Watching the Election from The Post-Truth Future Posted on November 22, 2016 by Christina Xu (This is the expanded version of a series of tweets I posted on Monday; they’re collected in a 88 Bar post here.) Weibo pushes out about a dozen general news notifications a day about everything from trending topics to celebrity gossip to major world events. Monday afternoon, on my way… Continue readingWatching the Election from The Post-Truth Future
Fake news on Weibo stokes support for Trump in China Posted on November 14, 2016 by Christina Xu Update: This post has been expanded into a full article. Please see our follow-up: Watching the Election from The Post-Truth Future. Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt of Christina’s recent tweetstorm. Read the full thread (including the various replies). This is the top story on Weibo rn, pushed… Continue readingFake news on Weibo stokes support for Trump in China