On Tuesday, Dina Fernandez, a Cuban YouTuber who goes by the name Dina Stars, was doing an interview on Todo…
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Listen: Shamed and Confused | On the Media
by On the Media
June 7, 2021
After a young Associated Press journalist lost her job last month following online attacks, On the Media considers how bad…
How India fell in, then out of love with Twitter | Rest of World
by Nilesh Christopher and Meher Ahmad
June 2, 2021
Last week, a familiar image appeared on the local news in India: a police raid, with a reporter standing in…
Instagram making changes to its algorithm after it was accused of censoring pro-Palestinian content | The Verge
by Kim Lyons
June 1, 2021
Facebook-owned Instagram has made changes to its algorithm after a group of its employees reportedly complained that pro-Palestinian content was…
Army of fake fans boosts China’s messaging on Twitter | AP News
by Erika Kinetz
May 14, 2021
BRUSSELS (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party has opened a new front in its long, ambitious war to shape global…
Cuban technologists worry politics gets in the way of opening up the internet | Rest of World
by Ricardo Martinez
May 7, 2021
It’s April and the sun rises over Havana at 7:07 a.m. People are already sitting outside their homes chatting about…
A few simple tricks make fake news stories stick in the brain | Science News
by Laura Sanders
May 6, 2021
Bad information isn’t new. Propagandists and scam artists have been selling their brand of proverbial snake oil for ages, all…
EU warns of disinformation campaign linked to Russia’s Sputnik vaccine | POLITICO
by Carlo Martuscelli
April 30, 2021
Moscow is waging a concerted media campaign to promote its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine and denigrate rivals, the EU's diplomatic…
How a brand new Mexican digital outlet became President López Obrador’s most fearsome opponent | Rest of World
by Alejandra Ibarra Chaoul
April 27, 2021
It was December 2019 when Carlos Loret de Mola got on a plane bound for New York City. Four months…
White supremacist propaganda surged in 2020, report says | AP News
by Aaron Morrison
March 22, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — White supremacist propaganda reached alarming levels across the U.S. in 2020, according to a new report…