He was the lead negotiator for Columbia University Apartheid Invest, which according to the NYT, is "pro-Hamas." So he was likely pro-Hamas, unless he didn't agree with the organization that he represented.

I think it's like the Nazis who marched in Skokie. I support their rights to due process and free speech but I wouldn't go so far as to make heroes out of them like some Democrats seem to be doing with Khalil.

Unfortunately, its working.

He's pro-"armed resistance" and he's a leading figure at protests where pro-Hamas material has been distributed. Not exactly a role model, although obviously he has a right due process like anyone else.

A thought: the platforms do have an interest in combating fake, spammy content because too much of it could drive users away. But that interest is counterbalanced by the fact that some subcategories of fake (e.g. conspiracy theories) can go viral, and also that cracking down on disinfo is expensive.

If you want a highly accessible explanation of how AdTech firms like Google, Meta, and Amazon profit from disinformation, you can start with Tom Fogden's analysis on programmatic advertising.

www.bandt.com.au/the-pandoras...

Another investigation by @craigsilverman.bsky.social

"The largest-ever analysis of Google’s ad practices on non-English-language websites reveals how the tech giant makes disinformation profitable."

Notably, Google keeps the advertising revenue.

www.propublica.org/article/goog...

If Trump woke up tomorrow and announced that the US had some deep and unbridgeable quarrel with Equador, within 48 hours this would become an obvious truth to a host of followers, and a topic of serious analysis among otherwise serious people.

LOL… You, more than almost anyone else in this world know the truth on that topic.

bsky.app/profile/spqe...

trump does not have a "the united states becomes a autocracy" button actually
wedontagree.net/maybe-trump-...