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Facebook became Meta – and the company’s dangerous behavior came into sharp focus in 2021 | The Conversation
by Eric Smalley
December 20, 2021
Meta, née Facebook, had a rough year in 2021, in public opinion if not financially. Revelations from whistleblower Frances Haugen,…
Big Tech ‘Amplification’: What Does That Mean? | The New York Times
by David McCabe
December 2, 2021
Lawmakers have spent years investigating how hate speech, misinformation and bullying on social media sites can lead to real-world harm.…
Trollfare: Russia’s Disinformation Campaign During Military Conflict in Ukraine | International Journal of Communication
by Larissa Doroshenko and Josephine Lukito
December 1, 2021
In this study, we explore online informational warfare by the Russian Internet Research Agency (IRA) against Ukraine during the military…
Artificial intelligence may not actually be the solution for stopping the spread of fake news | The Conversation
by Sze-Fung Lee and Benjamin C. M. Fung
November 29, 2021
Disinformation has been used in warfare and military strategy over time. But it is undeniably being intensified by the use…
Toxic Ten: How 10 fringe publishers fuel 69% of digital climate change denial | Center for Countering Digital Hate
by Center for Countering Digital Hate
November 4, 2021
The science is undeniable - human activity is warming our planet at an ever-accelerating rate and leading to catastrophic climate…
Facebook is blocking access to data about how much misinformation it spreads and who is affected | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Ethan Zuckerman
November 3, 2021
Leaked internal documents suggest Facebook — which recently renamed itself Meta — is doing far worse than it claims at minimizing Covid-19 vaccine misinformation…
Accounting for AI — a Comparison of Methods | Berkman Klein Center
November 1, 2021
A few years ago, Finale Doshi-Velez and Mason Kortz – and a squad of collaborators – unpacked explanation as one…
Cyabra gets $5.6M Series A to launch news disinformation detection analysis tools | TechCrunch
by Kate Park
October 27, 2021
Misinformation and disinformation content has continued to increase across social media channels, and its effects have impacted every type of…
Cuban memers are using sarcasm to avoid jail time | Rest of World
by Lillian Perlmutter
October 19, 2021
As the pandemic rages in Cuba, many on the island have been finding it difficult to afford basic goods. Hundreds…