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What’s up with all the news photos that make beaches look like Covid hotspots? | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Laura Hazard Owen
4 days ago
A new report from First Draft looks at online misinformation in Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. First Draft has…
The Risks of Exaggerating Foreign Influence Operations and Disinformation | Centre for International Governance Innovation
by Gabrielle Lim
4 days ago
In recent years, concerns over foreign interference from “bad actors” have increased, and in the wake of the 2016 US…
Disinformation, Regulation, and the Future of Sec 230 | UC Berkeley School of Information
by Hany Farid
5 days ago
Should big tech companies be reined in? A US News and World Report survey found that roughly 74% of respondents…
Trends in Online Foreign Influence Efforts | Empirical Studies of Conflict
by Diego A. Martin, Jacob N. Shapiro, and Julia Ilhardt
5 days ago
Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) create novel opportunities for a wide range of political actors. Foreign governments have used social…
Ron Wyden, Section 230, and the fight to hold Big Tech accountable | Vox
by Sara Morrison
August 7, 2020
Sen. Ron Wyden is ready to send the CEO of Facebook to prison, and he has the bill to do…
Americans’ concerns about media bias deepen, even as they see it as vital for democracy | Knight Foundation
by Gallup & Knight Lab
August 5, 2020
A new report from Gallup and Knight Foundation finds a widening gap between what Americans expect from the news media…
Hackers Broke Into Real News Sites to Plant Fake Stories | WIRED
by Andy Greenberg
July 31, 2020
Over the past few years, online disinformation has taken evolutionary leaps forward, with the Internet Research Agency pumping out artificial…
Tracking Misinformation Campaigns in Real-Time Is Possible, Study Shows | Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
by B. Rose Huber
July 24, 2020
A research team led by Princeton University has developed a technique for tracking online foreign misinformation campaigns in real time,…
Allied Media Conference
July 23, 2020
The Allied Media Conference emerges out of 20 years of relationship-building across issues, identities, organizing practices and creative mediums. Since…