Dec 24

Dec 24 French Digital Minister Calls out Yellow Jackets for Spreading ‘Fake News’

France’s State Secretary for Digital Mounir Mahjoubi criticized the popular movement of Yellow Jackets today for using fake news and disinformation in their continued protests against the country’s social policies.

Dec 12

Dec 12 Breaking Away from the ‘Protest Paradigm’

Damien Willis

On The Media

Protests aren’t common everywhere, but they are a regular part of the news diet. Whether you’re parachuting into Paris or a protest on the other side of the state, are there better approaches?

I had witnessed a protest movement up close on my campus and watched as the national news media dropped in.

Dec 9

Dec 9 The "Yellow Jackets" Riots In France Are What Happens When Facebook Gets Involved With Local News

Damien Willis

On The Media

What’s happening right now in France isn’t happening in a vacuum. The Yellow Jackets movement — named for the protesters’ brightly colored safety vests — is a beast born almost entirely from Facebook.

Based in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Damien Willis is a newspaper reporter and communications professional. He generally writes about the ways we pass our time in the 21st century.