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Misinformation on novel coronavirus impacting Asian American businesses | PBS NewsHour
by Alexandra Olson and Terry Tang
3 days ago
NEW YORK (AP) — In Arizona, a burgeoning Asian American community fields xenophobic calls about a planned night market featuring…
Forget Fake News: Why We’re Wrong About Nearly Everything | Daily Beast
by Bobby Duffy
4 days ago
People are often incredibly wrong about key social and political realities in their countries, as I explore in my book,…
YouTube Gaming’s Most-Watched Videos Are Dominated by Scams and Cheats | WIRED
by Cecilia D'Anastasio
4 days ago
YouTube Gaming has been clawing its way into streaming platform Twitch’s market share for months. But new data retrieved by…
My Reality Is More Truthful Than Yours: Radical Right-Wing Politicians’ and Citizens’ Construction of “Fake” and “Truthfulness” on Social Media—Evidence From the United States and The Netherlands | International Journal of Communication
by Michael Hameleers
4 days ago
Although a growing body of literature has provided important insight into the conceptualization and consequences of mis- and disinformation, we…
Fox News Keeps Rudy Giuliani On-Air Despite Internal ‘Disinformation’ Docs | Daily Beast
by Justin Baragona
5 days ago
Even though internal Fox News documents caution that frequent guests Rudy Giuliani and John Solomon traffic in “disinformation,” the network…
Wake Up, Democrats! Memes Matter in the Race to 2020 | WIRED
by Dan Pfeiffer
5 days ago
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Opinion: Corporations are working with the Trump administration to control online speech | Washington Post
by Ron Wyden
5 days ago
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Mark Zuckerberg: Big Tech needs more regulation | Financial Times
by Mark Zuckerberg
5 days ago
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‘Truth is not the goal.’ Facebook ‘news’ site admits to misleading 50,000 NC followers | Raleigh News & Observer
by Hayley Fowler
5 days ago
College students, Alec Baldwin or a Russian bot? A Facebook page called North Carolina Breaking News describes itself as “satire/parody”…