COVID-19 John Oliver on how right-wing disinformation is making the pandemic worse Mark Frauenfelder

elections A vast network of shadowy news sites promote conservative talking points mixed with floods of algorithmically generated "news" Cory Doctorow

facebook In a panic over fleeing advertisers, Facebook launches PR blitz to announce it is "a mirror to society" Mark Frauenfelder

Business Facebook ad boycott includes Ben & Jerry's, REI, Patagonia, North Face, Eddie Bauer Xeni Jardin

politics Facebook says it will show geographic origin of some posts, to thwart foreign political disinformation campaigns Xeni Jardin

politics Trump and Putin to talk of ending sanctions, 'whole [Russia] thing turned out to be a hoax.” Xeni Jardin

politics Disinformation 2020: FBI warns of ongoing Russian 'information warfare' Xeni Jardin

politics The 2010s were the decade of Citizens United Cory Doctorow

security 95% of America's largest voting districts' mailservers lack basic anti-phishing protection Cory Doctorow

youtube Banned from Youtube, Chinese propagandists are using Pornhub to publish anti-Hong Kong videos Cory Doctorow

AI The worst thing about deepfakes is that we know about them Thom Dunn

elections Zuckerberg: President Warren would "suck" for Facebook Cory Doctorow

china Alex Stamos schools Apple after they whine about Google revealing a whack of Ios zero-days Cory Doctorow

Business Interoperability: Fix the internet, not the tech companies Cory Doctorow

Games A "Fake News Game" that "vaccinates" players against disinformation Cory Doctorow

happy mutants You treasure what you measure: how KPIs make software dystopias Cory Doctorow

corruption The internet has become a "low-trust society" Cory Doctorow

politics Facebook bans election-attack firm linked to Israeli military and 'dozens' more disinformation accounts Xeni Jardin

article 13 UPDATED! How do you pass the most unpopular measure in European history? With the most undemocratic dirty trick in EU history: stop the #Article13 vote from being moved ahead of day of protest! Cory Doctorow

scholarship German neofascists used Qanon to expand their reach Cory Doctorow