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In Uganda, the internet has become a battleground where the government attempts to silence growing online population voicing dissent. For years, Ugandan authorities have deployed different tactics to stifle political […]
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The relationship between technology platforms and news publishers is entering a new moment. In interviews conducted since we published our last report, “Friend and Foe: The Platform Press at the […]
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Suppose that the biblical story of Creation were true: God created the universe in six days, including all the laws of physics and all the physical constants that apply throughout […]
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Television was pivotal in bringing John Fitzgerald Kennedy to the American presidency in 1961. The candidate was charismatic, and his campaign was intelligent in how it exploited the nascent medium. […]
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The campaign for Sri Lanka’s November 16 presidential election ended on Wednesday, but voters are concerned about an apparent spike in fake news on social media, and its possible impact […]
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This essay is the text of a keynote address given at the Association for Computing Machinery conference on Computer Science and Law on October 28, 2019. To understand how to […]
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Check out Mediawell’s weekly roundup of content relating to the SSRC’s newly released report, “#Islamophobia: Stoking Fear and Prejudice in the 2018 Midterms”, which details online harassment campaigns targeting Muslim candidates in the 2018 midterm elections. View excerpts and links to our selected articles here.
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Google Tag Manager End Google Tag Manager Google Tag Manager (noscript) The era of social media brings opportunities and challenges to a broad range of stakeholders in Colombia, to harness […]
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Google Tag Manager End Google Tag Manager Google Tag Manager (noscript) Kenya has experienced a cycle of political violence following a series of controversial elections that have centred on ethnic […]
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, accompanied by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee in Washington on September 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) On October 30, 2019, […]