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Meta Will Give Researchers More Information on Political Ad Targeting | The New York Times
by Mike Isaac
May 24, 2022
Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, said it planned to give outside researchers more detailed information on how political ads…
Who has the right to be anonymous? | New Statesman
by Emily Tamkin
April 21, 2022
WASHINGTON — On Tuesday (19 April) the Washington Post journalist Taylor Lorenz published an article that confirmed the name of…
US, Ukraine quietly try to pierce Putin’s propaganda bubble | AP News
by Coleen Long, Amanda Seitz, and Nomaan Merchant
March 24, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Ukraine have knocked back Russian President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to falsely frame the narrative…
What you can do to help save Ukraine from a looming news apocalypse | The Washington Post
by Margaret Sullivan
March 18, 2022
The on-the-ground reporting from Ukraine over the past three weeks has been stunning. It’s also been extraordinarily dangerous. Take the Associated…
Two Questions on Fair Use: Interview with Alex Abdo
February 24, 2022
For this year’s Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week, MediaWell is partnering with the Association of Research Libraries to interview experts reflecting…
Two Questions on Fair Use: Interview with Rebekah Tromble
February 23, 2022
For this year’s Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week, MediaWell is partnering with the Association of Research Libraries to interview experts reflecting…
The Real Harm of Crisis Text Line’s Data Sharing | WIRED
by Keith Porcaro
February 3, 2022
Another week, another privacy horror show: Crisis Text Line, a nonprofit text message service for people experiencing serious mental health…
This group of tech firms just signed up to a safer metaverse | MIT Technology Review
by Tanya Basu
January 27, 2022
The internet can feel like a bottomless pit of the worst aspects of humanity. So far, there’s little indication that…
China Uses YouTube Influencers to Spread Propaganda | The New York Times
by Paul Mozur, Raymond Zhong, Aaron Krolik, Aliza Aufrichtig, and Nailah Morgan
December 15, 2021
Millions have watched Lee and Oli Barrett’s YouTube dispatches from China. The father and son duo visit hotels in exotic…