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TikTok can be a ‘dangerous tool for hatemongers,’ Kenyan govt warns ahead of elections

Social media

A new Mozilla Foundation report states that election disinformation and hate speech are being spread through TikTok in the run up to elections in Kenya next month. After violence erupted during 2007 elections, the government created an agency to quell ethnic strife, and it warns against a repeat of the unrest.

Volunteers assemble signs before a rally for Democratic US Senate candidate Jon Ossoff and former US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro in Lilburn, Georgia, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. 

Latino communities targeted by disinformation ahead of Georgia’s Senate runoffs

Every 30 Seconds
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Disinformation Wars: Part II

Critical State
A supporter of President Donald Trump holds a Trump 2020 flag with sun shining through it outside the US Capitol building as they attend pro-Trump marches

Disinformation wars: Part I

Critical State
Mark Zuckerberg stands in front of a blue backdrop and speaks on climate misinformation using his hands

Major environmental groups join Facebook ad boycott to protest climate misinformation

Climate Change
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Baltic ban on Kremlin-tied RT step toward dismantling ‘machinery of disinformation,’ says media expert

Media

Latvia and Lithuania have banned Kremlin-tied RT television channels over links to Dmitry Kiselev, who is sanctioned by the EU for spreading propaganda about Ukraine. “The problem is that RT is a part of this infrastructure of propaganda,” media expert Solvita Denisa-Liepniece told The World’s Carol Hills.

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How do you stop the spread of misinformation?

COVID-19

Stephan Lewandowsky, a cognitive scientist at the University of Bristol, speaks with The World’s Marco Werman about how societies can combat misinformation — particularly around the coronavirus and climate change.

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Russia is trying to spread a viral disinformation campaign

Internet

President Vladimir Putin says Russia has COVID-19 under control. But a recent EU document says Russian media have deployed a “significant disinformation campaign” against the West to worsen the impact of the coronavirus.

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Don’t let your vote get stolen — 5 essential reads about disinformation in 2020

Elections

Who’s manipulating what you know before you vote?

Facebook

‘Straight-up debunking’: How a fact-checker vets fake news

Social media

Facebook and others are stepping up to stop the spread of disinformation online in advance of Canada’s federal parliamentary elections.

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