Tag: Disinformation
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Nation & World
Why did so many buy COVID misinformation? It works like magic.
Panelists at a Harvard Law talk examined the surprising parallels between magic and misinformation.
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Nation & World
Will anything come of Jan. 6 hearings?
Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Harvard Law School and Harvard College alum, previews what the public can expect from the committee in the coming weeks.
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Nation & World
How an authoritarian wields social media
Filipino journalist and 2021 Nobel laureate Maria Ressa issues a warning about information warfare on social media, and what it may mean for democratic institutions such as free press and free elections.
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Nation & World
Where are we now, 16 months after George Floyd?
As part of the Truth and Transformation conference at Harvard Kennedy School, Ibram X. Kendi and Heather McGhee spoke about the challenges the movement faces.
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Nation & World
Tracing Big Oil’s PR war to delay action on climate change
Harvard researchers have turned a spotlight on the sometimes subtle, yet effective, strategies employed by oil companies to foster doubt and delay action on climate change.
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Nation & World
How the government can support a free press and cut disinformation
Harvard Law’s Martha Minow says there are plenty of steps the federal government could take to clean up the flood of disinformation and misinformation.
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Nation & World
Battling the ‘pandemic of misinformation’
Analysts in public health, politics, and technology discuss the “pandemic” of COVID-19 misinformation being shared around the world.