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The Digital Dilemma in the Time of COVID | Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
November 30, 2020
Digital technologies present a dilemma. They have become indispensable for learning skills, building knowledge, working, playing, and socially connecting. The…
For $25K, you can publish climate denial in The Washington Post | Heated
by Emily Atkin
November 19, 2020
Lawrence Gelman and I both want to prevent mass death. We just disagree on the threat humans face. I think…
How Biden Might Reverse Trump’s Attacks on Climate Research | Scientific American
by Chelsea Harvey
November 12, 2020
Activists are hoping the next four years will represent a new era for U.S. climate action. President-elect Joe Biden has…
This climate activist says he was silenced on Twitter | The Verge
by Justine Calma
October 8, 2020
A Ugandan environmental activist was suspended from Twitter in the midst of a high-profile campaign — a suspension he believes…
Just like Australia, disinformation is thriving during the US fire crisis | The Guardian
by Jason Wilson
September 22, 2020
Disinformation successfully obscured the real causes of Australia’s catastrophic bushfire season. Now the same thing is happening around me, as…
Facebook’s latest hollow effort to fight climate change denial | Ars Technica
by Kate Cox
September 17, 2020
Facebook this week implemented yet another new initiative meant to combat rampant, dangerous disinformation on the platform—this time, relating to…
Social media disinformation on US west coast blazes ‘spreading faster than fire’ | The Guardian
by Jason Wilson
September 15, 2020
Photojournalist Nathan Howard was on assignment for a picture agency south-east of the fire-menaced foothill town of Estacada, Oregon, on…
US Wildfire Misinformation Mirrors What Happened in Australia | Gizmodo
by Ketan Joshi
September 14, 2020
Climate-intensified wildfires that changed the lived reality of a large majority of Australians in horrific and unforgettable ways triggered an…
Job Opening | Postdoctoral position on online scientific misinformation | Médialab Sciences Po
by Sciences Po Médialab
July 31, 2020
The Sciences Po médialab is hiring a postdoctoral for the WebClim project (2 years position). This position is part of…