Sep 14, 2016 1:34 PM

What Will Ensure Your Social Media Protest Is Overrun By Trolls?

Democratic lawmakers forgot one very important rule of the Internet Wednesday.

(This post was inspired by the New York Times.)

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Emily Dreyfuss is the co-author of the book Meme Wars: the Untold Stories of the OInline Battles Upending Democracy in America. She works on the Technology and Social Change team at Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center. ... Read More

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