Google and YouTube take steps to shut off climate denial monetization
Google and its subsidiary YouTube will prohibit advertisers, publishers, and content creators from monetizing climate denial on their platforms, the…
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Facebook ‘profit over safety’ whistleblower comes forward
The former Facebook employee who leaked internal documents to the Wall Street Journal revealed her identity as 37-year-old Frances Haugen…
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QAnon is building a global movement and an army of supporters
“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.” ―Fyodor Dostoyevsky…
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Small, local newspapers can help reduce polarization with a focus on local issues
By Johanna Dunaway, Joshua P. Darr, and Matthew P. Hitt If you’re confused about opinion journalism and what it is,…
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Your diet is more than what you eat
“Success is the sum of small efforts—repeated day-in and day-out.” —Robert Collier. Most of us make a concerted effort to take…
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The only way to fight back against disinformation is to disarm the culprit
“The biggest problem is that Facebook and Google are these giant feedback loops that give people what they want to…
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Recognizing misinformation on the web takes critical thinking skills, it also requires critical ignoring
By Sam Wineburg The web is a treacherous place. A website’s author may not be its author. References that confer…
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QAnon alive and kicking: Supporters of the conspiracy movement have infiltrated all levels of local government
By Sophie Bjork-James By this point, almost everyone has heard of QAnon, the conspiracy spawned by an anonymous online poster…
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Is it misinformation, disinformation, or a hoax? Spotting the difference.
By Michael J. O’Brien and Izzat Alsmadi Sorting through the vast amount of information created and shared online is challenging, even…
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If we don’t push back on the ‘legions of half-truths’ and lies, America will go the way of the dodo bird
“Our minds are constantly being invaded by legions of half-truths, prejudices, and false facts…” — Martin Luther King, Jr. Imagine…
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