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Tweets Show Americans Are Following COVID-19 Precautions

An analysis of Twitter data suggests that Americans are heeding social distancing and other safety...

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Building a national surveillance system

A group of local researchers are hoping that policymakers will look to publicly available Twitter data...

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How Does Twitter Shape the Conversation around Covid-19?

Researchers at the George Washington University are part of a multi-institutional initiative to create...

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Members of Sanders’s Online Army Ready to Fight On

With the odds quickly growing against Sen. Bernie Sanders’s bid for the Democratic presidential...

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Facebook Unveils Unprecedented ‘Supreme Court’ For Content Regulation

In recent years, Facebook has had to grapple with major content management issues: conspiracy...

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Donald Trump’s coronavirus advice just might kill us

This is what Donald Trump’s critics feared most. A nation on the brink of emergency. A moment when his...

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Twitter plans misinfo labels, but are they a good idea?

As part of its effort to deal with the spread of misinformation on its platform, Twitter is...

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Twitter isn’t real life. But for Sanders fans, it’s a powerful tool.

The Democratic party is a progressive party,” Elizabeth Warren’s official account tweeted ...

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How Trump's Facebook Ads Strategy Differs From Dem Candidates

Rebekah Tromble, George Washington University media professor and Jessica Alter, Tech for Campaigns co-...

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The Audacity of Hate

Karl Rove had a novel idea for how to organize President George W. Bush’s 2004 re-election campaign....