News Item Deepfakes are coming for American democracy. Here’s how we can prepare. | The Washington Post By Tim Hwang and Clint Watts on September 10, 2020 Credibility and Trust Targeted Disinformation
News Item No, Facebook Does Not Reflect Reality | The New York Times By Shira Ovide on September 9, 2020 Credibility and Trust
News Item New Twitter Rules Aim To Prevent Confusion Around The 2020 Election | NPR By Shannon Bond on September 10, 2020
News Item Should the government use Section 230 to force the tech giants into paying for the news? | Nieman Journalism Lab By Joshua Benton on September 9, 2020 Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance
News Item Why Facebook’s political-ad ban is taking on the wrong problem | MIT Technology Review By Author on Source on September 9, 2020 Algorithms and Automation
News Item Is Russian Meddling as Dangerous as We Think? | The New Yorker By Joshua Yaffa on September 7, 2020
News Item Animal Crossing needs a fake news policy | Slate By Daniel Kelley on September 7, 2020 Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance
Event Jill Lepore Discusses “If Then” with SSRC board member danah boyd | Data & Society September 17, 2020
News Item How hate and misinformation go viral: A case study of a Trump retweet | Brookings By Jacob Gursky & Samuel Woolley on September 2, 2020
News Item Deepfakes: A new disinformation threat? | Democracy Reporting International By Madeline Brady on September 1, 2020