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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…
Opinion: Miracle Cures and Magnetic People. Brazil’s Fake News Is Utterly Bizarre. | The New York Times
by Vanessa Barbara
July 6, 2021
SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Hydroxychloroquine is not effective against Covid-19. No. Definitely not. But Brazilians still aren’t sure. After all,…
How a Conservative Activist Invented the Conflict Over Critical Race Theory | The New Yorker
by Benjamin Wallace-Wells
June 19, 2021
Remote work turned out to be advantageous for people looking to leak information to reporters. Instructions that once might have…
Indian Police Visit Twitter Offices as Modi Goes on Pandemic Offense | The New York Times
by Sameer Yasir and Emily Schmall
May 28, 2021
The officers from India’s elite antiterrorism police unit descended after dusk on the New Delhi offices of Twitter, with television…
Targeting Turkish–Georgian Relations: Russian Disinformation is Taking a Local Turn | RUSI
by Kakhaber Kemoklidze and Natia Seskuria
May 21, 2021
Having scored only limited success in their anti-Western disinformation campaign in Georgia, Russian propaganda outlets are now attempting to fuel…