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Opportunity: CIP invites applications for 2 UW postdoctoral scholar positions | Center for an Informed Public
by Center for an Informed Public
October 15, 2021
The University of Washington Center for an Informed Public (CIP) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar to work on a…
Global Disinformation Index – Public Launch of Report & Results for Canada | Digital Democracies Institute
October 13, 2021
Register here for the launch event for this highly anticipated event. News websites have financial incentives to spread disinformation, in…
It’s Not Misinformation. It’s Amplified Propaganda. | The Atlantic
by Renée DiResta
October 11, 2021
One Sunday morning in July of last year, a message from an anonymous account appeared on “Bernie or Vest,” a…
Desperation, misinformation: how the ivermectin craze spread across the world | The Guardian
by Nick Robins-Early
September 24, 2021
As Covid-19 cases in Peru rose rapidly during the early months of the pandemic, public interest in the drug ivermectin…
Combating Information Manipulation: A Playbook for Elections and Beyond | The Cyber Policy Institute
by Daniel Arnaudo, Samantha Bradshaw, Hui Hui Ooi, Kaleigh Schwalbe, Vera Zakem, Amanda Zink
September 24, 2021
Over the past few years, the International Republican Institute (IRI), the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the Stanford Internet Observatory…
How wellness influencers are fueling the anti-vaccine movement | The Washington Post
by Ashley Fetters and Gerrit De Vynck
September 15, 2021
Glance at Jessica Alix Hesser’s Instagram page and you may feel a little like you’ve just opened up a pamphlet…
Hochul tells Facebook to ‘clean up the act’ on abortion misinformation after Texas law | TheHill
by Justine Coleman
September 15, 2021
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) called on Facebook to "clean up the act" on abortion misinformation on Monday, as…
These doctors and nurses share COVID-19 falsehoods. They can become misinformation superspreaders | The Philadelphia Inquirer
by Jason Laughlin and Maddie Hanna
September 13, 2021
The number of COVID-19 cases in the county was rising sharply, Scott Levy, chief medical officer at one of Bucks…
In Kenya, Influencers Are Hired to Spread Disinformation | WIRED
by Odanga Madung
September 10, 2021
On May 18 of this year, the insidious hashtag #AnarchistJudges appeared on Kenyan Twitter timelines. Apparently driven by a number…