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Influencers are now a source of news for many Americans
1 month ago

Influencers are now a source of news for many Americans

NPR  

Influencers are now a source of news for many Americans Social media influencers have become a source of news for a significant number of Americans, especially when it comes to politics. And as NPR's Huo Jingnan reports, they are now a source of news for a significant number of Americans, especially when it comes to politics. HUO: The Pew Research …

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An influencer thought someone dropping off ballots was ‘suspect.’ It was the postman
1 month, 3 weeks ago

An influencer thought someone dropping off ballots was ‘suspect.’ It was the postman

NPR  

An influencer thought someone dropping off ballots was ‘suspect.’ It was the postman toggle caption Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images Two days before Halloween, a Pennsylvania postal worker was delivering a box of mailed-in ballots to the Northampton County Courthouse. "Most of the people who are responding to the posts are convinced that the election is being stolen and so …

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What the JD Vance couch jokes say about social media this election season
4 months, 3 weeks ago

What the JD Vance couch jokes say about social media this election season

NPR  

What the JD Vance couch jokes say about social media this election season toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images A joke post on the social media platform X with a false claim about Republican Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance exploded on the internet and late night television over the last week. The false rumor began after an X user made up …

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Here are the nonfiction books NPR staffers have loved so far this year
6 months, 1 week ago

Here are the nonfiction books NPR staffers have loved so far this year

NPR  

Here are the nonfiction books NPR staffers have loved so far this year Alicia Zheng/NPR We see you, hard-core NPR readers — just because it's summer doesn't mean it's all fiction, all the time. — Beck Harlan, visuals editor, Life Kit Purchase BookHere After by Amy Lin close overlay Buy Featured Book Your purchase helps support NPR programming. — Shannon …

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A major disinformation research team's future is uncertain after political attacks
6 months, 1 week ago

A major disinformation research team's future is uncertain after political attacks

NPR  

A major disinformation research team's future is uncertain after political attacks toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images The Stanford Internet Observatory, a prominent research group at Stanford University studying how social media platforms are abused, has lost its top leadership and faces an uncertain future amid a sustained right-wing campaign targeting the study of online falsehoods. "The important work of SIO …

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Maui conspiracy theories are spreading on social media. Why this always happens after a disaster
1 year, 3 months ago

Maui conspiracy theories are spreading on social media. Why this always happens after a disaster

CNN  

CNN — A slew of viral conspiracy videos on social media have made baseless claims that the Maui wildfires were started intentionally as part of a land grab, highlighting how quickly misinformation spreads after a disaster. Other social media users allege elite Maui residents were behind the fires so they could buy the destroyed land at a discounted price and …

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Elon Musk is using the Twitter Files to discredit foes and push conspiracy theories
2 years ago

Elon Musk is using the Twitter Files to discredit foes and push conspiracy theories

NPR  

Elon Musk is using the Twitter Files to discredit foes and push conspiracy theories Enlarge this image toggle caption Carina Johansen/NTB/AFP via Getty Images Carina Johansen/NTB/AFP via Getty Images Twitter owner Elon Musk says he's pulling back the curtain on how the social network has handled high-profile content moderation decisions, including banning then-President Donald Trump after his supporters attacked the …

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Prince Harry Says He ‘Warned’ Jack Dorsey Before the Capitol Riots
54 years, 11 months ago

Prince Harry Says He ‘Warned’ Jack Dorsey Before the Capitol Riots

Wired  

Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, revealed at the RE:WIRED conference today that he had emailed Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey prior to the Capitol riots on January 6 to warn him that “his platform was allowing a coup to be staged. I lost my mother to this self-manufactured rabidness, and obviously I’m determined not to lose the mother of my …

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These four words are helping spread vaccine misinformation
3 years, 3 months ago

These four words are helping spread vaccine misinformation

CNN  

CNN — Four little words — “do your own research” — are hurting the US pandemic response, CNN’s chief media correspondent Brian Stelter said on “Reliable Sources” Sunday. Minaj helped raise doubts about Covid-19 vaccines on Twitter last week, claiming she would only get the shots once she’d “done enough research.” It may seem like a reasonable, even positive, attitude, …

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