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  • Parables of AI in/from the Majority World: An Anthology | Data & Society

    December 16, 2022

    Encounters with data and AI require contending with the uncertainties of systems that are most often understood through their inputs and outputs. Storytelling is one way to reckon with and […]

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  • Facebook Without News Would Be Even Worse | The Atlantic

    July 26, 2022

    In February 2021, Facebook abruptly wiped all of the news from its platform in Australia. The country’s lawmakers were trying to force the company to share its profits with media […]

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  • Student podcast contest winners take on fake news and misinformation | NPR

    May 17, 2022

    The town of Rockwall, Texas, has a few claims to fame: Bonafide Betties Pie Company, where “thick pies save lives”; the mega-sized Lakepointe Church; and Lake Ray Hubbard, which is […]

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  • Factchequeado launches to combat misinformation in Spanish-speaking communities in the U.S. | Nieman Journalism Lab

    May 17, 2022

    Last month, Factchequeado launched as a way to address misinformation in Latino and Spanish-speaking communities in the United States. Founded by Laura Zommer of Chequeado in Argentina and Clara Jiménez […]

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  • The Vance-Carlson-Trump nexus | Columbia Journalism Review

    May 4, 2022

    “Cultural heroin.” In July 2016, J.D. Vance used those words, in an Atlantic op-ed, to explain, and ultimately dismiss, the appeal of Donald Trump in “broken communities” across America. It […]

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  • Aging and fake news: It’s not the story you think it is | ScienceDaily

    May 4, 2022

    Not being able to distinguish fake news from real news can have serious consequences for a person’s physical, emotional and financial well-being — especially for older adults, who in general […]

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  • West Africa moves in unison to promote vaccination and curb falsehoods | Poynter

    April 26, 2022

    In West Africa, fact-checkers are cooperating to expand their influence on local, national and international levels to curb misinformation about vaccines. Organizations are banding together, forming alliances with intergovernmental groups […]

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  • Librarians and Misinformation: Curating the Information Needs of Communities | Shorenstein Center

    April 21, 2022

    While trust in political institutions rapidly deteriorates and the technology and media companies that we rely on repeatedly fail to meet our information needs, the public still overwhelmingly trusts libraries. […]

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  • Youth trust science and recognize its importance, but misinformation threatens the future | PR Newswire

    April 19, 2022

    While all generations have exceptionally high trust in science (90% younger, 89% older), younger generations are more likely to say science is very important to their everyday lives (61% of […]

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  • The fake-news kingpin of Brazil | Columbia Journalism Review

    April 13, 2022

    In 2014, Allan dos Santos, a former seminarian from Rio de Janeiro, started a blog. He had given up his religious vocation and discovered a new career path in blogging […]

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