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The 2020 Disinformation War | NPR
by NPR
February 12, 2020
The Trump campaign is planning to spend $1 billion and a lot will go towards disinformation and propaganda. 'Atlantic' journalist…
Fox News guests spread ‘disinformation’ – says leaked internal memo | The Guardian
by Luke O'Neil
February 10, 2020
Fox News has a credibility problem. Most critics of the cable news network will be well aware of that, but…
Four stories show that disinformation has a home on Iran’s State Television | Poynter
by Reza Moradi and Farhad Souzanchi
February 5, 2020
The American drone strike that killed Gen. Qasem Soleimani in Iraq on Jan. 3 was a massive blow to the…
The Rising Threat of Disinformation for Hire: Special Interview with Buzzfeed News’ Craig Silverman | Ethical Voices
by Mark Mcclennan
February 3, 2020
Joining me on this week’s episode is Craig Silverman, a reporter at Buzzfeed, who along with two of his colleagues in…
The Internet Is a Toxic Hellscape—But We Can Fix It | WIRED
by Whitney Phillips
February 3, 2020
This is an argument against nihilism. It begins with me lying on the floor of my office before class. I’ve…
Elizabeth Warren wants harsher penalties for sharing disinformation about voting | The Verge
by Russell Brandom
January 30, 2020
On Wednesday, presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) unveiled a new plan to fight disinformation, aiming to stem the effect…
Climate Change and Conspiracy: Networked Disinformation | Data & Society
by Author on Source
January 27, 2020
EPISODE SUMMARY Joe Mulhall, senior researcher at European anti-extremism NGO HOPE not hate, explores how the international far-right is leveraging…
Overcoming Disinformation Operations | The Day One Project
by Dipayan Ghosh
January 24, 2020
Internet-based disinformation operations have infiltrated the universe of political communications in the United States. American politics and elections carry major…
Who’s ‘mainly’ responsible for curbing disinformation? | Poynter
by Cristina Tardáguila, Daniel Funke and Susan Benkelman
January 24, 2020
Who should be responsible for curbing the spread of disinformation? We might start by looking at who is responsible for…