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Fighting False News in Ukraine, Facebook Fact Checkers Tread a Blurry Line | The New York Times
by Anton Troianovski
July 28, 2020
Facebook hired a Ukrainian group battling Russian disinformation to flag misleading posts. But critics say the fact checkers’ work veers…
What does it Mean to Protest Today? Media Manipulation and the Movement for Black Lives | Shorenstein Center
July 27, 2020
What does it Mean to Protest Today? Media Manipulation and the Movement for Black Lives, the first workshop in the…
Targeting Greta Thunberg: A Case Study in Online Mis/Disinformation | The German Marshall Fund
by Eli Weiner, Laura Schwartz-Henderson, Emily Boardman Ndulue, and Aashka Dave
July 23, 2020
The German Marshall Fund’s Digital Innovation and Democracy Initiative worked with MediaCloud to examine misinformation and disinformation related to the…
It’s Time to Defund Social Media | WIRED
by Whitney Phillips
July 22, 2020
While it might be tempting to blame the people who refuse to wear masks, or the politicians who would rather…
Americans’ activism on social media differs by race, age, party | Pew Research Center
by Brooke Auxier
July 15, 2020
From global protests against racial injustice to the 2020 election, some Americans who use social media are taking to these platforms to mobilize…
U of T Students Fill the Misinformation Gap with Trackers and Toolkits | Dalla Lana School of Public Health
by Françoise Makanda
July 9, 2020
A self-directed student-led organization, the Infectious Disease Working Group is responding to misinformation and public health communication gaps through an…
Facebook groups pivot to attacks on Black Lives Matter | AP
by Amanda Seitz
July 8, 2020
A loose network of Facebook groups that took root across the country in April to organize protests over coronavirus stay-at-home…
Facebook’s Tensions With Advertisers Predate the Boycott | WSJ
by Sahil Patel & Nat Ives
July 6, 2020
In a virtual town hall with marketers and advertising agencies on Tuesday, Facebook Inc. executives once again tried to answer…
Why did it take so long for Reddit and Facebook to block racist groups? The Guardian
by Siva Vaidhyanathan
July 2, 2020
This week, in a matter of just 48 hours, several social media companies made major changes to how their platforms…