video games This free online game claims to "inoculate" you against disinformation by teaching you how it works Thom Dunn

COVID-19 John Oliver on how right-wing disinformation is making the pandemic worse Mark Frauenfelder

elections A vast network of shadowy news sites promote conservative talking points mixed with floods of algorithmically generated "news" Cory Doctorow

climate change Princeton is the latest Ivy to divest from fossil fuels Thom Dunn

propublica Well-known Fact Checkers find fake Fact Checkers facts fake: Russian misinformation edition Jason Weisberger

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News Facebook News to launch in Brazil, India, UK, says Facebook Xeni Jardin

politics Doing business with TikTok's Chinese owner is banned under new Trump order Xeni Jardin

facebook In a panic over fleeing advertisers, Facebook launches PR blitz to announce it is "a mirror to society" Mark Frauenfelder

Business Facebook ad boycott includes Ben & Jerry's, REI, Patagonia, North Face, Eddie Bauer Xeni Jardin

politics Facebook says it will show geographic origin of some posts, to thwart foreign political disinformation campaigns Xeni Jardin

politics Trump and Putin to talk of ending sanctions, 'whole [Russia] thing turned out to be a hoax." Xeni Jardin

politics Disinformation 2020: FBI warns of ongoing Russian 'information warfare' Xeni Jardin

politics The 2010s were the decade of Citizens United Cory Doctorow

security 95% of America's largest voting districts' mailservers lack basic anti-phishing protection Cory Doctorow

youtube Banned from Youtube, Chinese propagandists are using Pornhub to publish anti-Hong Kong videos Cory Doctorow

AI The worst thing about deepfakes is that we know about them Thom Dunn

elections Zuckerberg: President Warren would "suck" for Facebook Cory Doctorow

china Alex Stamos schools Apple after they whine about Google revealing a whack of Ios zero-days Cory Doctorow

Business Interoperability: Fix the internet, not the tech companies Cory Doctorow