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A Bible Burning, a Russian News Agency and a Story Too Good to Check Out | The New York Times
by Matthew Rosenberg and Julian E. Barnes
8 hours ago
WASHINGTON — For some of President Trump’s loudest cheerleaders, it was a story too good to check out: Black Lives…
The Post-pandemic Future of Trust in Digital Governance | Centre for International Governance Innovation
by Teresa Scassa
1 day ago
Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, “trust” was a key concept for governments as they asked citizens to make a…
QAnon groups have millions of members on Facebook, documents show | NBC News
by Ari Sen & Brandy Zadrozny
2 days ago
An internal investigation by Facebook has uncovered thousands of groups and pages, with millions of members and followers, that support…
Trends in Online Foreign Influence Efforts | Empirical Studies of Conflict
by Diego A. Martin, Jacob N. Shapiro, and Julia Ilhardt
4 days ago
Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) create novel opportunities for a wide range of political actors. Foreign governments have used social…
How covid-19 conspiracy videos keep getting millions of views | MIT Technology Review
by Abby Ohlheiser
July 30, 2020
The ongoing battle between social-media companies and covid-19 misinformation pushers—including US president Donald Trump—stepped up again this week thanks to…
Down the rabbit hole: how QAnon conspiracies thrive on Facebook | The Guardian
by Julia Carrie Wong
July 30, 2020
In early May, QAnon braced for a purge. Facebook had removed a small subset – five pages, six groups and…
Combating COVID-19 in Burkina Faso: Dr. Moumini Niaoné’s approach | CSMonitor
by Clair MacDougall
July 24, 2020
Moumini Niaoné is a doctor and public health specialist in Burkina Faso. But often, he feels like a translator. During…
Disinformation campaigns are murky blends of truth, lies and sincere beliefs – lessons from the pandemic | The Conversation
by Kate Starbird
July 24, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned an infodemic, a vast and complicated mix of information, misinformation and disinformation. In this environment,…
Facebook suspends anti-mask group for spreading COVID-19 misinformation | The Verge
by Kim Lyons
July 24, 2020
Facebook has removed one of the largest anti-mask groups on its platform for violating its policies against spreading misinformation about…