This report offers a preliminary landscape analysis of mis- and disinformation within and about Asian/Asian American diasporic communities with the…
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Focus Tag: Demographic Targeting
Misinformation Swirls in Non-English Languages Ahead of Midterms | The New York Times
by Tiffany Hsu
October 13, 2022
Unsubstantiated rumors and outright falsehoods spread widely in immigrant communities ahead of the presidential election in 2020. That is happening…
The book ban movement has a chilling new tactic: harass teachers on social media | MIT Technology Review
by Tanya Basu
July 21, 2022
“This is a movement that was formed online, so it’s not so much that these activists are moving online so…
Private security groups regularly sent Minnesota police misinformation about protestors | MIT Technology Review
by Tate Ryan-Mosley and Sam Richards
July 7, 2022
When US marshals shot and killed a 32-year-old Black man named Winston Boogie Smith Jr. in a parking garage in…
Facial Recognition Is Out of Control in India
by Agnee Ghosh
June 15, 2022
In May 2021, during India’s second wave of COVID-19, SQ Masood and his father-in-law were returning home on his silver-coloured…
The Fight to Hold Pornhub Accountable | The New Yorker
by Sheelah Kolhatkar
June 15, 2022
Mickelwait pulled out her laptop, created a dummy e-mail account, and uploaded a video of a darkened corner of her…
Data Broker Is Selling Location Data of People Who Visit Abortion Clinics | Vice
by Joseph Cox
May 5, 2022
A location data firm is selling information related to visits to clinics that provide abortions including Planned Parenthood facilities, showing…
Misinformation may only worsen for Black voters in lead-up to election, experts warn | NBC News
by Donna M. Owens
May 5, 2022
Expert witnesses have warned members of Congress that misinformation targeting Black voters and other voters of color is likely to…
Facebook paid Republican strategy firm to malign TikTok | The Washington Post
by Taylor Lorenz and Drew Harwell
March 31, 2022
Facebook parent company Meta is paying one of the biggest Republican consulting firms in the country to orchestrate a nationwide…
The wellness community’s fight over COVID vaccine misinformation | Los Angeles Times
by Laura J. Nelson
March 17, 2022
The vaccination selfie, showing a gloved hand holding a needle and a smiling face hidden behind a mask, looked like…