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Disinformation

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies before Congress about social media regulation.

Dear President Biden: You should save, not revoke, Section 230

By Eric Goldman | Disruptive Technologies

How can the Biden administration reduce scientific disinformation? Slow the high-pressure pace of scientific publishing

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

The A1 Verse: Speaking “truth” to power

By Thomas Gaulkin | Special Topics

Trump and violence in 2020: a timeline of incitement

By Matt Field, Thomas Gaulkin | Special Topics

A team of Howard University researchers wants to know how disinformation impacts Black people

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

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Old hatreds fuel online misinformation about COVID-19 in South Asia

By Kamya Yadav, Isra Thange, Julia Ilhardt, Samikshya Siwakoti, Jacob N. Shapiro | Analysis

Vladimir Putin.

How Russia, China, and other governments use coronavirus disinformation to reshape geopolitics

By Isra Thange, Nicola Bariletto, Luca Zanotti, Jacob Rob, Samikshya Siwakoti, Jacob N. Shapiro | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

A billboard in South Africa.

Corona-free? How disinformation could be clouding the true pandemic picture in Africa

By Julia Ilhardt, Giorgio Musto, Samikshya Siwakoti, Jacob N. Shapiro | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

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Coronavirus disinformation adds conspiratorial fuel to a volatile Middle East

By Samikshya Siwakoti, Jacob N. Shapiro, Isra Thange, Alaa Ghoneim | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

Profiting from panic: the bizarre bogus cures and scams of the coronavirus era

By Alaa Ghoneim, Saiful Salihudin, Isra Thange, Anne Wen, Jan Oledan, Jacob N. Shapiro | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

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A pandemic of bad science

By Walter Scheirer | Biosecurity, Science Denial

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A jet ski vacation during the coronavirus lockdown? Online liars want to make you mad at politicians

By Giorgio Musto, Kamya Yadav, Audrey Yan, Jan Oledan, Jacob N. Shapiro | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies