European countries, especially the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, have confronted Russian disinformation campaigns for decades. The US can learn from their experience.
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Protect yourself from hackers, trolls, bots, social media executives and programmers in need of ethics training.
Disinformation in Africa often takes the form of extreme speech inciting violence and spreading racist, misogynous, xenophobic messages.
Forged documents were used by the US government 100 years ago to justify hostile actions against Russia. All but one US newspaper accepted the government's propaganda. The lessons for today are stark.
Zimbabwe's upcoming elections potentially marks the start of a new order in the country, where the stakes are extremely high.
A scholar of climate misinformation campaigns explains how, in part, the large gap in public opinion on global warming emerged since a scientist's landmark clarion call for action.
The Europeans have something to teach the US about protecting citizens subject to Russian internet propaganda. Their effort isn't just a different form of propaganda. It's more like fact-checking.
It will take a concerted effort of stakeholders working together to combat disinformation says new EU report.
Decades ago, the CIA created a secret department dedicated to spreading anti-communist propaganda around the globe. A scholar explains how it is comparable to Russian meddling through social media.
Researchers have developed a game to 'vaccinate' people against fake news – by showing them how to become a fake news mogul.
Facebook is unwittingly helping fuel a genocide against the Rohingya people in Myanmar. Does Cuba’s internet model provide lessons to manage social media amid political chaos?
In a fight for the global flow of information, social media firms must be regulated. Their billions of dollars in revenue put their financial interests in conflict with truth and democracy.
A new study confirms what many already know: Exxon for years sowed uncertainty and doubt about climate change in the public. Should scientists reject certain funding sources?
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Global Scholar at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC and Hopkins P Breazeale Professor, Manship School of Mass Communications, Louisiana State University
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Professor of Media Studies and Director of the Centre for Film and Media Studies, University of Cape Town
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Professor and Director, Climate Science Center, Texas Tech University
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Ph.D. candidate, Manship School of Mass Communication, Louisiana State University
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University
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Director, Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab, University of Cambridge
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Director of Research, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford
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PhD Candidate in Slavonic Studies, University of Cambridge
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Ph.D. Student in Computer Science, University of Maryland
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Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs
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Assistant Professor, Criminology, Department of Social Science, York University, Canada
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Assistant Professor in Journalism at the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication, University of Houston
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Associate Professor, Department of Journalism, Film and Television, and Vice Dean Faculty of Humanities, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor in International Development Studies, Dalhousie University
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Researcher, Dalhousie University
