Profile Dhiraj Murthy Professor in the School of Journalism and the Department of Sociology (by courtesy), University of Texas at Austin Contributor
News Item Iran Tensions Increase Social Media Surveillance at the US Border | WIRED By Allie Funk on January 9, 2020 Targeted Disinformation
News Item We’re fighting fake news AI bots by using more AI. That’s a mistake. | MIT Technology Review By Samuel Woolley on January 8, 2020 Algorithms and Automation
News Item Major TikTok Security Flaws Found | The New York Times By Ronen Bergman, Sheera Frenkel and Raymond Zhong on January 8, 2020
News Item Disinformation For Hire: How A New Breed Of PR Firms Is Selling Lies Online | Buzzfeed News By Craig Silverman, Jane Lytvynenko & William Kung on January 6, 2020
News Item Twitter offers more support to researchers — to ‘keep us accountable’ | TechCrunch By Natasha Lomas on January 6, 2020
News Item Tumblr rolling out an internet literacy initiative to help combat misinformation | The Verge By Julia Alexander on January 6, 2020
News Item TikTok’s First Transparency Report Doesn’t Tell the Full Story | WIRED By Louise Matsakis on January 3, 2020 Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance
News Item US Army bans soldiers from using TikTok | The Verge By Justine Calma on December 31, 2019 Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance
News Item Google and YouTube moderators speak out on the work that’s giving them PTSD | The Verge By Casey Newton on December 16, 2019 Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance
