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  • The Supreme Court just legalized stalking | Slate

    July 11, 2023

    The Supreme Court majority describes its holding last week in Counterman v. Colorado as a vindication of the First Amendment and a principled defense of free speech. Indeed, influential civil […]

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  • DISARM Countermeasures Workshop Series — What do individuals need to effectively defend themselves and others against online disinformation campaigns? | DISARM Foundation | Medium

    May 26, 2023

    This year, DISARM has hosted a series of workshops exploring countermeasures to online harms. The workshop series is generously supported by Craig Newmark Philanthropies. The objective of the workshops is […]

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  • “They’re Coming to Take over Our Country”: Researching Global Circuits of Racist Misinformation

    April 17, 2023

    Abstract “The others are coming. They are coming to get us, take over our country, colonize us, and replace us. They’re an existential threat.” These types of racist logics are […]

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  • Collaborators invited for community engagement fund vs. disinformation | GMA News Online

    February 28, 2023

    Since 2016, my colleagues and I have authored multiple studies about social media disinformation and influence operations and their pernicious consequences to political debate, trust in the electoral process, and […]

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  • The Time to Prevent a Toxic Metaverse Is Now | Centre for International Governance Innovation

    February 16, 2023

    Famed science fiction author Neal Stephenson sat down for a chat recently with Meta’s Chief Product Officer Chris Cox during the World Economic Forum in Davos. And although the event […]

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  • #MonetizingMisogeny | #She Persisted

    February 16, 2023

    Our original, ground-breaking research is the bedrock of our activity. It examines the patterns, motives, and modus operandi of major gendered disinformation campaigns and their links to the undermining of […]

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  • The Fight to Hold Pornhub Accountable | The New Yorker

    June 15, 2022

    Mickelwait pulled out her laptop, created a dummy e-mail account, and uploaded a video of a darkened corner of her bedroom to Pornhub. It appeared to go live almost instantly. […]

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  • Anti-abortion groups target women with misleading ads | BBC News

    May 18, 2022

    When Hana found out she was pregnant, she knew she wanted to have an abortion – but her search for a clinic on Google led her to an anti-abortion centre, […]

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  • Facebook Promised to Remove “Sensitive” Ads. Here’s What It Left Behind | The Markup

    May 12, 2022

    Late last year, after facing years of criticism for its practices, Facebook announced a change to its multibillion-dollar advertising system: Companies buying ads would no longer be able to target […]

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  • How Congress Can Prevent Elon Musk from Turning Twitter Back Into an Unfettered Disinformation Machine | The New Yorker

    April 28, 2022

    Over the weekend, a story came out of Brussels that many may have missed. The twenty-seven member states of the European Union reached an agreement on a new law requiring […]

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