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Disinformation demands a collective defense | TechCrunch
by Lisa Kaplan and Lee Foster
April 10, 2022
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
by Brigid Bergin
March 30, 2022
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
March 24, 2022
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
by Nicolás Rivero
March 22, 2022
Telegram is the last major social network that refuses to moderate misinformation. The app, which has over 500 million users,…
Colorado Democrats look to crack down on insider election threats and misinformation | NPR
by Bente Birkeland
March 22, 2022
Eight months after a Colorado clerk allegedly compromised her county's election machines while searching for proof of fraud in the…
Brazil Bans Telegram Over Disinformation Concerns | The New York Times
by Jack Nicas
March 20, 2022
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s Supreme Court banned the fast-growing messaging app Telegram in the country on Friday, taking a…
Beware the Never-Ending Disinformation Emergency | WIRED
by Gilad Edelman
March 11, 2022
“If you put up this whole interview,” Donald Trump said during a podcast livestream on Wednesday afternoon, “let’s see what…
Opinion: How to Keep the Rising Tide of Fake News From Drowning Our Democracy | The New York Times
by Richard L. Hasen
March 7, 2022
The same information revolution that brought us Netflix, podcasts and the knowledge of the world in our smartphone-gripping hands has…
A story of (non)compliance, bias, and conspiracies: How Google and Yandex represented Smart Voting during the 2021 parliamentary elections in Russia | HKS Misinformation Review
by Mykola Makhortykh, Aleksandra Urman, and Marielle Wijermars
March 7, 2022
On 3 September 2021, the Russian court forbade Google and Yandex to display search results for “Smart Voting,” the query…