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Misinformation : 2018August10Friday

Officials worry misinformation may be biggest weapon in hackers' arsenal

Texas Congressman Demands Answers from ICE about Van Crash, Misinformation

Can social scientists help tackle misinformation on Facebook?

WhatsApp is a black box of viral misinformation — but in Brazil, 24 newsrooms are teaming up to fact-check it

City responds to candidate's 'misinformation' about tree removals

Misinformation works because we're easy targets

With Alex Jones, Facebook's Worst Demons Abroad Begin to Come Home

Say no to the campaign of misinformation

More Trump misinformation intolerable

When fact-checkers are the subjects of misinformation

Propaganda: 2018August10Friday

The Latest: Compound incident called anti-Muslim propaganda

Hate, white supremacist propaganda at high level since Charlottesville: Experts

Letter: Don't believe the propaganda

Can China Fix Its Propaganda Problem?

Propaganda Postcards From World War I and II

Donald Trump's Survival Depends on Right-Wing Propaganda

A NATO-Funded Team is Advising Facebook On Flagging “Propaganda”

Gary Horton | The Danger of Propaganda

Propaganda as a Weapon

Russian teenager persecuted under anti-gay propaganda law for 'posting pictures'

Fake News : 2018August10Friday

How Your Brain Tricks You Into Believing Fake News

At 'America First Energy Conference', solar power is dumb, climate change is fake

Donald Trump No Fake News Here Just Fake Stars on Hollywood Blvd.

Canada's Shopify Battles the Scammers Behind Fake Web Stores

Real Houston Harvey photo part of fake photo hoax in North Carolina

Guns, anti-Semitism and Fake Kingdoms: Germany's Bizarre but Dangerous New Cult

Fake news can't fool new algorithm

Filipino Catholic media urged to confront 'fake news'

Fake power outlet stickers are the new scourge of airports

Reddit CTO On Fake News, QAnon, Harassment, And Running 'The Front Page Of The Internet'

Disinformation: 2018August10Friday

Here's How You Can Fight Back Against Disinformation

Democrats want Facebook to tell them who has seen disinformation

Facebook, Twitter need to get tough and police ugly disinformation

The US anti-smoking campaign is a great model for fighting disinformation

The moment when Facebook's removal of alleged Russian disinformation became a free-speech issue

Go deeper: Why China hasn't followed Russia on disinformation — yet

Facebook says it has uncovered a coordinated disinformation operation ahead of the 2018 midterm elections

Disinformation threatens to exacerbate religious tensions

Indian elections: disinformation threatens to exacerbate religious tensions

Disinformation Analysis on the Western Balkans: Lack of Sources Indicates Potential Disinformation

Misinformation Online: 2018August10Friday

Alex Jones and Infowars Content Is Removed From Apple, Facebook and YouTube

Free Speech Scholars to Alex Jones: You're Not Protected

Free Speech Scholars Say Alex Jones Is Not Protected

YouTube Adds “Fact Checks” to Videos Skeptical of Man-made Climate Change

How to be a better fact-checker in 8 videos

The Brazilian election is two months away. Here's how fact-checkers are using tech to fight fake news.

400 Indian Artists Sign Petition to Release Photographer Arrested in Bangladesh

Facebook's rhetoric on misinformation doesn't match its actions

Officials worry misinformation may be biggest weapon in hackers' arsenal

With few answers around Mollie Tibbetts' disappearance, citizen sleuths surface online

Misinformation & Social Media: 2018August10Friday

Experts: Americans Vulnerable to Malign Social Media Messaging

Officials worry misinformation may be biggest weapon in hackers' arsenal

With Alex Jones, Facebook's Worst Demons Abroad Begin to Come Home

Can social scientists help tackle misinformation on Facebook?

Fake news can't fool new algorithm

Twitter CEO steps up defense of platform as InfoWars controversy drags on

Regulating Bots on Social Media Is Easier Said Than Done

UK 'fake news' report calls for tougher rules, fines for social media companies

Hype and type: first responders address social media misinformation

What Stays on Facebook and What Goes? The Social Network Cannot Answer