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How anti-vax rhetoric sneaks past Instagram’s content moderation system

In March 2019, long before the COVID-19 pandemic, Facebook announced that it would...

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Facebook is finally cracking down hard on anti-vaccine content. It is facing an uphill battle.

After years of allowing anti-vaccine groups and pages to rack up followers on its social network,...

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The Truth About Fact Checking

Even in Polarized Times, Fact Checking Can Sway Opinion and Eliminate Misinformation.

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The Republican revolt against democracy, explained in 13 charts

The Republican Party is the biggest threat to American democracy today. It is a radical, obstructionist...

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Sexist AI is Even More Sexist Than We Thought

For more than 20 years, researchers have documented the subconscious biases people harbor through a...

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Can the Republican Party rein in the conspiracies? Here’s what its history says

Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell took the floor after Donald Trump was acquitted in his second...

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Trump’s False Posts Were Treated with Kid Gloves by Facebook

As users drifted through Facebook in the aftermath of the presidential election, they may have run...

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After a ‘post truth’ presidency, can America make facts real again?

A common theme in U.S. inaugural addresses is for the newly sworn-in president to identify what he sees...

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Impact of President Trump's Ban From Social Sites

Professor Neil Johnson was interviewed regarding President Trump being banned from Facebook and Twitter...