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The Capitol Riot and Climate Disinformation | The New York Times
by John Schwartz
6 days ago
Last week, a mob incited by President Trump stormed the United States Capitol building. Rioters broke windows, beat law enforcement…
QAnon Conspiracy Theories Are Being Promoted by Wellness Influencers | Cosmopolitan
by Clio Chang
6 days ago
When the pandemic hit last March, 27-year-old Jennifer*, a childcare worker from Virginia, was furloughed from her job, leaving her…
‘Hashtags come to life’: How online extremists fueled Wednesday’s Capitol Hill insurrection | POLITICO
by Tina Nguyen & Mark Scott
January 11, 2021
No one was safe from their anger. White nationalist Proud Boys users on Telegram called the U.S. Capitol Police "f---ing…
Capitol coup should be a wake-up call to brands about disinformation | Fast Company
by Jeff Beer
January 11, 2021
Consumer activist Nandini Jammi, cofounder of Sleeping Giants and Check My Ads, says that marketers have spent entirely too much…
Combating misinformation in under-resourced languages: lessons from around the world | First Draft
by Ali Abbas Ahmadi
December 18, 2020
2020 has taught us that virtually all communities struggle with the effects of misinformation. While those that speak majority languages…
The 2020 rabbit hole: Why conspiracy theories draw people in | First Draft
by Lydia Morrish
December 15, 2020
Conspiracy theories have simmered on the fringes of society for years. But in 2020 they found new audiences: Celebrity chef…
How to finance public interest news in the misinformation world | Journalism.co.uk
by Marcela Kunova
December 14, 2020
Public interest journalism is unlike other news content. Audiences do not read it out of pure interest but because they…
Conspiracy and debunking narratives about COVID-19 origins on Chinese social media: How it started and who is to blame | HKS Misinformation Review
by Kaiping Chen, Anfan Chen, Jingbo Meng, Cuihua Shen, and Jingwen Zheng
December 11, 2020
This paper studies conspiracy and debunking narratives about the origins of COVID-19 on a major Chinese social media platform, Weibo, from…
We need independent platform oversight in 2021 | First Draft
by Madelyn Webb
December 10, 2020
Thanks to urging from stakeholders, social media platforms took visible steps to curb mis- and disinformation in 2020. Despite an…