Filed Under: “Disinformation”
Many political centrists have long dismissed right-wing media as an irrelevant joke, coronavirus is exposing their error
As bad as fake news and hate are on the internet, they would be much worse without Section 230
Computational propaganda has become ubiquitous, but what if its techniques could be taught via a computer game?
Republicans across the country are actively embracing authoritarianism but conventional journalists are acting as if it’s all Trump’s doing
With more information available to us than ever, sometimes the wisest thing to do is to avoid having an opinion
Media business models predicated on maximizing audience will inevitably lead to junk news
Relentless bombardment by stories on social media makes our attention an increasingly scarce resource and increases the chance that any given story we encounter is fake.
Disinformation and conspiracy theories have always been around, what’s different now is that American conservatism has rebuilt itself on disbelieving reality.