It was 9 P.M., and Maria Ressa, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist, was pacing back and forth in the newsroom…
Focus Tag: Campaigns & Elections
Texas social media “censorship” law reinstated by appeals court | The Texas Tribune
A federal appeals court on Wednesday reinstated a Republican-backed Texas law that prohibits large social media companies from banning users…
Bongbong Marcos Win Will Mean More Disinformation: Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa | Bloomberg
Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa warned that a win for Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the Philippine presidential poll will show the…
Carlson shows why cable news is ideal terrain for election misinformation | The Washington Post
One of the reasons that Tucker Carlson is successful at what he does is because of where he does it.…
How can we stop fake election news spreading in migrant communities? | The Conversation
Concerns about fake news and misinformation spreading on social media among Chinese communities are once again emerging, as they were…
In election misinformation fight, ‘2020 changed everything’ | AP News
WASHINGTON (AP) — Beth Bowers grew up in the 1960s and 1970s with parents who marched in protests, wrote letters…
Disinformation demands a collective defense | TechCrunch
When the term disinformation went mainstream after the 2016 election, it was largely in reference to state actors targeting political…
When it’s not just politics: A Brooklyn race offers a warning over misinformation this election season | Gothamist
The midterm election season is heating up across New York City with candidates going door-to-door to collect petitions for the…
Mapping Political Trends Through Twitter | IPL Webinar
Join us for a webinar to launch IPL’s latest tool: the Congressional Tweet Tracker. We’ll show you how the tool can…
A ban in Brazil made Telegram change its stance on misinformation | Quartz
Telegram is the last major social network that refuses to moderate misinformation. The app, which has over 500 million users,…