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Google, Facebook, Apple and other technology companies that try to keep covid-19 disinformation and fraud off their own platforms are enabling their spread through online services, tools and code used […]
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Andrew Marantz’s 2019 novel Antisocial has never been more relevant to American politics that in 2020. Life is tough right now for Americans, and social media and politics are no […]
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Memes, often in the form of humorous images and videos, are a major part of how people communicate on the internet, but they can also be used to spread disinformation. […]
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The largest collection of public internet censorship data ever compiled shows that even citizens of what are considered the world’s freest countries aren’t safe from internet censorship. The University of […]
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Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us. Back in 2008, Barack Obama famously harnessed the internet and social media to help win the White […]
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Do digital platforms function as stealth media, a system that enables the deliberate operations of undisclosed political campaigns’ imperceptible targeting and furtive messaging? This talk presents empirical research on covert […]
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You might think that something like a search engine allows for equal access to information. Yet looking deeper into how we discover things, there’s a culture of racism and sexism […]
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Last Tuesday, voters in California passed Proposition 22, a measure that allows gig companies to hire drivers and couriers as independent contractors, rather than as employees. A bill passed in […]
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — We know how search engines can favor certain results and how social media might push us into bubbles, but it’s still easy to view the internet as […]