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The Specter of Disinformation Haunts South by Southwest

Artificial intelligence technologies are all the rage at SXSW. Is our democracy prepared?

Here's why conspiracy theories about Taylor Swift and the Super Bowl are spreading

Here's why conspiracy theories about Taylor Swift and the Super Bowl are spreading

Swift's popularity is being twisted into a threat by a contingent of far-right, Donald Trump-supporting conservatives. "Is Swift a front for a covert political agenda?" asked a Fox News host.

Disinformation researcher says Harvard pushed her out to protect Meta

Disinformation researcher says Harvard pushed her out to protect Meta

Joan Donovan accused Harvard of violating her free speech rights and the school's own commitment to academic freedom in an attempt to protect its relationship with the tech company and its executives.

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Whistleblower allegation: Harvard muzzled disinfo team after $500 million Zuckerberg donation

A prominent disinformation scholar is accusing Harvard University in a whistleblower disclosure of muzzling her speech and stifling — then dismantling — her research team as it launched a deep dive into a damning trove of Facebook files

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Spanish news giants pile into Meta's legal nightmare

The Facebook parent company's privacy practices are now being attacked on three different legal fronts in Europe.

Misinformation expert says she was fired by Harvard under Meta pressure

Joan Donovan says funding was cut off for criticizing Meta when university was receiving $500m from Mark Zuckerberg’s charity

The Guardian - US

Some Twitter users flying the coop hope Mastodon will be a safe landing

Now that Elon Musk owns Twitter, some of the social network's users are looking for alternatives. One that's ballooned in the past two weeks is Mastodon.

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Influencers debate leaving Twitter, but where would they go?

Influencers debate leaving Twitter, but where would they go?

Concerns over Twitter's future are weighing on many people who have come to rely on the relatively small but mighty platform that has become a digital public square of sorts for influencers, policy makers, journalists and other thought leaders

The Independent UK

How the far right borrowed its online moves from gamers

How the far right borrowed its online moves from gamers

There's a direct line from 2014's Gamergate controversy to today's toxic online partisanship, a leading researcher argues.

Children's hospitals are the latest target of anti-LGBTQ harassment

Children's hospitals are the latest target of anti-LGBTQ harassment

The harassment campaigns are organized online, raising questions about what role social media platforms should play in preventing abuse.

Putin's propaganda playbook shows how an army of fake fact-checkers is sowing doubt and confusion

Putin's propaganda playbook shows how an army of fake fact-checkers is sowing doubt and confusion

Voices sympathetic to Russia are posing as fact-checkers in a bid to sow doubt and confusion, and to drain sympathy from a world watching the invasion of Ukraine.

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