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Baseless rumors about new technologies spreading cancerous radiation. Politicians condemning negative stories as “false” or “defamatory.” Deepening polarization amid constant online manipulation. These might sound like recent episodes in U.S. public […]
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The Yan Report is a misleading article masquerading as science, which falsely claims that the novel coronavirus was made in a Chinese lab. An example of cloaked science, it was released […]
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“Mass sterilization to most people is just an event,” Remi Bald Eagle told me recently, holding back tears. “But to us, that’s family that never made it here.” The sterilization […]
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A University of Glasgow study suggests young people, women and people from Black, Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities are less likely to get the vaccine. But why? Vaccine misinformation and rumours […]
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Combating influence operations is a major priority of governments, tech platforms, and civil society organizations around the world. Yet policymakers lack good information about the nature of the problem they […]
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Dr. Rachael Lee is still haunted by memories of the last surge. She recalled emotional weeks in January when cases of Covid-19 peaked in Alabama, threatening to overwhelm her hospital […]
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“I want to wait and watch.” This is a peculiar response I receive from my friends and some family members in the United States when I ask them about their […]
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Join Bergen LEADER, Maria Deptula for a seminar on misinformation, disinformation, bias and “fake news”. Maria Deptula will help attendees uncover how we can categorize information based on its provenance, […]
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Justin Sanetra is “waiting to see how things develop” before he gets a COVID-19 vaccine. His reasons are varied and include his allergies, which are many. He worries about the […]