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    Articles tagged First Draft (19)

    First Draft StaffJune 10, 2021
    “Experiments,” “shedding,” and variants: Here’s where Covid-19 misinformation went in May
    Fact-checks struggle to compete with disinformation on major social media networks.
    Tommy ShaneMay 14, 2021
    How journalists can avoid amplifying misinformation in their stories
    We need new tools to ensure visual media travels in secure ways that keep us safer online. Overlays are among these tools.
    Tommy Shane, Emily Saltz, and Claire LeibowiczMay 12, 2021
    From deepfakes to TikTok filters: How do you label AI content?
    How should we label AI media in ways that people understand? And how might the labels backfire?
    Bethan John and Keenan ChenJanuary 7, 2021
    Bad actors are returning to old-school methods of sowing chaos
    As the social media platforms become more active in tackling false claims around politics and health, disinformation agents are searching for “new” ways to spread their messages.
    Diara J. Townes and Claire WardleDecember 8, 2020
    In 2021, it’s time to refocus on health and science misinformation
    As the election recedes, medical and climate misinformation move to the forefront.
    Bethan JohnOctober 1, 2020
    First Draft analyzed 9,722 fact checks to tell the story of Covid-19 misinformation
    “There isn’t a good origin story for the virus, and so this information vacuum is allowing misinformation to circulate.”
    Tommy ShaneAugust 6, 2020
    People who engage with false news are hyper-concerned about truth. But they think it’s being hidden.
    “On Google, searching for ‘coronavirus facts’ gives you a full overview of official statistics and visualizations. That’s not the case for ‘coronavirus truth.'”
    First Draft launches a text message course to help inoculate users against U.S. election misinformation
    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.
    How getting WhatsApp API access helped this Brazilian team project process 70,000 fact-checking questions
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