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Focus Tag: Activism
How Saudi Crackdowns Fail to Silence Online Dissent | American Political Science Review
Saudi Arabia has imprisoned and tortured activists, religious leaders, and journalists for voicing dissent online. This reflects a growing worldwide…
We Should Seriously Consider Segregating the Web | WIRED
The days of June 1996 were honeyed with promise. In San Francisco's SoMa district, electronic music animated a loft dance…
On Digital Disinformation and Democratic Myths
What is the sound of a thousand social media bots clapping? For two years, from 2015 to 2017, the Russian…
There is a growing tribe of truth warriors fighting false news in India | Poynter
Viral hoaxes about local politicians, false information about medicine and rumors of child kidnapping have always been tough stories for…
Amid protests and misinformation, fact-checkers are again proving their usefulness | Poynter
Hoaxes related to huge street protests are like forest fires: they are difficult to control and can cause irreversible damages.…
Citizens and Technology Summit 2019
"The Citizens and Technology Summit brings together communities, researchers, and advocates to share, imagine, and design citizen-led agendas for technology…
NULab: Jen Schradie and Brooke Foucault Welles
"Please join us for a book discussion and signing featuring Jen Schradie, Observatoire sociologique du changement (OSC) at Sciences Po,…
How the Climate Kids Are Short-Circuiting Right-Wing Media | The New York Times
The kids aren’t just all right — they’re scrambling the brains of their political enemies. Last Friday, millions of people, many…
Unidentified flinching object: In Hong Kong protests, police wage assault on facts | The Washington Post
HONG KONG — The “yellow object” lying on the ground had a distinct shape, evident in the video footage that surfaced…