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Facebook banned Trump. Leaders who say worse often go unpunished | Los Angeles Times
by Shashank Bengali
5 days ago
Singapore - A political leader uses social media to spread misinformation and hate. Followers are spurred to violence. People are…
In a speech of historic dishonesty, Trump tried to reinforce his long-planned effort to retain power | The Washington Post
by Philip Bump
November 6, 2020
Well into a presidency defined by disinformation and falsehoods, President Trump managed something remarkable on Thursday evening. Speaking to reporters…
How a fake persona laid the groundwork for a Hunter Biden conspiracy deluge | NBC
by Ben Collins and Brandy Zadrozny
October 30, 2020
One month before a purported leak of files from Hunter Biden's laptop, a fake "intelligence" document about him went viral…
VMI students use Jodel chat app for racist, sexist attacks on Blacks, women | The Washington Post
by Ian Shapira
October 27, 2020
The cadets were angry, venting on an anonymous chat app widely used at the Virginia Military Institute. The target of…
Butterfly Attack: Operation Blaxit | Media Manipulation Casebook
by Brandi Collins-Dexter
October 23, 2020
Over the course of 3 years, a mix of pranksters and extremists (right wing) launched a butterfly attack campaign as…
How sexist, racist attacks on Kamala Harris have spread online | The Washington Post
by Karen Tumulty, Kate Woodsome, Sergio Peçanha
October 8, 2020
Former vice president Joe Biden’s history-making pick of a woman of color to share the Democratic ticket has been a…
How Civil Society Can Combat Misinformation and Hate Speech Without Making It Worse | Medium
by Joan Donovan
October 1, 2020
In the battle to combat misinformation, researchers have offered clear advice for how journalists should cover and debunk it, but…
Platforms for Harm? | Centre for International Governance Innovation
by The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Taylor Owen, Heidi Tworek, Daniel Bernhard & Rita Trichur
September 22, 2020
For almost 30 years the World Wide Web has been open to the public, but with the advent of user-generated…
Tackling Disinformation in Brazil | Foreign Policy
by Augusta Saraiva
September 21, 2020
In October 2018, just over a week before the presidential election that would cement Jair Bolsonaro’s rise to power, Brazil’s…