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An internal investigation by Facebook has uncovered thousands of groups and pages, with millions of members and followers, that support the QAnon conspiracy theory, according to internal company documents reviewed […]
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Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) create novel opportunities for a wide range of political actors. Foreign governments have used social media to influence politics in a range of countries by […]
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In the days after every catastrophe, it is inevitable that rumours and misinformation will be passed around on social networks and by word of mouth. This appears to be a […]
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In early May, QAnon braced for a purge. Facebook had removed a small subset â five pages, six groups and 20 profiles â of the community on the social network, […]
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The German Marshall Fundâs Digital Innovation and Democracy Initiative worked with MediaCloud to examine misinformation and disinformation related to the climate-change activist Greta Thunberg, a young climate activist who was […]
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People arenât intentionally catching the coronavirus. Amid hosts of reasonable fears about the coronavirus pandemic, thereâs also one far more dubious threat: âCOVID parties.â As Wired explains in a good […]