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Jul 15

As 9 out of 10 U.S. children remain unvaccinated, Surgeon General pushes back against misinformation

By Laura Santhanam

Public health experts fear that the more the virus spreads among the unvaccinated, the more chance that variants could mutate and unravel progress made against the pandemic in pockets of the country where the vaccination rate remains dangerously low.

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May 05

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Board member explains decision to keep Trump off Facebook for now, and why he may be back

By Stephanie Sy, Courtney Norris, Maea Lenei Buhre

Four months after Facebook indefinitely suspended former President Donald Trump's account, the company's oversight board backed the initial decision to throw him off the platform at the time. But the board may have opened the door to allowing Trump back…

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Apr 11

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Exploring Hate: An inside look at anti-extremism training in the military

By PBS NewsHour

Nearly one in six people charged in the January 6 Capitol siege are military veterans. To address the growing concerns of misinformation and extremism within the ranks, Secretary Lloyd Austin implemented a stand down to train active troops around the…

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Apr 03

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Crackdown on online hate speech pushes extremists to other platforms

By Simon Ostrovsky

In a Congressional hearing last week the heads of Facebook and Twitter said they're taking measures to slow the spread of hate speech and conspiracies on their sites in the wake of the Jan 6 insurrection. But a crackdown on…

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Mar 25

WATCH: Congress press Big Tech CEOs over speech, misinformation

By Marcy Gordon, Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press

The CEOs of social media giants Facebook, Twitter and Google face a new grilling by Congress Thursday, one focused on their efforts to prevent their platforms from spreading falsehoods and inciting violence.

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Feb 28

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How online misinformation from local-level Republicans helped fuel the Capitol riot

By PBS NewsHour

What level of online influence did local and state-level Republican officials have in the lead-up to the Capitol insurrection? An Associated Press investigation delved into the public and private social media accounts of nearly 1,000 Republican officials to look at…

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Feb 04

Fake accounts gain traction as they praise China, mock U.S.

By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press

A pro-China network of fake and imposter accounts found a global audience on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter to mock the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the deadly riot in Washington that left five dead, new research…

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Jan 28

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With Trump out of office, the Republican Party is having an identity crisis

The Republican Party is out of power on Capitol Hill and deeply divided on issues from the attack on the Capitol to the impeachment of former President Trump. Denver Riggleman, a former Republican congressman and chief strategist at the Network…

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Jan 28

Oversight panel overturns 4 Facebook content takedowns in first ruling

By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press

In its initial batch of rulings, the board ordered Facebook to restore posts by users that the company said broke standards on adult nudity, hate speech, dangerous individuals and misinformation.

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Jan 10

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Dan Rather on the Capitol attack, the state of our nation and ‘What Unites Us’

By PBS NewsHour

The January 6 attack on The U.S. Capitol was the staggering culmination of years of political division and misinformation. Now, as debate rages over if President Trump should be held accountable for inciting the riot, President-elect Biden prepares to take…

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