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Laura Hazard OwenNovember 8, 2019

It is still incredibly easy to share (and see) known fake news about politics on Facebook

Plus: “Like the experts predicted back in 2016, we did end up heading down the dystopian path.”

Joshua BentonNovember 7, 2019

This text-generation algorithm is supposedly so good it’s frightening. Judge for yourself.

If you’ve ever wondered what “Nieman Lab written by robots” would look like, this is the piece for you.

Fake news on Facebook is increasing — and reaching more people than it did in 2016

Laura Hazard OwenNovember 1, 2019

The Daily Wire and black salve show that Facebook’s takedown policies have one thing in common: Inconsistency

Plus: Cognizant is exiting the content moderation business, and fake news–debunking Lithuanian “elves.”

Laura Hazard OwenOctober 22, 2019

Facebook is just gonna come out and start calling fake news fake (well, “false”)

Unless, you know, it’s in an ad paid for by a politician.

Laura Hazard OwenOctober 18, 2019

Here’s how researchers got inside 1,400 private WhatsApp groups

They…joined them! Plus: YouTube beats Indian news organizations 65-to-1, and machines can make fake news pretty well, but it can’t detect it.

Laura Hazard OwenOctober 11, 2019

Focus here, not there: These are the gaps in political misinformation research

“Persistent debates about what constitutes ‘fake news’ and distinctions between other types of false information are mostly distracting.” Plus: A guide to covering misinformation without burning your news org or your readers, and a discussion of filter bubbles as not-really-a-thing.

Laura Hazard OwenOctober 4, 2019

Facebook is opening up a fact-checking loophole for satire creators. Hope all their motives are good!

Plus: All those researchers who were supposed to get Facebook disinformation data will have to wait a bit longer.

Laura Hazard OwenAugust 16, 2019

Don’t click this: When should news organizations use “nofollow” links?

Plus, a new free course for online fact-checking taught via workspace app Notion.

Laura Hazard OwenAugust 2, 2019

Where’s the anger on Facebook these days? A lot of it is on far-left sites

Plus, which Facebook pages get the largest percentage of “angry” reactions.

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