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EU struggles to fight disinformation within | EUobserver
by Eszter Zalan
December 22, 2021
The EU is likely to remain toothless against politicians, governments or public institutions in member states that spread disinformation. …
Turning technology into an accelerant for truth | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Raney Aronson-Rath
December 22, 2021
Earlier this month, Maria Ressa shared something with me that I’ve been thinking about ever since. Maria — the winner…
A Lie Can Travel: Election Disinformation in the United States, Brazil, and France | Center for Democracy & Technology
by William T. Adler and Dhanaraj Thakur
December 15, 2021
In 2016, Russian hackers released hacked emails from Democratic officials, rocking the U.S. presidential election. In 2017, a similar hack-and-leak…
A Lie Can Travel: Election Disinformation in the United States, Brazil, and France | Center for Democracy & Technology
December 15, 2021
A newly released report from the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) – A Lie Can Travel: Election Disinformation in…
Call for Proposals: The Mercury Project | Social Science Research Council
by Social Science Research Council
December 13, 2021
Evidence-based strategies to combat health mis- and disinformation and to increase the uptake of reliable health information are critical to…
The Harm of Spanish-Language Disinformation | The Takeaway
by The Takeaway
December 10, 2021
In 2020, Latinx voters registered and voted in record numbers, now making them the second largest voting bloc in the U.S. Many of these voters…
The Capitol Coup One Year Later: How Research can Assess and Counter Threats to Democracy | GWU Institute for Data, Democracy, and Politics
December 9, 2021
The George Washington University's Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics (IDDP) and The University of North Carolina's Center for Information,…
Disinformation Risk Assessment: The Online News Market in Kenya | Global Disinformation Index and Code for Africa
by Robin Kiplangat and Naomi Wanjiku
December 8, 2021
Since the news business has expanded to the online world, transformations in news production and distribution have exposed the industry…
Inside the ‘big wave’ of misinformation targeted at Latinos | CNN
by The Associated Press
November 30, 2021
Before last year’s presidential election, Facebook ads targeting Latino voters described Joe Biden as a communist. During his inauguration, another…