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op-ed
Nieman LabSam Hinds and Janet Haven discuss how we will grapple with trust of text-generating AI tools. Read on Nieman LabDecember 2020 -
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KQEDA short video explainer on YouTube's algorithm, created in partnership with PBS's KQED Above the Noise series. Read on KQEDJune 2019 -
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KQEDA short video explainer on the threats posed by deepfakes, created in collaboration with PBS's KQED Above the Noise. Read on KQEDJune 2019 -
event
Council on Foreign RelationsRobyn Caplan participates in a panel on automated content moderation. Read on Council on Foreign RelationsNovember 2018 -
report
Data & SocietyNew report by Robyn Caplan illustrates the organizational contexts of three types of content moderation strategies by drawing from interviews with 10 major digital platforms. Read moreNovember 2018 -
report
Data & SocietyNew Data & Society ethnographic study illuminates conservative methods of fact-checking media; warns that search engines may facilitate disinformation Read moreMay 2018 -
Resource
Data & SocietyThis primer explores different types of data voids and how they can be exploited by those with ideological, economic, or political agendas. Read moreMay 2018 -
blog post
BackchannelD&S researcher danah boyd discusses the problem with asking companies like Facebook and Google to 'solve' fake news - boyd insists the context of complex social problems are missing in this problematic solutionism of solvin... Read on BackchannelMarch 2017 -
blog post
PointsIn “Did Media Literacy Backfire?” D&S founder danah boyd argues that the thorny problems of fake news and the spread of conspiracy theories have, in part, origins in efforts to educate people against misinformation. At the ... Read on PointsJanuary 2017 -
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PointsWhat the journalists from SourceFed may have stumbled upon was not an instance in which search results were intentionally being manipulated in favor of a candidate, but how algorithms can reflect complex jurisdictional issues a... Read on PointsJune 2016