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Three more local newspapers have made changes to how they use mugshot galleries: the Lincoln (Nebraska) Journal Star, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and al.com. The Journal Star responded to a […]
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wdm-post-content wdm-post-grid What role does “the media” play in the spread of misinformation? A literature review published last month in the Annals of the International Communication Association tried to answer […]
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Recently, a video called “Plandemic” went viral on social media. PolitiFact flagged eight fake or misleading claims it made about COVID-19. YouTube and Facebook removed the video; Twitter issued “unsafe” […]
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Kristen Bell first found out there were deepfake porn videos of her online from her husband, the actor Dax Shepard. In the videos, her face has been manipulated onto porn […]
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In the 1960s, as news of protests broke, Americans were glued to their television screens. Now, when something significant happens, many people open their Twitter, Facebook or Instagram feed. An […]
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As protests against police brutality and systemic racism, sparked by the death of unarmed black man George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, grip the nation, so too does […]
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In January, Facebook and Twitter published new policies for dealing with “deepfakes,” or what the industry terms “synthetic media” — audiovisual clips created with the support of artificial intelligence (AI). These techniques are so […]
