New York Times

Britney Spears has become my quiet, little thing. I’ve only talked about the #FreeBritney movement with my high school friends and close family members. But I’ve followed the movement since the very beginning.

Humans are a gullible race. We tend to look for a crowd to follow, and Facebook knows it. That is why Facebook chose to run not only political ads but also to publish ads rife with lies and exaggerations.

In the era of fake news, perspective is everything. The origins of this debate are not new - yellow journalism at the turn of the century turned the news into a political weapon, allowing private interests to elect officials, shut down…