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The purpose of this workshop is to bring together scholars who wish to grapple with the state of public-sector data infrastructures, with the longer term goal of establishing methods of […]
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Rather than just playing defense, how can democracies can go on offense against disinformation? That’s a question Alina Polyakova, the CEO of the Center for European Policy Analysis, and Daniel […]
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This data memo examines the infrastructural support for controversial COVID-19 websites that (1) protest public health measures such as lockdowns, (2) promote COVID-19 scams, frauds and profiteering, and (3) disseminate […]
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A vaccine—or vaccines—for COVID-19 could arrive soon, with Pfizer and Moderna among the first drugmakers to seek emergency use authorization for their candidates. But with so many people already skeptical […]
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Facebook on Thursday said it would remove posts that contain claims about Covid-19 vaccines that have been debunked by public health experts, as the social network acts more aggressively to […]
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Facebook is embarking on a major overhaul of its hate speech algorithms, reversing years of so-called “race-blind” policies. Those practices resulted in the company being more vigilant about removing slurs […]
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Trust in news has eroded worldwide. According to the Reuters Institute’s Digital News Report 2020, fewer than four in ten people (38%) across 40 markets say they typically trust most […]
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Democrats and Republicans alike have been eagerly grilling the CEOs of social media companies lately about their complicity in spreading disinformation. This is being done under the implied threat that […]
