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The Markup is seeking pitches for stories on how misinformation impacts immigrant communities, especially non-native English speakers, in the United States, as a part of our “Languages of Misinformation” series. […]
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The pandemic brought a massive effort to limit the spread of bad health information. Did it do more harm than good? In March 2021, a Twitter user asked Martin Kulldorff […]
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2024 is a year of elections worldwide, including in the United States and European Union, and technology policy will play an important role. Election results could significantly shape policy on […]
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UNESCO aims to ensure that everyone’s freedom of expression, access to information and diverse cultural content are fully guaranteed, while various stakeholders, including Member States, deal with the problems of […]
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“After a few tweaks to the reward structure of social media platforms, users begin to share information that is accurate and fact-based.” (Though the tweaks involved paying people to do […]
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In March, a member of an anti-abortion Facebook group shared a post describing what it claimed was “pro-abortion logic”: “We don’t want you to be poor, starved or unwanted. So […]
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An obsession with gauging accuracy of individual posts is misguided. To strengthen information ecosystems, focus on narratives and why people share what they do. In the fall of 2017, Collins […]
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A group of scholars introduced an international panel to study the digital information landscape, inspired by those who had been warning of the effect of global warming. Two years ago, […]
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A European Parliament committee voted to strengthen its legislative proposal as it heads toward a plenary vote in June. The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence, or AI, has captivated millions […]