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In mid-November, as his House colleagues on Capitol Hill were consumed with questions about Ukraine and impeachment, Senator Mark Warner took to CNBCâs Squawk Box to discuss what he saw […]
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We conducted a mixed-method, interpretative analysis of an online, cross-platform disinformation campaign targeting the White Helmets, a rescue group operating in rebel-held areas of Syria that have become the subject […]
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The Congressional Districts Potentially Most Vulnerable to Facebook Misinformation | Morning Consult
Misinformation ran rampant on Facebook throughout the 2016 presidential election, and critics remain concerned that the social media giant has not done enough to address the problem. With the 2020 […]
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“Over the past decade, companies across different industries have begun issuing regular transparency reports so their customers and the general public can better understand the impact of the companiesâ operations. […]
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Check out Mediawell’s weekly roundup of content, this week focusing on various perspectives on social media regulation. View scholarly and news article excerpts and their sources here.
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Given the phenomenon it describes, itâs perhaps appropriate that the concept of âfilter bubblesâ has turned out to be so polarizing. To believers, itâs self-evident that social feeds mostly show […]
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If you build it, they will come. Trolls and misinformers, that is, will come to any social media platform that attracts a big user base. This time weâre talking about […]
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The Commission has received annual self-assessment reports from the online platforms and technology companies Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft and Mozilla and from the trade association signatories to the Code of […]
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In October 2016, a friend of mine learned that one of his wedding photos had made its way into a post on a right-wing message board. The picture had been […]
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Terms such as âfake news,â misinformation, disinformation, propaganda, polarization, and networked harassment have rocketed to prominence in recent years. This literature review addresses some of the contexts of misinformation, beginning with political polarization and the twin concepts of ideological echo chambers and filter bubbles.