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Disinformation

Herb Lin testifying in Congress.

Congressional testimony: How the Pentagon can fight information warfare

By | Disruptive Technologies

climate change protest sign

Big advertising to ditch Big Oil?

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change, Interviews

Putin at RT.

As Trump’s impeachment trial begins, the Russian network that helped him in 2016 taps his supporters on Gab.com

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

Politics, race, and religion: Pandemic misinformation courses through the Southeast Asian internet

By Jan Oledan, Nicola Bariletto, Saiful Salihudin, Mehulika Sitepu, Jacob N. Shapiro | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

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

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

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

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

Mask wearers in India

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