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Social Media Influencers and the 2020 U.S. Election: Paying ‘Regular People’ for Digital Campaign Communication | Center for Media Engagement
by Anastasia Goodwin, Katie Joseff, and Samuel C. Woolley
October 15, 2020
Coordinated networks of social media influencers, especially small-scale influencers with fewer than 10,000 followers, are now a powerful asset for…
Black women are being targeted in misinformation campaigns. Here’s what to know. | The Lily
by Soo Youn
October 2, 2020
For years, Shireen Mitchell has felt like she’s screaming into the void. As a Black woman and entrepreneur whose expertise…
OHCHR raises concerns over the disturbing trend of digital attacks on women journalists in Pakistan | Digital Rights Monitor
by Hija Kamran
September 10, 2020
The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR), expressed concerns over the prevailing situation of violence against…
Call for Papers: Special Issue on Detecting, Understanding and Countering Online Harms | Elsevier
by Elsevier
September 3, 2020
Online Social Networks and Media have revolutionized society, and are now a key part of how most people work, live,…
Disinformation for profit: How a Florida ‘dealmaker’ turns conservative outrage into cash | The Washington Post
by Isaac Stanley-Becker
August 13, 2020
The reality curated by “The Bearded Patriot” and “The Wolf of Washington” is dismal. The websites tell of nonstop riots…
Two Faces of Russian Information Operations: Coronavirus Coverage in Spanish | Stanford Internet Observatory
by Daniel Bush
August 3, 2020
In this installment of the Virality Project, we look at coronavirus-related content on RT en Español, one of the most…
Neo-Nazis Are Running Out of Places to Hide Online | WIRED
by Rita Katz
July 9, 2020
Telegram had truly hit a nerve. The place that had been such a reliable safe haven for the far right…
Why coronavirus scammers can send fake emails from the WHO | Vox
by Joss Fong and Cleo Abram
April 2, 2020
On March 18, an email went out from the World Health Organization soliciting donations for its Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund,…
Internet ‘is not working for women and girls’, says Berners-Lee | The Guardian
by Ian Sample
March 16, 2020
Women and girls face a “growing crisis” of online harms, with sexual harassment, threatening messages and discrimination making the web…