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Disinformation for Dummies | The Wall Street Journal
by The Editorial Board
May 2, 2022
We realize public schools don’t teach the classics any more, but has no one in the Biden Administration read George…
Opinion: Barack Obama’s smart way to change the disinformation debate | The Washington Post
by Editorial Board
May 2, 2022
Barack Obama may have done too little when he was president to counter Russia’s subversion of our democracy on social media.…
Mapping Disinformation in Africa | Africa Center for Strategic Studies
by Africa Center for Strategic Studies
April 29, 2022
Russia has pioneered a model of disinformation to gain political influence in Africa that is now being replicated by other…
Most in US fear Ukraine war misinformation: AP-NORC poll | AP News
by Amanda Seitz and Hannah Fingerhut
April 29, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of U.S. adults say misinformation around Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a major problem, and…
Life Behind Russia’s Veil of Misinformation | The New Republic
by Alyona Minkovski
April 29, 2022
How can the Russian people possibly support the invasion of Ukraine? The longer this war continues and stories of civilian executions, rapes, and other…
Anxiety and conflict avoidance keep people from calling out misinformation in messaging groups | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Shraddha Chakradhar
April 28, 2022
You’re in a WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger group with people you know and interact with regularly. Maybe it’s a family…
Online misinformation is linked to early COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy and refusal | Nature
by Francesco Pierri, Brea L. Perry, Matthew R. DeVerna, Kai-Cheng Yang, Alessandro Flammini, Filippo Menczer & John Bryden
April 26, 2022
Abstract Widespread uptake of vaccines is necessary to achieve herd immunity. However, uptake rates have varied across U.S. states during…
How to Spot—and Help Stop—Climate Misinformation | NRDC
by Courtney Lindwall
April 26, 2022
For the first time in its history, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has named the spread of climate…
Elon Musk’s plans for Twitter could make its misinformation problems worse | The Conversation
by Anjana Susarla
April 26, 2022
Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, acquired Twitter in a US$44 billion deal on April 25, 2022, 11 days after…