News Item COVID Misinformation Is Killing People | Scientific American By Amir Bagherpour & Ali Nouri on October 11, 2020
News Item New Study by Digital New Deal Finds Engagement with Deceptive Outlets Higher on Facebook Today Than Run-up to 2016 Election | The German Marshall Fund By Karen Kornbluh, Adrienne Goldstein, and Eli Weiner on October 12, 2020
News Item Crowds of regular people are as good at moderating fake news on Facebook as professional fact-checkers | Nieman Journalism Lab By Laura Hazard Owen on October 9, 2020 Credibility and Trust Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance
News Item Trump doesn’t need Russian trolls to spread disinformation. The mainstream media does it for him. | The Washington Post By Margaret Sullivan on October 7, 2020 Targeted Disinformation
News Item Facebook to pause all political advertising—after the election | Ars Technica By Kate Cox on October 8, 2020 Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance Targeted Disinformation
News Item This climate activist says he was silenced on Twitter | The Verge By Justine Calma on October 5, 2020 Algorithms and Automation Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance
News Item How Abraham Lincoln Confronted—And Spread—Misinformation | Time By Elizabeth Mitchell on October 6, 2020 Credibility and Trust
News Item The coverage of Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis was very bad — and very revealing | Vox By Sean Illing on October 6, 2020 Credibility and Trust
News Item AI’s coronavirus test | POLITICO By Joanne Kenen on October 7, 2020 Algorithms and Automation Credibility and Trust