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Carol Hancox
March 17, 2022 10:21 PM
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Apps like Tinder, Google Maps, and Telegram give activists a way to share what's really going on in Ukraine—for now.
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Carol Hancox
March 17, 2022 8:13 PM
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The platform can be quicker at recommending groups built around child predation than it is to remove them.
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Carol Hancox
March 9, 2022 2:21 AM
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BBC Specialist Disinformation Reporter Marianna Spring has some tips on how to spot what's true and what's false.
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Carol Hancox
March 7, 2022 6:03 PM
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Governance tokens seem like a tantalizing solution to content moderation struggles. They only give the appearance of democracy.
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Carol Hancox
March 1, 2022 7:54 PM
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As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine plays out online, the platform’s design and algorithm prove ideal for the messiness of war—but a nightmare for the truth.
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Carol Hancox
February 24, 2022 5:32 AM
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You get a safer, more secure browser experience, but Google gets a lot more data about you.
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Carol Hancox
February 18, 2022 4:02 AM
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Dozens of accounts have been vanished as Twitter bows to pressure to make it harder for children to find adult content online.
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Carol Hancox
February 18, 2022 3:59 AM
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Its auto-blocking feature will be expanded to many more users in English-speaking countries.
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Carol Hancox
February 12, 2022 4:24 AM
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An investigation finds some 4,500 classified ads on social media, offering African grey parrots for sale.
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Carol Hancox
February 1, 2022 9:52 PM
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Leftist must grapple with their own digitized purity culture. Catholic saints and OCD sufferers can help.
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Carol Hancox
January 30, 2022 3:17 AM
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Neil Young removed his music from the platform to protest Rogan's vaccine disinformation. But Spotify is unlikely to cave on its star.
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Carol Hancox
January 23, 2022 4:18 AM
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Even as a disinformation researcher, I was surprised and overwhelmed by the amount of manipulation in pregnancy apps.
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Carol Hancox
January 12, 2022 6:41 AM
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You’ll never be able to get a clean slate—but you can significantly downsize your digital footprint.
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Carol Hancox
March 17, 2022 10:20 PM
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YouTube still draws a hard line on Trump’s rigged election claims. Two years later, it doesn't hold up.
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Carol Hancox
March 10, 2022 6:20 PM
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A few critical errors have brought down Russia's complex and objectively brilliant war of influence in the West.
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Carol Hancox
March 7, 2022 6:03 PM
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The organization says cutting the country off would have "devastating" effects on the global internet system.
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Carol Hancox
March 5, 2022 3:09 AM
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As Russian troops surround Kyiv, millions of Ukrainians have relied on the messaging platform for government information.
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Carol Hancox
February 24, 2022 5:33 AM
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The company knows that clips over 60 seconds in length stress users out. That won't stop it from chasing the lucrative long-video market.
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Carol Hancox
February 18, 2022 4:03 AM
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The platform’s search engine is funneling sports fans into watching political content about China.
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Carol Hancox
February 18, 2022 4:01 AM
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As troops amass on Ukraine’s border, civilians capture it all on camera. Online sleuths are now unpacking the details.
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Carol Hancox
February 12, 2022 4:36 AM
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Users may be asked to prove they own a credit card or confirm their age, under new UK rules.
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Carol Hancox
from Learning & Technology News
February 11, 2022 3:02 AM
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Disinformation Toolkit 2.0 looks more broadly at the many ways disinformation impacts the work of CSOs and NGOs active in defense of human rights, humanitarian action, and across sectors of international development.
Via Nik Peachey
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Carol Hancox
January 30, 2022 11:04 PM
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Leftist must grapple with their own digitized purity culture. Catholic saints and OCD sufferers can help.
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Carol Hancox
January 23, 2022 4:18 AM
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A new plan to lure social media users to the metaverse could legitimize NFTs, but it could also ruin them
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Carol Hancox
January 15, 2022 7:13 AM
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The latest ruling by a federal judge is a milestone for the effort to regulate Big Tech.
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