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Your State’s Been Pink-Slimed | Iffy.news
by Barrett Golding
20 hours ago
A pink slime has been spreading across America. At last count, it has infested more than 1,200 sites. Pink-slime news…
Voter fraud vs. QAnon: How conspiracy theories are shaping the election | Vox
by Adam Clark Estes & Rebecca Heilweil
21 hours ago
As the 2020 election enters its final phases, it feels like a lot could go wrong in the United States.…
The technology that powers the 2020 campaigns, explained | MIT Technology Review
by Tate Ryan-Mosley
21 hours ago
Campaigns and elections have always been about data—underneath the empathetic promises to fix your problems and fight for your family,…
What’s next for tech and democracy? | Knight Foundation
by Knight Foundation
1 day ago
Midway through a year rocked by a pandemic, protests and politics, we asked leading researchers and policy thinkers: What new…
“Anything that causes chaos is RT’s line”- new study lifts the lid on RT’s role in wreaking political havoc. | Oxford Internet Institute
by Mona Elswah & Philip N. Howard
2 days ago
New analysis from researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, shows how internal processes at RT contribute to…
Info-Deficiency in an Infodemic: The Gender Digital Gap, Arab Women and the COVID-19 Pandemic | Arab Media & Society
by Sahar Khamis & Eliza Campbell
2 days ago
This commentary tackles the complex struggles faced by Arab women, including multiple layers of invisibility, marginalization and inequality,[1] all of…
How Fox News Could Influence Election Day 2020 | The Atlantic
by John Hendrickson
2 days ago
This year, with an expected surge of mail-in ballots due to the pandemic, we may not know anything definitive for…
The EU’s Role in Fighting Disinformation: Crafting A Disinformation Framework | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
by James Pamment
2 days ago
This paper is the second of a three-part series called Future Threats, Future Solutions that looks into the future of…
YouTube fights mail-in voting misinformation ahead of Election Day | The Verge
by Russell Brandom
6 days ago
YouTube is stepping up its measures against misinformation around the upcoming US election. In a blog post today, the platform…