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The country’s new law highlights how platforms are more interested in following their own rules than being held accountable
What can be a powerful tool in the fight against online falsehoods is often abused
As vaccines are rolled out around the globe, we are more vulnerable than ever to disinformation
Several of channel’s stars and Trump allies Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell named in voting tech company’s action
Google uncovers use of bogus Twitter and LinkedIn profiles to identify and exploit vulnerabilities
Digitally manipulated media do not have to appear authentic to successfully spread misinformation
The US — and elsewhere — has been undergoing a mass experiment in Dunning-Kruger psychology for the past four years
How President Biden was elected but, in the eyes of the parallel US state, this was just a fantasy . . .
Comments from Rupert’s son are his strongest rebuke of industry practices since leaving the family business
We need to rebut propagandist falsehoods before they infect the real world
After deaths at the Capitol, social media must adopt a new model for preventing abuses of power
Oxford researchers find contractors employed to manipulate opinion in 48 countries
Conservative outlets reported baseless claims of mass voter fraud in presidential election
A mix of medical scandals and anti-establishment sentiment have fuelled high vaccine hesitancy
Knee-jerk reactions in the wake of the storming of Capitol Hill could have unintended consequences
Trump’s defeat hits movement but influencers and politicians continue to fan conspiracy theory
More than 100 accounts with fewer than 7,000 followers were ‘linked to French military’, company says
Army information warfare unit drafted in to help Whitehall officials as Covid vaccination is rolled out
Social media platform’s policy change comes as UK prepares to roll out jab next week
First time social platform has targeted a prominent member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party
Effort to force Facebook and Google to share revenue with news sites is a novel way of dealing with a global problem
Conspiracy theories about vaccines could affect how smoothly the world recovers from the coronavirus crisis
The profession needs much higher standards to prevent Trump-like figures broadcasting falsehoods
False and misleading claims have proliferated across platforms at unprecedented levels
Experts say platforms’ efforts to label posts from Trump and others do not go far enough
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