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How Saudi Crackdowns Fail to Silence Online Dissent | American Political Science Review
by Jennifer Pan and Alexandra A. Siegel
January 2, 2020
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
by Jason Parham
December 17, 2019
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
December 10, 2019
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
by Syed Nazakat and Surabhi Malik
November 12, 2019
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
by Cristina Tardáguila
October 24, 2019
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
October 23, 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
October 16, 2019
"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
by Charlie Warzel
September 27, 2019
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
by David Crawshaw & Timothy McLaughlin
September 24, 2019
HONG KONG — The “yellow object” lying on the ground had a distinct shape, evident in the video footage that surfaced…