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Trolling for Truth on Social Media | Scientific American
by Joan Donovan
October 16, 2020
During the 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Seattle, tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets with…
This climate activist says he was silenced on Twitter | The Verge
by Justine Calma
October 8, 2020
A Ugandan environmental activist was suspended from Twitter in the midst of a high-profile campaign — a suspension he believes…
Networked Dissent: Social Media and Protest Participation | CSMaP Seminar Series
October 5, 2020
This fall, the NYU Center for Social Media and Politics will bring together leading scholars to explore the relationship between…
Ethics of Big Data Symposium: Race, Representation & Justice | Marquette University
September 21, 2020
As we look at the events of 2020, we cannot ignore how issues of race, representation, and justice intersect with…
What Even Is ‘Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior’ on Platforms? | WIRED
by Shannon McGregor
September 18, 2020
Earlier this week, Twitter and Facebook took action to suspend and remove accounts associated with Turning Point Action, an affiliate…
Turning Point Action enlists teenagers in ‘troll farm’ spreading coordinated pro-Trump messaging | The Washington Post
by Isaac Stanley-Becker
September 18, 2020
One tweet claimed coronavirus numbers were intentionally inflated, adding, “It’s hard to know what to believe.” Another warned, “Don’t trust Dr.…
Opinion: The Evangelicals Who Are Taking on QAnon | The New York Times
by Sarah Posner
September 17, 2020
Last month, Seth Brown, the executive editor of the Biblical Recorder, a Southern Baptist newspaper in Cary, N.C., delivered a…
Is Russian Meddling as Dangerous as We Think? | The New Yorker
by Joshua Yaffa
September 9, 2020
In the summer of 2017, Nina Jankowicz, a twenty-eight-year-old American, was working in Kyiv as a communications adviser to Ukraine’s…
MisinfoCon Webinar on Police Misinformation | MisinfoCon & MuckRock
September 8, 2020
Misinformation and disinformation originating from law enforcement sources, which has lately included Antifa raids, brick piles, poisoned milkshakes and more,…