11:05 - 11:22 (17 mins)  Jeff Dornik,  @jeffdornik
founder and CEO of Pickax, the groundbreaking social media platform built on two uncompromising principles: freedom of speech and freedom of reach.

THE APP: Pickax
Are Bots Boosting the Popularity of Kooks and Fueling Division in America?
New research reveals algorithms’ hidden political power
Look at the REAL source of Nick Fuentes’ sudden rise: foreign bots

Nick Fuentes turns out to matter a lot less than his promoters and detractors have been assuming: His rapid rise is built on foreign bots, not any genuine American fanbase.

The online-extremism-tracking National Contagion Research Institute’s bombshell report shows that the Holocaust-denying, self-proclaimed racist’s “surge into national visibility” was driven by engagement from accounts located outside the United States — mainly in India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Malaysia and Indonesia.

 

 

11:41 – 11:56 (15mins)  Feature:  “CHAT BOX!!”

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