In the months leading up to the presidential election, reporting detailing the importance of the Black and Latinx vote proliferated…
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Webinar: Is Social Media Undermining Democracy? | Columbia Global Centers
by Global Columbia Collaboratory
December 16, 2020
The scandal of political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica’s dubious manipulation of Facebook accounts and data to influence several elections worldwide…
Stoking Conflict by Keystroke | Stanford Internet Observatory
by Stanford Internet Observatory
December 16, 2020
Today Facebook announced the takedown of three separate networks that targeted communities across Africa. Facebook shared the assets with the Stanford Internet…
Indian Chronicles: deep dive into a 15-year operation targeting the EU and UN to serve Indian interests | EU DisinfoLab
by Gary Machado, Alexandre Alaphilippe, Roman Adamczyk, and Antoine Gregoire
December 10, 2020
Following a preliminary investigation published in 2019, the EU DisinfoLab uncovered a massive operation targeting international institutions and serving Indian…
Facebook is overhauling its hate speech algorithms | The Washington Post
by Elizabeth Dwoskin, Nitasha Tiku, and Heather Kelly
December 3, 2020
Facebook is embarking on a major overhaul of its hate speech algorithms, reversing years of so-called “race-blind” policies. Those practices…
Disinformation, Democracy, and Conflict Prevention | Essay Series
November 12, 2020
Disinformation, Democracy, and Conflict Prevention In this essay series from Items, the SSRC's digital forum, researchers assess the state of disinformation across…
Disinformation, Democracy, and Conflict Prevention | SSRC Essay Series
by MediaWell Staff
October 7, 2020
The SSRC has launched a new essay series on Items, its digital forum for insights from the social sciences. The essays in…
Facebook removes Trump campaign ads with misleading claims about refugees | The Guardian
by Kari Paul
October 2, 2020
Facebook has removed a number of ads from the Trump campaign for making misleading and inaccurate claims about Covid-19 and…
Cambridge Analytica and the RNC suppressed Black voters in 2016, new report says | The Washington Post
by Craig Timberg and Isaac Stanley-Becker
October 1, 2020
A database built by Cambridge Analytica, the Republican-aligned firm that unraveled over allegations of improper use of Facebook data, disproportionately…
OHCHR raises concerns over the disturbing trend of digital attacks on women journalists in Pakistan | Digital Rights Monitor
by Hija Kamran
September 10, 2020
The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR), expressed concerns over the prevailing situation of violence against…