GW’s Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics Expands Its Global Reach
Seyi Akiwowo was 26 when she came face to face—or face to faceless—with one of the Internet’s nastiest...
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Vaccines Won't Stop the Pandemic Unless at Least 50 Million Skeptical Americans Change Their Minds
For all the flak that President Trump has taken over the federal government's response, or lack thereof...
Disinformation on Social Media Is Threat to Democracy, Rappler CEO Says
Maria Ressa says what she’s living through is Kafkaesque.
The crusading Filipina journalist...
Covid-19: why vaccine mistrust is growing
A vaccine for covid-19 could be rolled out before the end of the year. But a worrying rise in mistrust...
Classifying and Identifying the Intensity of Hate Speech
Hate speech is often seen as a binary choice. This is in part due to attempts to automate its detection...
A recent study led by the George Washington University’s Institute for Data, Democracy &...
Three GW Research Initiatives Awarded PIT-UN Funding
George Washington University faculty will develop and support three cross-disciplinary, collaborative...
Is social media ready for a Covid-19 vaccine?
On Monday, November 9, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced in a press release that their vaccine...
Thousands of Facebook Groups Buzzed With Calls for Violence Ahead of U.S. Election
Before Facebook Inc shut down a rapidly growing "Stop the Steal" Facebook Group on Thursday, the...
How online misinformation unfolded after Election Day, boosted by Trump and his allies
Since Election Day, social media users on nearly every major platform have spread rumors of discarded...