Misinformation
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Newyork
Social Media Is a Mess. Government Meddling Would Only Make It Worse.
This term, the Supreme Court will reconsider America’s laissez-faire approach to regulating the internet, and in doing so it will address vital and new First Amendment questions. Can states stop social media sites from blocking certain content? Can ...
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News
With Climate Panel as a Beacon, Global Group Takes on Misinformation
A group of scholars introduced an international panel to study the digital information landscape, inspired by those who had been warning of the effect of global warming.
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News
Misinformation Defense Worked in 2020, Up to a Point, Study Finds
Nearly 68 million Americans still visited untrustworthy websites 1.5 billion times in a month, according to Stanford researchers, causing concerns for 2024.
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US
Is Spreading Medical Misinformation a Doctor’s Free Speech Right?
When Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that would punish California doctors for spreading false information about Covid-19 vaccines and treatments, he pledged that it would apply only in the most “egregious instances” of misleading patients ...