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SMPA Professor Will Use Google Gift to Fight Vaccine Misinformation

Now that the Food and Drug Administration has approved its first COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, an...

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Fox News confident in face of new rivals from right in Newsmax, OAN

Fox News is facing new competition for conservative viewers from rivals on the right amid a clash with...

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How the antifa conspiracy theory traveled from the fringe to the floor of Congress

While much of America watched a mob of Trump supporters overrun police and break into the halls of...

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UK on high alert for anti-vaccine disinformation from hostile states

British military and civilian teams have been placed on high alert this week due to fears that...

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'We are talking about people’s lives,' dire warnings of public health crisis as COVID vaccine misinformation rages

Hours after Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old grandmother from the United Kingdom, became the...

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Covid-19 has made ending online abuse even more urgent

When the Covid-19 pandemic forced countries into lockdown and more of our lives moved online, alarm...

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Facebook will kick out anti-vaccine misinformation. Is it too late?

Facebook pledged to remove misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. This was a meaningful change—...

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On The Media featuring Neil Johnson

WNYC's On The Media featured vaccine misinformation research conducted by Neil Johnson.

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The GOP and the future of democracy in America

Shortly before the November election, when most polls predicted an election blowout for Democrats...

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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...