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  • Tech & Democracy report | All Tech Is Human

    March 7, 2023

    All Tech Is Human’s Tech & Democracy report addresses key issues and best practices in the field, and highlights a diverse range of individuals working in the field (across civil society, […]

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  • The future of local news is “civic information,” not “declining legacy systems,” says new report | Nieman Journalism Lab

    February 9, 2023

    A WhatsApp group that gives immigrants information on social services. An analysis of the bus lines in Detroit, conducted in partnership with Detroit residents. An online memorial for New Yorkers […]

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  • GW IDDP: Research Spotlight Webinar Featuring Jeffrey Lees

    February 1, 2023

    In his project “Real Time Monitoring of 2022 US Election-Related Misinformation and its Psycho-Social Correlates on Twitter” Jeffrey Lees seeks to answer the question what is the role of superusers? […]

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  • How Google’s Ad Business Funds Disinformation | ProPublica

    October 31, 2022

    Google is funneling revenue to some of the web’s most prolific purveyors of false information in Europe, Latin America and Africa, a ProPublica investigation has found. The company has publicly […]

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  • Perspectives for Influence Operations Investigators | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

    October 28, 2022

    As public urgency swells around online influence operations, professionals from sectors including academia, private industry, and the nonprofit space have rushed to fill gaps in capacity. They bring with them […]

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  • What makes an election rumor go viral? Look at these 10 factors | Nieman Journalism Lab

    October 28, 2022

    Reporters and fact-checkers are familiar with the challenges posed by rumors: They tend to be persistent. They are often entertaining. And they sometimes turn out to be true. Today, information […]

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  • ‘Democracy on the line’: Brazil’s election and the Bolsonaro disinformation ecosystem | Columbia Journalism Review

    October 13, 2022

    Brazilians will return to voting booths on October 30 to decide a heated presidential race, with polls showing that the right-wing president, Jair Bolsonaro, who has directed the country’s slide […]

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  • 2022 Midterms: NYU’s CSMaP Seminar Series

    September 19, 2022

    Beyond Facebook and Twitter: The Impact of New and Niche Platforms For years, Facebook and Twitter dominated scholarly research about the social media landscape. But in the last few years, […]

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  • 2022 Midterms: NYU’s CSMaP Seminar Series

    September 19, 2022

    Generation Gap: Why the Baby Boomers Still Dominate American Politics and Culture The Baby Boomers are the largest and most powerful generation in recent American history. They dominate cultural and […]

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  • 2022 Midterms: NYU’s CSMaP Seminar Series

    September 19, 2022

    Using Social Media to Drive the Political Conversation Social media is a key tool for candidates and lawmakers to share policy positions, connect with voters, and fundraise. This seminar will […]

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