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Allowing organisations to self-categorise as ‘media’ gives easy legitimacy to deepfakes and bad actors
Tech giant is among the fiercest opponent to legislation being pushed by Lula administration
Critics decry measures as draconian and open to abuse by special interests
Lessons from Dominion’s defamation suit should be learnt beyond America
They don’t have the reflexive cynicism of many adults, but that’s a strength, not a weakness
UK tech company developed software used in fake news videos promoted by authoritarian government
In the current political climate we need to double down on fundamental journalistic principles, not surrender them
Fifty organisations form coalition to counter dangerous falsehoods and rebuild trust in science
Social psychologist Sander van der Linden offers an authoritative guide to tackling fake news and false claims
Some of what they say is true, but only as a byproduct of learning to seem believable
This unhelpful analogy disguises what’s really valuable about free speech
New owner Elon Musk has drawn fire for planning to loosen moderation at social media site
Social media companies are exploring radical solutions to moderation, writes an academic researching the options
The protean nature of the internet makes agreeing global rules for our engagement ever harder
Facebook, Twitter and TikTok set to agree to provide country-by-country data on efforts to curb fake news
Disinformation is a potent political weapon in Latin America’s biggest country
An enjoyable investigation into imitation, imposture and the impossible search for our ‘real selves’
Naive democratic governments allow hostile regimes to exploit open technological platforms to peddle corrosive lies
Amazon faces slowest-ever revenue growth, robotaxi licences in Beijing and LCD sticky notes
Livestreaming platform has sought to block ‘harmful misinformation’ after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine
Zelensky has won information war in western countries but views elsewhere are divided
‘The good news is that every one of us has been in training for it all our lives’
Plentiful evidence of Russian violations — now available publicly — is only valuable if perpetrators are held to account
Crowdsourcing truth does not sound like the best idea in partisan times but disputed entries on the Ukraine invasion are factual
Morale-boosting myths mark a new and dangerous frontier in the misinformation wars
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