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Governments around the world are increasingly using social media to manipulate elections and monitor their citizens, in a worrisome trend for democracy, a human...
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Facebook said Wednesday it had taken down accounts linked to a Russian ally of President Vladimir Putin seeking to spread disinformation on the social...
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As social media firms ramp up their fight against misinformation, politicians have been largely left exempt. To some, that’s a huge problem. Facebook, Twitter...
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Organized efforts to manipulate social media and public opinion are being carried out in at least 70 countries by government agencies and political parties,...
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Twitter said Friday it shut down thousands of accounts worldwide for spreading misinformation, including some artificially amplifying pro-Saudi messaging as part of a regional...
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Twitter said Friday it has closed down thousands of accounts across the world for spreading fake news as well as pro-government propaganda, including in...
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While CNN’s seven-hour climate change town hall for presidential candidates was not a TV ratings bonanza, it did set off a marked surge of...
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According to the threat analytics firm Recorded Future. they are tracking a relatively new type of social media influence operation that repackages old news...
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Ahead of elections in Finland on Sunday, officials have launched a publicity campaign to warn against fake news and disinformation amid fears that outside...
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A small army of “hoax busters” in Indonesia is trying to hold the line against a swarm of fake news that threatens to sway...