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  • See how biased AI image models are for yourself with these new tools | MIT Technology Review

    March 23, 2023

    OpenAI and Stability.AI, the company that built Stable Diffusion, say that they have introduced fixes to mitigate the biases ingrained in their systems, such as blocking certain prompts that seem […]

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  • Two years after the Atlanta shootings, equitable coverage of the AAPI community remains elusive | Poynter

    March 16, 2023

    It was a deeply painful time, another violent expression of centuries-old racism against Asians and Asian Americans. From the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 to Japanese incarceration camps during WWII […]

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  • Digital Policy Rounds: Mis/disinformation and the Question of Authenticity | Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy

    March 14, 2023

    While mis- and dis-information is primarily understood in terms of its facticity, or lack thereof, the very circulation of information such as news stories is tied to the cultural contexts […]

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  • #OscarsSoWhite: The Growth of a Racial Justice Movement | Media Manipulation Casebook

    March 14, 2023

    The “Oscars So White” social media campaign is an ongoing movement started by activist April Reign to critique Hollywood’s racial discrimination. Reign launched the hashtag and viral slogan in 2015 […]

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  • Parables of AI in/from the Majority World: An Anthology | Data & Society

    December 16, 2022

    Encounters with data and AI require contending with the uncertainties of systems that are most often understood through their inputs and outputs. Storytelling is one way to reckon with and […]

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  • Very Online | Columbia Journalism Review

    July 21, 2022

    “Ours is a period of increasing noise,” Jason Parham wrote earlier this year, for Wired. “Everything is bleeding into everything around it. All trends, large and small, now suggest a […]

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  • The Buffalo shooting and the tangled roots of hate | Columbia Journalism Review

    May 18, 2022

    Kat Massey was a visible figure in Buffalo, New York. A longtime civil rights advocate who was active in various local causes, she also contributed articles to the Criterion and […]

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  • Replacement Theory, a Fringe Belief Fueled Online, Is Refashioned by G.O.P. | The New York Times

    May 17, 2022

    Inside a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018, a white man with a history of antisemitic internet posts gunned down 11 worshipers, blaming Jews for allowing immigrant “invaders” into the United States. […]

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  • Factchequeado launches to combat misinformation in Spanish-speaking communities in the U.S. | Nieman Journalism Lab

    May 17, 2022

    Last month, Factchequeado launched as a way to address misinformation in Latino and Spanish-speaking communities in the United States. Founded by Laura Zommer of Chequeado in Argentina and Clara Jiménez […]

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  • Misinformation may only worsen for Black voters in lead-up to election, experts warn | NBC News

    May 5, 2022

    Expert witnesses have warned members of Congress that misinformation targeting Black voters and other voters of color is likely to intensify as the midterm elections unfold. Joi Chaney, the executive […]

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