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The Tech That Comes Next: How Changemakers, Philanthropists, and Technologists Can Build an Equitable World | Berkman Klein Center
May 13, 2022
Who is part of technology development, who funds that development, and how we put technology to use all influence the…
Google paying more than 300 EU publishers for news, more to come | Reuters
by Foo Yun Chee
May 12, 2022
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
by Filippo Menczer
May 9, 2022
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
by Philip Bump
May 9, 2022
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
by Louis Jacobson
April 28, 2022
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
by Casey Newton
April 25, 2022
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
by Steven Lee Myers and Cecilia Kang
April 21, 2022
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
by Seth Smalley
April 18, 2022
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
by Shirin Ghaffary
April 15, 2022
Twitter may not be a great business, but it can buy you power and influence. Uncovering and explaining how our…