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Leonardo de Carvalho Leal and Mayara Stelle administer the Twitter account Sleeping Giants Brazil, a platform for activism whose stated mission is to attack the financing of hate speech and dissemination of fake news, Dec. 11, 2020.
Free speech
Will Brazil’s ‘Fake News Bill’ regulate disinformation or stifle free speech?
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Science & Technology
How social media has changed society
S3 E6 (The Wrong Apocalypse) – Inner Decay
Full Episode
a man with a cellphone and a face mask walks in front of a sign in Vietnamese discouraging the spread of misinformation.
COVID-19
How do you stop the spread of misinformation?
A midshot of President Vladimir Putin
Internet
Russia is trying to spread a viral disinformation campaign
Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg attends the annual Munich Security Conference in Germany, on Feb. 15, 2020.
Analysis: Facebook is undermining democracy
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Elections
Don’t let your vote get stolen — 5 essential reads about disinformation in 2020
Facebook
Social media
‘Straight-up debunking’: How a fact-checker vets fake news
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Elections
Russian Twitter propaganda predicted 2016 US election polls
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Arts, Culture & Media
Competition for readers among Peru’s tabloids leads to more fake news
A man in a blue shirt is in focus among a group as he looks at his cellphone.
Technology
WhatsApp tipline to fight fake news ‘too little, too late,’ Indian police chief says
A campaigner from a political pressure group wears an oversized mask of founder and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg
International lawmakers seek global regulations for social media
A red map of China seen through a magnifying glass on computer screen showing binary digits
Global Politics
China exports its restrictive internet policies to dozens of countries, says Freedom House
Jair Bolsonaro pictured with his mouth.
Global Politics
Will fake news carry Brazil’s favored far-right candidate to victory?
Brazil's President Michel Temer with "FAKE" spelled out behind his head
Global Politics
Brazil fights online misinformation during election season
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Commentary
Why the Russians might hack the Boy Scouts next
A voter's finger is marked with ink at a polling station during the second day of the presidential election in Alexandria, Egypt, March 27, 2018.
Global Politics
Egypt targeted ‘fake news’ ahead of presidential elections
New artificial-intelligence-enabled algorithms have allowed video editors a whole new array of tools to make fake videos even more believable.
Culture
AI-based fake videos pose the latest threat to what we perceive as reality — and possibly our democracy
An illustration picture shows the Twitter logo reflected in the eye of a woman in Berlin.
Technology
Social media companies could face big fines in Germany if they don’t remove hate speech
The Snapchat messaging application is seen on a phone screen.
Culture
Can kids recognize fake news? Sort of.
A Rohingya refugee helps children cross the mud after crossing the Naf River at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.
Conflict
In Myanmar, fake news spread on Facebook stokes ethnic violence
us capitol
Election 2016
Watch live: Social media giants to testify in Senate Russia hearing on disinformation
President of the Chamber of Deputies Laura Boldrini welcomes students from Sicily to the Italian Parliament. Photo from Facebok, October 2, 2017.
Global Politics
This Italian politician wants kids to become ‘fake news hunters’
Facebook logo with the Russian flag
Global Politics
Britain asks Facebook for information about suspected Russian influence in Brexit
Peace messages by graffiti artist Solo7 adorn Nairobi's Kibera slum in the run-up to the election on August 8.
Global Politics
Kenyans worry ‘fake news’ might spark more election violence
Jimmy Wales
Media
Wikitribune will rely on a broad online community of journalists and readers as fact checkers
An armed man walks on a path near the village of Nialdhiu, South Sudan
Conflict
Online fake news and hate speech are fueling tribal ‘genocide’ in South Sudan
A poll posted on USAPolitics.co, one of the fake news sites started by teenagers in Veles, Macedonia.
Media
Macedonia is infamous for fake news. This woman is trying to combat it with real journalism.
Reading the newspaper
Media
Can we develop immunity against fake news?
Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum was the focus of a Russian smear campaign.
Global Politics
What it’s like to be the victim of a Russian online smear campaign
Fake news is easy to create. Social bots are simple software applications that help boost the impact of false news on social media sites.
Global Politics
Germany finds itself in the center of the cyberstorm
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg
Culture
What’s the role of social media in the news media?
UNC professor Zeynep Tufekci says Facebook is offering the news equivalent of Halloween candy.
Media
How to stop Facebook when its newsfeed ‘serves Halloween candy for breakfast, lunch and dinner’
The scenic town of Veles, Macedonia, is home to at least 100 false US news sites.
Media
Kids in Macedonia made up and circulated many false news stories in the US election