DARE: How Twitter Bots and Trump Fans Made #ReleaseTheMemo Go Viral
POLITICO describes how the #releasethememo campaign was fueled by “computational propaganda,’’ including Russian bots that gamed social media in a disinformation campaign largely successful in confusing and distracting the… More
DARE: Twitter plans to make political ads more transparent amid Russia revelations
Twitter promises greater transparency and stricter rules for political ads following revelations that social media networks were used to spread falsehoods and Russian propaganda during the 2016 election. DOJ… More
DARE: Here Are All The Hoaxes Being Spread About The Las Vegas Shooting
The mass slaying in Las Vegas renews debate on the language of terrorism and immediately unleashes purveyors of fraudulent news, seeding false narratives that are amplified on social media… More
DARE: Presidential tweet accuses Facebook of being “anti-Trump”
Presidential tweet accuses Facebook of being "anti-Trump"; social network counters that it is pro-truth and pro-democracy, citing a broad series of measures it took to during this week's German… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
The White House press secretary is under fire for his comments on the Holocaust, Yahoo is sued over $17 million fund for Chinese dissidents, and more. More
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