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Twitter, FB have deplatformed Trump. Is it enough? | PBS
by Anthony Izaguirre
January 11, 2021
Facebook and Twitter suspended President Trump’s accounts after the violence on Capitol Hill, on January 6, in a bid to…
How to finance public interest news in the misinformation world | Journalism.co.uk
by Marcela Kunova
December 14, 2020
Public interest journalism is unlike other news content. Audiences do not read it out of pure interest but because they…
Profiting from the Pandemic: Moderating COVID-19 Lockdown Protest, Scam, and Health Disinformation Websites | Oxford Internet Institute
by Yung Au, Phillip N. Howard, and Project Ainita
December 4, 2020
This data memo examines the infrastructural support for controversial COVID-19 websites that (1) protest public health measures such as lockdowns,…
Tech giants join with governments to fight Covid misinformation | The Guardian
by Alex Hern
November 23, 2020
Facebook, Twitter and Google are working with a coalition of governments including the UK and Canada to fight misinformation and…
California’s Proposition 22 Reinforces the Need for Fair Working Conditions Worldwide | Oxford Internet Institute
by Sara Spinks
November 11, 2020
Last Tuesday, voters in California passed Proposition 22, a measure that allows gig companies to hire drivers and couriers as…
Academic Writing Month Webinar: Publishing Trends and Academic Writers | Social Science Space
November 4, 2020
From scholarly article to practical guides, from textbooks to media, from weighty tomes to tweets, researchers and academic writers have…
Corporations directing our attention online more than we realize | Illinois News Bureau
by Craig Chamberlain
November 2, 2020
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — We know how search engines can favor certain results and how social media might push us into…
Job Opening: AIGI Public Fellow | Data & Society
by Data & Society
October 22, 2020
This new position at Data & Society is an opportunity for a mid-career or senior scholar, or team of two…
Report on tax evasion and listen to women of colour: Safiya Noble’s tips to cover tech | Reuters Institute
by Eduardo Suárez
October 20, 2020
Safiya Noble is one of the most respected voices on the impact of technology companies in society. She is an…