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When Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube announced major actions against QAnon accounts in recent months, they were praised for the swift and apparently successful dismantling of the networks on their platforms. […]
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Although political misinformation is not a new phenomenon, the topic has received renewed attention in recent years, in conjunction with sweeping changes in the contemporary media environment. As the Internet […]
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This chapter examines the state of the literature–including scientific research, legal scholarship, and policy reports–on online hate speech. In particular it explores ongoing debates and limitations in current approaches to […]
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This chapter examines the state of the literature–including scientific research, legal scholarship, and policy reports–on online hate speech. In particular it explores ongoing debates and limitations in current approaches to […]
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Using conspiracy theories that include child sex traffickers and restaurants serving human flesh, QAnon has unleashed a modern-day moral panic. It is now more than 30 years since sociologists proposed […]
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As we get closer to Election Day, you might be noticing a spike in the amount of misinformation and disinformation you’re seeing online on a variety of different platforms like […]
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Fake accounts pretending to be Black women aim to build trust before spreading false information
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Fake accounts pretending to be Black women aim to build trust before spreading false information
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Over the course of 3 years, a mix of pranksters and extremists (right wing) launched a butterfly attack campaign as part of a meme war to muddy the waters in an organic Black Twitter hashtag, and utilized digital blackface to amplify memes workshopped on 4chan. Overall, the […]
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Over the course of 3 years, a mix of pranksters and extremists (right wing) launched a butterfly attack campaign as part of a meme war to muddy the waters in an organic Black Twitter hashtag, and utilized digital blackface to amplify memes workshopped on 4chan. Overall, the […]
