Livestreams of Mass Shootings: From Buffalo to New Zealand

By Gotham Rex on May 19, 2022

Dozens of recordings of a 2019 massacre in Christchurch, New Zealand, remain online, in a sobering reminder of the internet’s permanence. Source: New York Times

Why These Women Are Determined to Clear Andrew Cuomo’s Name

By Gotham Rex on February 2, 2022

Five months after Andrew Cuomo’s resignation, a small army of ardent loyalists is donating money and swarming social media to support the former governor. Source: New York Times

Online Furor Over a Student’s Hijab Engulfs a Liberal Town

By Gotham Rex on October 22, 2021

A 7-year-old told her mother that she resisted a New Jersey teacher’s attempt to pull off her Muslim head covering. It spiraled from there. Source: New York Times

The Heated Debate in the Birding Community

By Gotham Rex on February 16, 2021

As the Manhattan Bird Alert account on Twitter gained traction, so did opposition. Critics said the crowds it encouraged could be harmful. Source: New York Times

Twitter Troll Tricked 4,900 Democrats in Vote-by-Phone Scheme, U.S. Says

By Gotham Rex on January 27, 2021

Douglass Mackey, a right-wing provocateur, was accused of spreading memes that made Hillary Clinton supporters falsely believe they could cast ballots in 2016 via text message. Source: New York Times

‘Rumble in the Bronx’ Fight Club Drew 200. The Sheriff Shut It Down.

By Gotham Rex on November 15, 2020

The fight club would have been illegal even before the pandemic. Parties in Manhattan and Brooklyn this weekend were also closed down for violating pandemic rules. Source: New York Times

The Internet, Social Media and Extremism

By Gotham Rex on August 6, 2019

The Internet, Social Media and Extremism Andrew Marantz, editorial staffer at The New Yorker and the author of the forthcoming Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation (Viking, 2019) talks about the role social media is playing…

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