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  • Google and Facebook ‘considering ban on micro-targeted political ads’ | The Guardian

    November 7, 2019

    Google and Facebook are both considering new rules banning the micro-targeting of political ads, according to reports. Critics of political advertising online have long worried that the ability to display […]

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  • Social media propelled ethnocentric disinformation and propaganda during the Nigerian elections | Global Voices

    November 7, 2019

    Nigeria went to the polls to elect a new president and a national parliament on February 23, 2019. With two main contenders vying for the presidency, incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari obtained […]

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  • Fake videos could upend an election and Silicon Valley pushes a cure | Los Angeles Times

    November 5, 2019

    Election officials and social media firms already flummoxed by hackers, trolls and bots are bracing for a potentially more potent weapon of disinformation as the 2020 election approaches — doctored […]

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  • WhatsApp fake news during Brazil election ‘favoured Bolsonaro’ | The Guardian

    October 31, 2019

    The vast majority of false information shared on WhatsApp in Brazil during the presidential election favoured the far-right winner, Jair Bolsonaro, a Guardian analysis of data suggests. The analysis sheds […]

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  • Pro-Trump super PACs draw scrutiny for Facebook ads seeking voter registration data | Washington Post

    October 28, 2019

    Thousands of Facebook users in Arizona may have been startled to see a strange warning appear in their social feeds earlier this month. “Official records show that your voter registration […]

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  • Election Interference

    October 22, 2019

    This research review addresses the concept of election interference, specifically online or digital election interference. The phenomenon has gained a great deal of popular and scholarly attention since 2014, particularly following the election of Donald Trump and accusations of foreign meddling in European elections.

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  • Disinformation, Democracy, and the Social Costs of Identity-Based Attacks Online

    October 22, 2019

    Platforms and policymakers have been inexcusably slow to respond to identity-based attacks online, writes Sarah Sobieraj. The looming threat of being attacked serves as a cautionary tale—a deterrent—that inhibits women from speaking freely about social and political issues.

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  • Why are Twitter and Facebook taking a position on Canada’s elections? | The Star

    October 21, 2019

    Our general elections have been “largely clean” and mostly free of mis- and disinformation. That’s according to a study published earlier this month that found no evidence of foreign activity […]

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  • Why Americans turn to conspiracy theories | Washington Post

    October 21, 2019

    As the impeachment inquiry heats up, members of Congress and the media are left with the difficult job of untangling the conspiracy theory that seems to have driven the president’s […]

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  • Canadian fact-checkers are pleasantly surprised by a low amount of false electoral content | Poynter

    October 7, 2019

    End Google Tag Manager (noscript) Canadians will elect a new Parliament in two weeks. The incumbent Liberals, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, will attempt to retain their majority Oct. 21 against […]

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