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Could Big Tech’s move to permanent remote work save the American heartland?

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Riot police protect members of the Ku Klux Klan from counter-protesters as they arrive to rally in opposition to city proposals to remove or make changes to Confederate monuments in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. July 8, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Podcast: Deen Freelon on why black trolls matter

Deen Freelon, Evelyn Douek, and Quinta Jurecic

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

A woman holds a sign voicing various conspiracy theories believed by QAnon followers out of the sunroof of a car at the "Reopen Virginia" protest in Richmond on April 22nd, 2020. Three Percenters are a movement that advocates for constitutional rights, and takes its name from the belief that only three percent of America took up arms against the British during the Revolutionary War. (Photo by Matthew Rodier/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

How media consumption patterns fuel conspiratorial thinking

Jordan M. Foley and Michael W. Wagner

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Nimmo_Defend Against Disinfo

Video: How to defend against online disinformation

Friday, May 22, 2020

Protesters leave their flags and signs at the entrance of the state capitol building after protesters occupied the building during a vote to approve the extension of Governor Gretchen Whitmer's emergency declaration/stay-at-home order due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the state capitol in Lansing, Michigan, U.S. April 30, 2020. REUTERS/Seth Herald

How to put COVID-19 content moderation into context

Jillian C. York and David Greene

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Contact tracing app TraceTogether, released by the Singapore government to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seen on a mobile phone, in Singapore March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su

Contact-tracing apps face serious adoption obstacles

Sarah Kreps, Baobao Zhang, and Nina McMurry

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

May 14, 2020 - Washington, DC, United States: U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaking at her weekly press conference. (Photo by Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Congress must stay connected even in a time of social distancing

Kevin M. Esterling, Michael Neblo, and David Lazer

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

People hold up banners in protest against lockdown and vaccination outside New Scotland Yard police headquarters, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 2, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Should there be a public health exemption for Section 230?

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Middle school reading teacher Shayna Boyd prepares for the start of remote teaching due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in her home office in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. April 8, 2020. Picture taken April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan O'Brien.

COVID-19 shows that America’s broadband plan is still in beta

Monday, May 18, 2020

A British Turing Bombe machine is seen functioning in Bletchley Park Museum in Bletchley, central England, September 6, 2006. For the first time in sixty years Bletchley Park re-created the way the 'unbreakable' Enigma code was broken using functioning World War Two equipment. The Bombe was the brainchild of mathematical geniuses Alan Turing and Gordon Welchman, and enabled Bletchley Park's Cryptographers to decode over 3000 enemy messages a day breaking the codes created by German military Enigma machine during World War Two. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico (BRITAIN)

Podcast: Thomas Rid on active measures and digital disinformation

Thomas Rid, Jack L. Goldsmith, Quinta Jurecic, and Alina Polyakova

Monday, May 18, 2020