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The Debunking Effect – Recent and Upcoming Challenges for Fact-Checking Organizations

January 14, 2022
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Program - Research

While the impact of misinformation has been widely studied in recent years, more analysis of the effect of fact-checking on society is needed. Trying to fill that gap, our project mapped and analyzed the work of the world’s fact-checking groups, with a focus on their challenges, needs and successes.

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Phil Howard Calls for a Global Panel on Fake News in a Column for the Times

January 5, 2022
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In an op-ed for the Times co-authored with Sheldon Himelfarb, CMDS Fellow Phil Howard calls for an intergovernmental panel on disinformation.

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Lina Dencik Co-Authors Piece on Voice Recognition Technologies in Law Enforcement

January 4, 2022
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Publications - Academic Articles

CMDS Fellow Lina Dencik and co-authors Fieke Jansen and Javiér Sánchez-Monedero examine the politics of voice recognition technologies in law enforcement in a new paper for Big Data and Society.

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Anya Schiffrin on the Forthcoming EU Tech Regulation

December 15, 2021
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The forthcoming European regulation on online disinformation may be a “game changer,” CMDS Advisory Board member Anya Schiffrin writes for the Columbia Journalism Review.

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Benedetta Brevini on the Australian News Media Bargaining Code

December 13, 2021
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Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code looks more like a missed opportunity than an appropriate tool to address the crisis of public interest journalism, CMDS Fellow Benedetta Brevini writes in her commentary for The Political Economy of Communication.

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