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Studying mis- and disinformation in Asian diasporic communities: The need for critical transnational research beyond Anglocentrism | HKS Misinformation Review
by Sarah Nguyen, Lan Li, Rachel Kuo, Rachel E. Moran, and Madhavi Reddi
March 25, 2022
Drawing on preliminary research about the spread of mis- and disinformation across Asian diasporic communities, we advocate for qualitative research methodologies…
How Native Americans Are Trying to Debug A.I.’s Biases | The New York Times
by Alex V. Cipolle
March 24, 2022
This article is part of a limited series on artificial intelligence’s potential to solve everyday problems. In September 2021, Native…
How Steve Bannon Has Exploited Google Ads to Monetize Extremism | ProPublica
by Craig Silverman and Isaac Arnsdorf
December 1, 2021
Almost a year ago, Google took a major step to ensure that its ubiquitous online ad network didn’t put money…
“Operation My Fellow Jews:” 4chan’s Campaign to Spread Antisemitism on Twitter | Media Manipulation Casebook
by Kaylee Fagan
November 16, 2021
On Aug. 16, 2019, an anonymous user posted to 4chan’s Politically Incorrect board calling upon fellow 4chan users to impersonate Jewish people online…
A tale of two Facebook leaks | Columbia Journalism Review
by Paroma Soni
November 2, 2021
In April, several months before a Facebook employee named Frances Haugen became the most famous whistleblower in the company’s history,…
South Korea’s elderly alt-right unite on YouTube | Rest of World
by Grace Moon
May 28, 2021
On the afternoon of the March 1 Independence Day, 85-year-old Jeong Nam-yeon marched for over an hour in the piercing…
Podcast: Floyd’s Death Leads To Disinformation About Black Lives Matter Movement | NPR
by Cheryl Corley
May 25, 2021
Support for Black Lives Matter erupted after the murder of George Floyd by former police officer Derek Chauvin. But activists…
Targeting Turkish–Georgian Relations: Russian Disinformation is Taking a Local Turn | RUSI
by Kakhaber Kemoklidze and Natia Seskuria
May 21, 2021
Having scored only limited success in their anti-Western disinformation campaign in Georgia, Russian propaganda outlets are now attempting to fuel…
Racialized Disinformation and Real World Consequences | NetGain
May 20, 2021
In the wake of heightened online radicalization over the past several years, including the rise of far-right nationalism, violence, and…