Late last year, after facing years of criticism for its practices, Facebook announced a change to its multibillion-dollar advertising system:…
Focus Tag: Identity Politics
Studying mis- and disinformation in Asian diasporic communities: The need for critical transnational research beyond Anglocentrism | HKS Misinformation Review
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
In the wake of heightened online radicalization over the past several years, including the rise of far-right nationalism, violence, and…