Targeted Disinformation – Page 47

Meet three Reddit moderators fighting disinformation on r/Coronavirus | Science News

May 5, 2021

Combating misinformation online is an ongoing challenge for big tech, and it’s especially difficult when it’s on a discussion board with millions of people during a pandemic. One such place […]
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European coordination needed to fight science disinformation, academies say | EurekAlert! AAAS

May 5, 2021

In a new report, ALLEA, the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, In a new report, ALLEA, the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, examines the […]
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With threats and trolls, organizing online Covid-19 relief in India gets complicated | Rest of World

May 4, 2021

Last week, digital activist Saket Gokhale started to get frantic calls from volunteers working to organize online Covid-19 relief. As death rates peaked to over 3,000 a day, hundreds of […]
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Machine-learning project takes aim at disinformation | MIT Technology Review

May 4, 2021

There’s nothing new about conspiracy theories, disinformation, and untruths in politics. What is new is how quickly malicious actors can spread disinformation when the world is tightly connected across social […]
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How extremists use popular culture to lure recruits | The Washington Post

May 3, 2021

The first images of “The Last Battle” seem designed to rile people on the conservative side of the culture wars: public nudity, strippers, children dressed in drag — symbols of […]
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Recommended Reading: Amazon’s algorithms, conspiracy theories and extremist literature | Institute for Strategic Dialogue

April 30, 2021

The role of algorithms in propelling conspiracy theories and radicalisation has been brought into sharp focus by the interlocking crises of the past 12 months. Social media platforms have sought […]
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Falun Gong-aligned media push fake news about Democrats and Chinese communists | The Guardian

April 30, 2021

US news outlets aligned with Falun Gong, a religious movement locked in a decades-long conflict with the Chinese state, have been increasingly successful in promoting conspiracy narratives about Democrats, election […]
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Why pro-Duterte trolls tried to take down a Filipino food bank | Rest of World

April 30, 2021

When another strict lockdown shut down her furniture shop in Quezon City, Ana Patricia Non sat inside and stewed. The Covid-19 pandemic has been brutal in the Philippines, leaving millions […]
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Twitter called out for removing critical Covid tweets in India | Thomson Reuters Foundation

April 28, 2021

The removal of dozens of tweets seen to be critical of the Indian government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic is putting people’s health at risk and quashing dissent, lawmakers and […]
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How Extremists Weaponize Irony To Spread Hate | NPR

April 27, 2021

On a recent episode of his livestreamed show, the 22-year-old extremist Nick Fuentes repeated a formula that has won him a following with some of the youngest members of the […]
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