Jeff Mordock

Jeff Mordock is the White House reporter for The Washington Times. A native of Newtown, Pennsylvania, he previously worked for Gannett and has won awards from both the Delaware Press Association and the Maryland Delaware D.C. Press Association. He is a graduate of George Washington University and can be reached at jmordock@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Jeff Mordock

Facebook questioned by civil rights groups about Russian-backed content, ‘pervasive bigotry’

Civil rights groups demanded Facebook explain how its policies enabled Russian-backed groups to post divisive content on the social media platform, saying in a Monday letter that it was the latest instance where Facebook has enabled "pervasive bigotry."

October 31, 2017

PragerU accuses Google of censoring the educational site’s conservative content

PragerU, a nonprofit educational site, has filed a lawsuit accusing Google and its subsidiary YouTube of censoring its video content because of its conservative political leanings.

October 25, 2017

Twitter ‘transparency center’ to share information on political ads

Twitter will begin labeling political advertisements as Congress moves to investigate Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election through online political ad buying.

October 24, 2017

How the liberal bias of Google, Facebook shape the political landscape

In recent months, the focus has been on Russian-connected operatives who attempted to sow "chaos" in the U.S. elections, but the power of internet search engines and social media giants to shape American politics goes well beyond that.

October 23, 2017

Donald Trump threatens NFL stadium tax breaks

President Trump escalated his battle with pro football players protesting the national anthem by urging the government Tuesday to end use of tax-exempt municipal bonds used to build or renovate National Football League stadiums.

October 10, 2017

Russian Facebook ads: 70 million people may have seen them

Facebook estimates 10 million Americans saw the advertisements that Russian groups purchased to try to influence the presidential election last year, but analysts said that undersells the reach of the ads, which may have been seen by as many as 70 million.

October 4, 2017

NFL players’ protests risk stadium funding

American taxpayers shelled out billions of dollars to build the stadiums that National Football League players are now using to stage their kneel-down protests of the national anthem.

September 28, 2017