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Should Tech Giants be in the Deplatforming Business?

Frank Sesno, the director of strategic initiatives at George Washington University’s...

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Does having stronger local newspapers make people more likely to follow COVID safety guidelines? Er, not so much

Broadly speaking, the Internet has made more stories available at every point on this wants/...

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New study investigates early claims of COVID-19 'infodemic'

The “infodemic” many say has been sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic is actually a general feature of...

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Can fact-checking solve the misinformation pandemic?

The 2009 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting was awarded to PolitiFact, a then-upstart fact-checking...

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Researcher: Democracy Can Thrive in Darkness

On Jan. 6, 2021, insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol hoping to overturn the legitimate...

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Kicked off Facebook and Twitter, far-right groups lose online clout

It's been called the Great Deplatforming. In the hours and days after the U.S. Capitol...

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After fueling Capitol riot, disinformation stalks US politics

he storming of the US Capitol pushed social media platforms to crack down on those who peddled the “...

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Are vaccine protests in Canada a factor in Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine timeline?

Joe Biden’s administration had two different and seemingly disparate international crises on its hands...

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Dan Bongino and the Big Business of Returning Trump to Power

Dan Bongino, one of America’s most popular conservative commentators, lives in the seaside city of...

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We’ll recognize the harassment of journalists isn’t an individual problem

Calls for newsroom leadership to step up and protect journalists are not new. But for far too long, the...