the US and the EU. By focusing on the core issues that are animating people globally, our clients can levelest their issue campaigns in ways that will be more impactful and meaningful.
Read MoreAs many Americans struggle to come to grips with yet another mass shooting at a school, Andrew Sorkin of the New York Times has an interesting idea. In his DealBook column, Sorkin floats the idea of financial services companies taking the lead on gun safety.
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