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Facebook has quietly rescinded a policy banning false claims in advertising, creating a specific exemption that leaves political adverts unconstrained regarding how they could mislead or deceive, as a potential […]
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“This event centers on the forms and formation of right-wing movements and conservative media outlets as they shaped the conditions leading up to the 2016 Presidential election, with an eye […]
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Event Listing Header “A recent series of elections in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and indeed across Asia has highlighted the salience of digital media in political campaigns and […]
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Over the past few years, some of the largest tech firms have come under fire by US lawmakers for a whole host of issues. Whether it’s potential antitrust violations or […]
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Facebook says politicians don’t have to follow its normal posting guidelines, unless they’re running an ad. The company clarified the rules around politicians’ content today, saying that “it is not […]
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Over the last half decade or so, Russia’s state-sponsored hackers have distinguished themselves as the most active, aggressive, and disruptive teams of online aggressors in the world. They’ve meddled in […]
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In 2016, Russian operatives used Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to sow division among American voters and boost Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. What the Russians used to accomplish this is called […]
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The chair of the FEC is summoning Facebook, Google and Twitter to a meeting next month on digital disinformation amid concerns that new forms of Russian-style social media manipulation will […]
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Facebook’s election integrity center in Dublin in May. The social network has worked to secure its site during elections, setting up so-called war rooms to handle false content and bad […]