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Listen: Could libel lawsuits squash misinformation? | NPR
by David Folkenflik
March 14, 2022
David Folkenflik asks attorney John Langford about using libel laws to combat misinformation in the media. Source: Could libel lawsuits…
European Parliament calls for more action to curb Russian disinformation | POLITICO
by Clothilde Goujard
March 10, 2022
The European Parliament on Wednesday called for more measures to curb Russian disinformation, nearly two weeks after the invasion of…
China’s promotion of Russian disinformation indicates where its loyalties lie | CNN
by Simone McCarthy and CNN's Beijing Bureau
March 10, 2022
Beijing (CNN) - In public statements and at international summits, Chinese officials have attempted to stake out a seemingly neutral…
Lies, Free Speech, and the Law | Knight First Amendment Institute
March 3, 2022
On April 8, 2022, the Knight Institute will host a symposium to explore how the law regulates or should regulate false and…
Two Questions on Fair Use: Interview with Mark Lemley
February 22, 2022
For this year’s Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week, MediaWell is partnering with the Association of Research Libraries to interview experts reflecting…
Can Facebook, now known as Meta, monopolize the metaverse? | Vox
by Shirin Ghaffary and Sara Morrison
February 17, 2022
This story is part of a Recode series about Big Tech and antitrust. Over the next few weeks, we’ll cover…
A Lie Can Travel: Election Disinformation in the United States, Brazil, and France | Center for Democracy & Technology
by William T. Adler and Dhanaraj Thakur
December 15, 2021
In 2016, Russian hackers released hacked emails from Democratic officials, rocking the U.S. presidential election. In 2017, a similar hack-and-leak…
Platform Governance: Trust and Transparency | Yale Law School Information Society Project
December 8, 2021
Civil society and government stakeholders have very low trust in industry, based on repeated violations of the latter’s own promises.…
Michigan school shooting shows how violence can transition from online threats to real-world tragedy | The Conversation
by Mia Bloom and Volkan Topalli
December 8, 2021
[...] It is, perhaps, easy to look back at the postings of a mass shooter after the event and highlight…