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Google paying more than 300 EU publishers for news, more to come | Reuters
BRUSSELS, May 11 (Reuters) - Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google has signed deals to pay more than 300 publishers in Germany,…
Elon Musk is wrong: research shows content rules on Twitter help preserve free speech from bots and other manipulation | The Conversation
Elon Musk’s accepted bid to purchase Twitter has triggered a lot of debate about what it means for the future…
Carlson shows why cable news is ideal terrain for election misinformation | The Washington Post
One of the reasons that Tucker Carlson is successful at what he does is because of where he does it.…
Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a look back at yellow journalism and the Spanish-American War | PolitiFact
Scroll through social media feeds today and you can expect to be bombarded with dubious claims about Russia’s war in…
Obama’s plans to fight disinformation are better than most | The Verge
A former president of the United States has their pick of big problems to tackle once they leave office. Jimmy…
Barack Obama Takes On a New Role: Fighting Disinformation | The New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO — In 2011, President Barack Obama swept into Silicon Valley and yukked it up with Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s…
Brazil’s fact-checkers air concerns over so-called ‘Fake News’ bill | Poynter
A Brazilian bill designed to contain the spread of mis- and disinformation narrowly failed an “accelerated pathway” vote Wednesday in…
There are good reasons why Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter | Vox
Twitter may not be a great business, but it can buy you power and influence. Uncovering and explaining how our…
The fake-news kingpin of Brazil | Columbia Journalism Review
In 2014, Allan dos Santos, a former seminarian from Rio de Janeiro, started a blog. He had given up his…