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Facebook News Consumers Are More Anti-Vaccine Than Fox Viewers | Gizmodo
by Whitney Kimball
July 29, 2021
Joe Biden might want to consider re-backpedaling after his accusation that social media companies [Facebook] are “killing people” by spreading…
The Most Influential Spreader of Coronavirus Misinformation Online | The New York Times
by Sheera Frenkel
July 27, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO — The article that appeared online on Feb. 9 began with a seemingly innocuous question about the legal…
The Life Cycle Of A COVID-19 Vaccine Lie | NPR
by Geoff Brumfiel
July 20, 2021
Misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines can appear almost anywhere: From an uncle's social media post to a well-trusted news commentator. But…
Confronting Health Misinformation: A Discussion with the Surgeon General on Building a Healthy Information Environment | Stanford Internet Observatory
July 15, 2021
Join the Stanford Internet Observatory for a conversation with US Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, where he will discuss slowing…
The Abortion-Breast Cancer Myth: A Cloaked Science Case Study | Media Manipulation Casebook
by Irene Pasquetto and Jennifer Nilsen
July 15, 2021
Since the 1970s, before there was an internet to spread disinformation, activists in the anti-abortion movement have promoted the falsehood that there…
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 China Spreads Its Propaganda Version of Life for Uyghurs | ProPublica
by Jeff Kao, Raymond Zhong, Paul Mozur, and Aaron Krolik
June 24, 2021
Recently, the owner of a small store in western China came across some remarks by Mike Pompeo, the former U.S.…
How tactics to fight climate change disinformation are evolving | Science News
by Carolyn Gramling
May 20, 2021
Over the last four decades, a highly organized, well-funded campaign powered by the fossil fuel industry has sought to discredit…
Army of fake fans boosts China’s messaging on Twitter | AP News
by Erika Kinetz
May 14, 2021
BRUSSELS (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party has opened a new front in its long, ambitious war to shape global…