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Canadian court upholds social media sensitivity training requirement for Jordan Peterson canada Link 62 votes
An update on Canada’s Bill C-18 and our Search and News products canada journalism Article 437 words 7 votes
Romania detains ex-kickboxer Andrew Tate in human trafficking case romania crime.organized Article 225 words 24 votes
How one man was wrongly accused in Kongsberg attack – many international media outlets picked up on speculative tweets norway.kongsberg journalism crime Article 788 words, published Nov 7 2017 11 votes
High Court of Australia rules that media outlets are publishers of third-party Facebook comments australia journalism Article 12 votes
President of Nigeria bans Twitter as retaliation for deleted Tweet, human rights groups condemn this as restriction on free speech nigeria politics law Article 9 votes
Iraq blocks Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Instagram, then shuts down internet amid civil unrest iraq politics Article 782 words 27 votes
Facebook has taken down the popular 'World USA' page with almost 1 million followers after being exposed as a Ukrainian-based operation targeting older Americans with pro-Trump content politics ukraine Article 1082 words 9 votes
President Trump tweets sensitive surveillance image of Iran iran usa politics Article 705 words 37 votes
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Bolsonaro was ridiculed on social media after criticising Norway for whaling techniques which the country does not use norway politics Article 508 words 13 votes
Denmark broadcaster uses meme-based journalism to reach younger audience denmark journalism Article 617 words 7 votes
Former public servant Michaela Banerji loses High Court free speech case australia Article 798 words 7 votes
Bianca Devins: Grisly photos of murdered 17-year-old circulated on Instagram, Discord, and 4chan by her suspected killer usa.ny crime Article 2071 words 12 votes
Trump's popularity during the 2016 campaign was closely correlated with Internet Research Agency bot activity. Every 25,000 retweets by IRA accounts predicted a 1% increase in opinion polls for Trump. politics russia usa Article 781 words 10 votes
Twitter Bans #Resistance-Famous Krassenstein Brothers for Allegedly Operating Fake Accounts politics Article 333 words 4 votes
Facebook and Google pressured EU experts to soften fake news regulations, say insiders Article 2079 words 4 votes
Social media posts keep repeating Trump's lies — and the way they do it is a problem politics journalism Article 512 words 11 votes
Child stars of YouTube hit 'Fantastic Adventures' allegedly abused by adopted mother Article 451 words 7 votes
YouTuber threatens Google, travels cross country to confront them, gets arrested in Mountain View usa.ca crime Article 371 words 4 votes
Jacob Wohl has spread lies on Twitter about Robert Mueller, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Kamala Harris, and more. Now, he’s eyeing the 2020 US election. usa politics Article 3132 words 22 votes
How Facebook Screwed Us All - It’s not just spreading phony stories everywhere—it’s killing real news journalism Article 4136 words 12 votes
New report on Russian disinformation, prepared for the Senate, shows the operation’s scale and sweep. usa russia politics Article 1602 words 18 votes
Russians are facing criminal prosecution for sharing memes online, thanks to anti-extremism laws russia Article 2082 words 10 votes
'Damoclean sword': Michaela Banerji is still fighting after five years. The former Immigration Department official said her sacking after a tweet "drove a stake" through her. australia Article 1444 words 3 votes