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This Week's Televised Debate Is Crucial for Biden and Trump — and for CNN as Well

Joe Biden and Donald Trump will debate on Thursday, moderated by CNN’s Dana Bash and Jake Tapper. This is a crucial moment for CNN as it seeks to reassert its relevance in a changing media landscape.

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Trump cranks up false, inflammatory messages to rake in campaign cash

Democrats say the fundraising emails falsely suggesting he could be executed were tempting more violence.

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Experts say Shein’s U.S. IPO is all but dead

The e-commerce company is taking market share from big-name retailers like Macy’s and Gap as it expands its U.S. presence.

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Mayor AI? OpenAI shuts down tools for two AI political candidates

Victor Miller, a 42-year-old, filed to run for mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming, using an AI chatbot named VIC to make political decisions. However, OpenAI shut down his access, citing policy violations...

LSE blogs

White Americans could be more extreme and averse to multiracial democracy than many have considered.

Many white Americans express clear anti-Black, violent sentiments about how the country is changing.

Tech Policy Press

Will Europe’s Digital Services Act Encourage Global Platform Election Integrity Standards?

Experts are concerned about social media platforms’ readiness to handle election-related issues, despite platforms’ confidence. The EU is using new regulations to set standards, potentially...

UC Riverside News

Banning misinformation tweeters improved online discourse

A study published in Nature found that Twitter’s post-January 6 de-platforming significantly reduced misinformation posts by remaining users and led many misinformation traffickers to leave the...

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Did Facebook help Trump in the 2020 election?

“Society needs trustworthy, independent research to relieve the harms of digital technologies and advance the common good,”

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Meta’s new AI labels won’t solve the ‘Taylor Swift problem’

Experts are welcoming Meta's new plan to label AI-generated content on its platforms.

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Meta’s new AI labels won’t solve the ‘Taylor Swift problem’ - Cloned

Experts are welcoming Meta's new plan to label AI-generated content on its platforms.