Category: News
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Fact-Checking in the Age of AI: The Tools and Methods Fighting Synthetic Media
A few months ago, an audio clip circulated on social media appearing to capture a well-known political figure making inflammatory…
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How News Algorithms Decide What You See — And What They Hide
You probably opened a social media app today. If you did, an algorithm decided what you saw first. Not an…
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The Death and Rebirth of Local Journalism: What’s Working in 2024
Since 2005, the United States has lost more than 2,900 newspapers. That number comes from Northwestern University’s Medill Local News…
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How Misinformation Spreads Online — A Technical Breakdown of the Amplification Machine
In March 2022, a fabricated screenshot of a CNN breaking news banner circulated on Twitter for eleven hours before it…