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Colorado Democrats look to crack down on insider election threats and misinformation | NPR
by Bente Birkeland
March 22, 2022
Eight months after a Colorado clerk allegedly compromised her county's election machines while searching for proof of fraud in the…
With Instagram banned, Russians are further isolated from the world | Poynter
by Tom Jones
March 15, 2022
Russia was expected to ban Instagram early Monday. Roskomnadzor, Russia’s communications regulator, said, “We need to ensure the psychological health…
Beware the Never-Ending Disinformation Emergency | WIRED
by Gilad Edelman
March 11, 2022
“If you put up this whole interview,” Donald Trump said during a podcast livestream on Wednesday afternoon, “let’s see what…
Media and Democracy: Unpacking America’s Complex Views on the Digital Public Square | Knight Foundation
by Knight Foundation
March 10, 2022
Are internet technologies doing more harm than good to our democracy? And what – if anything – should lawmakers do…
Opinion: How to Keep the Rising Tide of Fake News From Drowning Our Democracy | The New York Times
by Richard L. Hasen
March 7, 2022
The same information revolution that brought us Netflix, podcasts and the knowledge of the world in our smartphone-gripping hands has…
Tolerating COVID Misinformation Is Better Than the Alternative | The Atlantic
by Conor Friedersdorf
March 7, 2022
On december 30, 2019, Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital in Hubei, China, began to warn friends and…
Keynote: Free Speech in the Age of Misinformation | Hart House at the University of Toronto
March 3, 2022
This year, the Committee’s Keynote event addresses pathways for the preservation of free speech while mediating the harmful effects of…
Lies, Free Speech, and the Law | Knight First Amendment Institute
March 3, 2022
On April 8, 2022, the Knight Institute will host a symposium to explore how the law regulates or should regulate false and…
Can Facebook, now known as Meta, monopolize the metaverse? | Vox
by Shirin Ghaffary and Sara Morrison
February 17, 2022
This story is part of a Recode series about Big Tech and antitrust. Over the next few weeks, we’ll cover…