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Elon Musk’s Twitter Isn’t Ready for the Next Natural Disaster
Robert Mardini, the director general of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), says that the organization has its…
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The $1 Billion Alex Jones Effect
The world has known Alex Jones was liable for defaming the parents of children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary for…
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The Election-Swinging, Facebook-Fueled, Get-Out-the-Vote Machine
Former Democratic operative Tara McGowan is sinking millions into Meta’s ad network to build Courier Newsroom, a media powerhouse for…
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Brazil’s Far Right Plots Its Own January 6 Insurrection
People voting in Brazil’s October 2 elections have been subjected to a deluge of misinformation and disinformation on social media…
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Telegram Has a Serious Doxing Problem
Burmese influencer Han Nyein Oo rose to prominence in 2020, posting memes and gossip about Burmese celebrities on Facebook to…
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A Suspected Killer’s Fans Are Still Promoting Him Online
After a local politician and two others were gunned down in the Philippines, posts supporting the suspect continue to gain…
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Meta Made Millions in Ads From Networks of Fake Accounts
When Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg was called to testify before Congress in 2018, he was asked by Senator Orin Hatch how…
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Meta Made Millions From Ads That Spread Disinformation
When Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg was called to testify before Congress in 2018, he was asked by Senator Orin Hatch how…
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How the Philippine Election Showed YouTube Can Rewrite the Past
There’s a lot of historical disinformation, and it’s one of the biggest issues in the Philippines. This ranges from outright…
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An ‘Explosion’ of Anti-Ukraine Disinformation Is Hitting Moldova
The video of the two men wrestling has been shared 41,000 times on Facebook, although the post was taken down…
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