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International Counterathon Workshop | AI4Dignity
July 27, 2021
Team AI4Dignity is organizing a two-day collaborative coding event with fact checkers, AI developers and academic researchers to improve machine…
The argument over content moderation is ‘missing context’ | Poynter
by Harrison Mantas
July 22, 2021
President Joe Biden and Facebook’s tête-à-tête over social media companies’ culpability in spreading false information about vaccines raised familiar questions…
Opinion: How to Reach the Unvaccinated | The New York Times
by Ross Douthat
July 20, 2021
Late last week Michael Brendan Dougherty of National Review stirred up a mix of interest and outrage among journalists by…
Making fact-checking a global practice: towards a common approach to countering disinformation and misinformation | Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations
July 15, 2021
Disinformation and misinformation have been broadly recognized among major modern threats. They affect societies and the functioning of democracies all…
Book Reveals The ‘Ugly Truth’ Of How Facebook Enables Hate And Disinformation | NPR
by Terry Gross
July 13, 2021
In a new book, two New York Times journalists report that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg often doesn't see the downside…
The Human Infrastructure of Fake News in Brazil | Items
by David Nemer
July 6, 2021
If Facebook bolstered the Brexit vote and Donald Trump’s election to the White House, the rise of Brazil’s far-right firebrand…
The Future of Platform Accountability: Research, Ethics, and Racial Justice | NetGain Partnership
July 6, 2021
A discussion on how platform research to address mis/disinformation should be approached through a race-based lens, new platform research solutions…
Asymmetric adjustment: Partisanship and correcting misinformation on Facebook | New Media & Society Journal
by Jay Jennings and Natalie Stroud
July 6, 2021
Across two studies, we test two of Facebook’s attempts to fight misinformation: labeling misinformation as disputed or false and including…
Does reading fake news actually change people’s behavior? This Covid-19 study says yes, a bit — but potentially an important bit | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Ciara Greene
July 2, 2021
“The spread of Covid-19 is linked to 5G mobile networks.” “Place a halved onion in the corner of your room…