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Focus Tag: Microtargeting
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…
In U.S., Most Oppose Micro-Targeting in Online Political Ads | Gallup
by Justin McCarthy
March 2, 2020
In the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Gallup's latest research, a solid majority of Americans do not…
Mass propaganda used to be difficult, but Facebook made it easy | Washington Post
by Dannagal G. Young and Shannon C. McGregor
February 14, 2020
Last month, Facebook announced that it will not limit microtargeting capabilities for political ads. Nor will it police factual accuracy of those…
Twitter apologises for letting ads target neo-Nazis and bigots | BBC News
by Joe Tidy
January 16, 2020
Twitter has apologised for allowing adverts to be micro-targeted at certain users such as neo-Nazis, homophobes and other hate groups.…
Misinformation Speaker Series: Young Mie Kim
January 14, 2020
"Please join us for a talk by Young Mie Kim, Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, at University of…
Peter Thiel at Center of Facebook’s Internal Divisions on Politics | WSJ
by Emily Glazer, Deepa Seetharaman, and Jeff Horwitz
December 17, 2019
Facebook’s senior leadership is increasingly divided over how to address criticism of the company’s effect on U.S. politics, with…