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Obama’s plans to fight disinformation are better than most | The Verge
by Casey Newton
April 25, 2022
A former president of the United States has their pick of big problems to tackle once they leave office. Jimmy…
In election misinformation fight, ‘2020 changed everything’ | AP News
by Amanda Seitz
April 25, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — Beth Bowers grew up in the 1960s and 1970s with parents who marched in protests, wrote letters…
“Perfect moderation does not exist,” but here are some lessons from Twitter’s labels of Trump tweets | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Shraddha Chakradhar
March 13, 2022
From simple labeling to links to third-party sites for accurate information to outright blocking, social media platforms continue to test…
Media and Democracy: Unpacking America’s Complex Views on the Digital Public Square | Knight Foundation
by Knight Foundation
March 10, 2022
Are internet technologies doing more harm than good to our democracy? And what – if anything – should lawmakers do…
Prominent peddler of COVID misinfo pleads guilty to joining Capitol riot | Ars Technica
by Beth Mole
March 7, 2022
Dr. Simone Gold, a prominent anti-vaccine doctor who founded a group notorious for widely peddling COVID-19 misinformation, pleaded guilty on…
Disinformation and the Business of the Consumer Internet
February 14, 2022
Introduction The 2016 presidential election in the United States stood to be historic—and historic it was, albeit in part for…
How Trump sought to use fake electors, conspiracy theories to remain in power | NPR
by Terry Gross
February 14, 2022
TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. It's difficult to keep up with all the latest developments…
Facebook Has a Superuser-Supremacy Problem | The Atlantic
by Matthew Hindman, Nathaniel Lubin, and Trevor Davis
February 11, 2022
If you want to understand why Facebook too often is a cesspool of hate and disinformation, a good place to…
Arizona bills embrace Trump conspiracy theories, could allow GOP to reject election results | Salon.com
by Igor Derysh
February 1, 2022
Arizona Republicans opened the legislative session this month with a slew of new voting bills, including legislation that would allow…