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Nigeria: How Does Faith Affect Disinformation? | Institute for War and Peace Reporting
by Ishaya Ibrahim
September 14, 2021
Earlier this year, David Lloyd, bishop of the Living Faith Church, told 50,000 people at one of his services in…
Twitter’s racist algorithm is also ageist, ableist and Islamaphobic, researchers find | NBC
by Kevin Collier
August 12, 2021
A Twitter image-cropping algorithm that went viral last year when users discovered it preferred white people to Black people was…
Inside the Falun Gong Disinformation Machine | VICE News
by VICE News
August 9, 2021
The cultish Chinese spiritual movement Falun Gong isn’t just speaking out against the Chinese government; it’s increasingly weaving that narrative…
Preventing the next indigenous healthcare crisis | MedCity News
by Morgan Haynes
July 27, 2021
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it – at least, according to philosopher George Santayana. Most…
Real Talk: Pop the Disinformation Bubble | Building Bridges for America
July 21, 2021
Do you feel like you and those around you are swimming in a soup of disinformation and lies? Why is…
Opinion: How to Reach the Unvaccinated | The New York Times
by Ross Douthat
July 20, 2021
Late last week Michael Brendan Dougherty of National Review stirred up a mix of interest and outrage among journalists by…
Kazakhstan’s Vibrant Alternative Media Is Thriving—and in Trouble | Foreign Policy
by Sher Khashimov and Raushan Zhandayeva
July 13, 2021
In Kazakhstan this week, the film director Oliver Stone presented his latest documentary, Qazaq: History of the Golden Man, an…
Twelfth of July: How to responsibly follow Northern Ireland’s summer of protest on social media | The Conversation
by Paul Reilly
July 6, 2021
Earlier this year, disorder in Northern Ireland reached a scale not seen in years, with a wave of protests and violent…
The Airwaves of Navajo Nation | The Verge
by Karen Fischer
June 25, 2021
KTNN radio station’s headquarters in St. Michaels, Arizona is less than ten minutes away from the Navajo Nation capital of…