A woman views a manipulated video that changes what is said by President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama.
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A philosopher writes about why many of us are feeling tired with the constant onslaught of information coming at us.
Biden, here at an Oct. 9 event in Nevada, won Latinos – but not necessarily because his campaign did a great job reaching out to them.
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What the polls and the candidates keep getting wrong about the United States’ largest minority group.
Mail-in and absentee ballots, like these being processed by election workers in Pennsylvania, are a subject of misinformation spreading across social media.
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Election misinformation typically involves false narratives of fraud that include out-of-context or otherwise misleading images and faulty statistics as purported evidence.
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In an age of democracy via social media, platforms are struggling to combat visual mis/disinformation such as ‘spliced’ images and deepfakes. Digital media literacy has never been so important.
You are a key player in efforts to curb misinformation online.
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As Election Day approaches, Americans would do well to remember they are targets of disinformation campaigns. Here’s what they could look like, and what’s being done about them.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Southeast Asian governments not only have to deal with the virus but also with the false information surrounding it.
From 2017 to 2019, Twitter users in the United States saw many tweets related to vaccination but only rarely encountered anti-vaccine content and almost never saw content from bots.
People are drawn to conspiracy theory communities when times are uncertain.
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The Sunday Times, South Africa’s largest weekend newspaper, was used to spread disinformation.
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The pandemic has exposed many of us to new statistical concepts, on the news, in everyday conversations and on social media. But how many are you getting wrong?
Acquiring digital literacy skills is taking on increasing importance.
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Teaching children digital literacy skills is essential to help them learn how to navigate and respond to misinformation. It also helps them grow into adults who can participate in digital democracy.