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Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network to support fact-checkers with yearlong Google News Initiative partnership | Poynter
by Sara Bealor
April 3, 2022
The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the nonprofit Poynter Institute, a global leader in journalistic excellence, has entered a yearlong partnership with…
A story of (non)compliance, bias, and conspiracies: How Google and Yandex represented Smart Voting during the 2021 parliamentary elections in Russia | HKS Misinformation Review
by Mykola Makhortykh, Aleksandra Urman, and Marielle Wijermars
March 7, 2022
On 3 September 2021, the Russian court forbade Google and Yandex to display search results for “Smart Voting,” the query…
Surgeon General Seeks Covid Misinformation Data From Big Tech | The New York Times
by Davey Alba
March 3, 2022
Dr. Vivek Murthy also demanded information from the platforms about the major sources of Covid-19 misinformation. Companies have until May…
The Canada Online News Act: How it will affect Google and Meta | Press Gazette
by William Turvill
March 1, 2022
Canada’s government has pledged to create a “more transparent” version of Australia’s media bargaining code as the North American country…
Fed Up With Google, Conspiracy Theorists Turn to DuckDuckGo | The New York Times
by Stuart A. Thompson
February 24, 2022
On an episode of Joe Rogan’s popular podcast last year, he turned to a topic that has gripped right-wing communities…
Disinformation and the Business of the Consumer Internet
February 14, 2022
Introduction The 2016 presidential election in the United States stood to be historic—and historic it was, albeit in part for…
Exposed documents reveal how the powerful clean up their digital past using a reputation laundering firm | Rest of World
by Peter Guest
February 6, 2022
In February 2021, Qurium, an organization that provides secure web hosting services for human rights organizations and independent news outlets,…
Bill Seeking to Outlaw Self-Preferencing by Amazon, Google Clears Hurdle in Senate | The Markup
by Aaron Sankin
January 25, 2022
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday gave its stamp of approval to the first major legislative effort meant to stop…
European regulation of online disinformation may be a “game changer” in 2022 | Columbia Journalism Review
by Anya Schiffrin
December 10, 2021
After several years of asking the tech giants to regulate themselves on mis/disinformation and a range of other topics, the…