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In Georgia, Facebook’s changes brought back a partisan News Feed | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Corin Faife
January 7, 2021
As Georgians head to the polls to vote on their two U.S. Senators — and effectively, partisan control of Congress…
Stoking Conflict by Keystroke | Stanford Internet Observatory
by Stanford Internet Observatory
December 16, 2020
Today Facebook announced the takedown of three separate networks that targeted communities across Africa. Facebook shared the assets with the Stanford Internet…
Global Fears of Disinformation: Perceived Internet and Social Media Harms in 142 Countries | Oxford Internet Institute
by Aleksi Knuutila, Lisa-Maria Neudert, and Philip N. Howard
December 15, 2020
Internet disinformation, fraud and harassment have emerged as global concerns. While governments, industry, and civil society groups around the world struggle to address…
Conspiracy and debunking narratives about COVID-19 origins on Chinese social media: How it started and who is to blame | HKS Misinformation Review
by Kaiping Chen, Anfan Chen, Jingbo Meng, Cuihua Shen, and Jingwen Zheng
December 11, 2020
This paper studies conspiracy and debunking narratives about the origins of COVID-19 on a major Chinese social media platform, Weibo, from…
Google to Lift Political Ad Ban on Thursday | Wall Street Journal
by Emily Glazer
December 10, 2020
Alphabet Inc.’s Google said it is planning to lift its ban on political ads on Thursday after a blackout of…
Facebook is overhauling its hate speech algorithms | The Washington Post
by Elizabeth Dwoskin, Nitasha Tiku, and Heather Kelly
December 3, 2020
Facebook is embarking on a major overhaul of its hate speech algorithms, reversing years of so-called “race-blind” policies. Those practices…
Misinformation or artifact: A new way to think about machine learning | Science Daily
by University of Houston
November 24, 2020
Machine learning has delivered amazing results, but there also have been failures, ranging from the harmless to potentially deadly. New…
How to deal with AI-enabled disinformation | Brookings
by John Villasenor
November 24, 2020
Rapid disinformation attacks—i.e., attacks in which disinformation is unleashed quickly and broadly with the goal of creating an immediate disruptive…
COVID-19 misinformation: understanding and seeking truth during a pandemic | Berkeley
November 24, 2020
Misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic continues to create confusion and contention along scientific and political lines. In this conversation, Berkeley…