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Friday, April 22, 2022

The Information Arms Race: Media and the Russo-Ukrainian War

By Nicolas Surges On February 26, 2022, Meta began ramping up their independent fact-checking on posts about Ukraine, labelling those which originated from Russian state-owned agencies or media groups and banning Russian authorities from running ads on their platform. The following day, the social media giant purged a network of accounts, pages,... More

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

“Who watches the watchmen?”: Digital Moderation in the Age of Misinformation

-- by Nicholas Surges Meta (formerly known as the Facebook Corporation) has increasingly come under scrutiny for the role it plays in shaping the social media landscape. As the largest social media company, it has set many precedents in how hate speech, misinformation, and manipulated or inauthentic content is moderated online. This raises an... More

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