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Disinformation
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Nonprofit Law Blog
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – 9/18/20
Photo credit: Kristina Blokhin – stock.adobe.com Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week. Notable Events of the…
Internet Law Twists & Turns
Muting Misinformation: Can we sue to stop misleading political speech?
As we enter the 2020 election season, Americans are likely to be flooded with misinformation and disinformation, particularly on social media. How do we deal with this problem? In this…
Socially Aware Blog
FTC questions protections afforded tech platforms; LinkedIn was platform of choice for sellers of COVID-19 PPE; Appeals court passes on “retweet” propriety question
Expressing concern about the spread of disinformation related to COVID-19, Federal Trade Commissioner Rohit Chopra said Congress may need “to reassess the special privileges afforded to tech platforms, especially given…
Media Law Prof Blog
Baade on Not Calling a Spade a Shovel: Crucial Subtleties in the Definition of Fake News and Disinformation @B_Baade @FU_Berlin
Björnstjern Baade, Freie Universität Berlin, has published Don’t Call a Spade a Shovel: Crucial Subtleties in the Definition of Fake News and Disinformation, published on Verfassungsblog, April 14, 2020. Here…
Global Policy Watch
The Week Ahead in the European Parliament – Friday, June 5, 2020
Summary Next week will be a committee and political group week in the European Parliament. Members of the European Parliament (“MEPs”) will spend a good portion of their week with…
The Right Coast
Beijing Likely Deploying Bot Network on Twitter to Spread Pandemic Disinformation, State Department Finds
The U.S. State Department has discovered a coordinated bot campaign on Twitter designed to disseminate Chinese Communist Party (CCP) disinformation, forming part of Beijing s campaign to deflect blame over…
Blockchain and the Law
Major Italian News Agency Uses Blockchain-Based Label to Verify the Origin of Its Articles
The leading Italian news agency, Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA), which represents 24 major Italian newspapers and distributes over 3,000 news articles daily, announced in early April that it has…
The Right Coast
Chinese Agents Helped Spread Messages That Sowed Virus Panic in U.S., Officials Say – The New York Times
WASHINGTON The alarming messages came fast and furious in mid-March, popping up on the cellphone screens and social media feeds of millions of Americans grappling with the onset of the…
The Right Coast
How China Corrupted the World Health Organization s Response to COVID-19 Reason.com
The World Health Organization (WHO) put out questionable guidance on how to deal with the coronavirus, it was slow to communicate the magnitude of the threat, and it whitewashed the…
The Right Coast
Lost The Credibility : WHO Faces Mounting Backlash For Running Interference For China | The Daily Caller
The World Health Organization is facing a mounting backlash over its handling of China s cover-up of the novel coronavirus. WHO leaders, including Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, have run interference…