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Alex Jones' defamation trials show the limits of deplatforming for a select few

A fresh defamation trial for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones that began this week could offer...

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Can Fact-Checking Counter Misinformation?

The COVID-19 pandemic has been an era of misinformation. From social media to cable news, the spread of...

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Twitter whistleblower unlikely to spur congressional action

The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday featuring former Twitter security chief turned...

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Twitter can’t afford to be one of the world’s most influential websites

In the weeks leading to Twitter’s launch of a fact-checking program to combat misinformation, experts...

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As Biden warned about democracy’s collapse, TV networks aired reruns

While President Biden warned the nation about threats to democracy in a prime-time address on...

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FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search ignites the right

The FBI’s execution of a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago has driven outsized conservative social...

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Privacy law's hidden roadblock: Americans' beliefs

Americans' conception of privacy itself, as much as a deadlocked Congress, stands in the way of...

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As global health threats evolved, the CDC didn’t

Vanquishing disease is in the DNA of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the federal agency...

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Q & A: IDDP Fellow Madeline Jalbert

IDDP's research fellowships support projects by Ph.D. or other terminal degree holders at any stage of...

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Threats rise against FBI after search of Trump's Florida home

Global News' Jackson Proskow reports that the bureau is reporting an increase in threats. Ethan Porter...