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Maria Ressa: How Disinformation Manipulates Elections | The Atlantic
by Maria Ressa
April 7, 2022
In the Philippines, we’re 33 days before our presidential elections. Filipinos are going to the poll and we are choosing…
How social media companies help African governments abuse “disinformation laws” to target critics | Rest of World
by Tomiwa Ilori
November 4, 2021
Around the world, internet users are caught between governments’ efforts to regulate online harms and social media platforms, which alternate…
Tech millionaire Steve Kirsch went from covid trial funder to misinformation superspreader | MIT Technology Review
by Cat Ferguson
October 5, 2021
In the early days of the pandemic, as billions of dollars poured into the hunt for novel treatments and vaccines,…
Facebook Says Its Rules Apply to All. Company Documents Reveal a Secret Elite That’s Exempt. | WSJ
by Jeff Horwitz
September 14, 2021
Mark Zuckerberg has publicly said Facebook Inc. allows its more than three billion users to speak on equal footing with…
How harassment keeps women politicians offline in Uganda | Rest of World
by Garnett Achieng'
September 2, 2021
Last year, the Electoral Commission of Uganda declared that the January 14, 2021 presidential elections would be “scientific,” meaning that…
China’s Long-Term Investments in AI Growth: Bringing the Public and Private Sectors Together | Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology
July 15, 2021
The Chinese leadership has put artificial intelligence front and center in China's industrial development. As part of this strategy, they…
U.S. Surgeon General Issues Advisory During COVID-19 Vaccination Push Warning American Public About Threat of Health Misinformation | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
by Surgeon General
July 15, 2021
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is issuing the first Surgeon General's Advisory of this Administration to warn the American…
Kazakhstan’s Vibrant Alternative Media Is Thriving—and in Trouble | Foreign Policy
by Sher Khashimov and Raushan Zhandayeva
July 13, 2021
In Kazakhstan this week, the film director Oliver Stone presented his latest documentary, Qazaq: History of the Golden Man, an…
How A Pro-Trump Local News Site Pushes Election Misinformation | NPR
by Stephen Fowler
July 6, 2021
If you don't follow politics in Georgia closely — or even if you do — you might be forgiven for…