Troll Watch: How Tech Is Cracking Down On Election Disinformation NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Camille Francois, chief innovation officer for the research firm Graphika, about trends in disinformation this election season and how tech companies are responding.
Don't Censor! Stop The Hoaxes! Facebook, Twitter Face A Catch-22 While Republicans accuse Facebook and Twitter of censoring free speech, one expert says the platforms should do more because U.S. voters are 'more vulnerable to online disinformation' than ever. Adedayo Akala
Twitter And Facebook Limit Access To A 'New York Post' Story On Biden's Son Twitter and Facebook limited the reach of an article with unconfirmed claims about Hunter Biden. Meanwhile, experts warn that social media platforms are full of misinformation and conspiracy theories. Shannon Bond
Facebook And Twitter Limit Sharing New York Post Story About Joe Biden The social media companies said they wanted to slow the spread of possibly false information. But their actions drew charges of censorship from President Trump and his's allies. Shannon Bond
Power Of The Petition: Nonprofit Helps Front-Line Workers Fight For Their Rights Eight out of every nine American workers don't have a union to represent them in workplace disputes. A nonprofit website is helping push for better wages and working conditions amid the pandemic. Ashish Valentine
It's getting harder to trust anything online. Is that a bug, or a feature? Thanks to a proliferation of news hubs and social platforms, our world as guided by the internet is more individualized than ever. While sifting through the noise, is there somewhere we can all trust is true and accurate? Alec Cowan
Facebook Bans Holocaust Denial, Reversing Earlier Policy CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who previously considered such claims free speech, said his thinking has "evolved." Survivors had lobbied the social network to remove posts that deny the Holocaust. Shannon Bond
Twitter Expands Warning Labels To Slow Spread of Election Misinformation The social media company wants users to pause and think before they share tweets, in an effort to reduce the amplification of false claims. Shannon Bond
Tiny Changes Let False Claims About COVID-19, Voting Evade Facebook Fact Checks A new report highlights how easy it is to spread hoaxes on Facebook, despite the tech giant's increasing efforts to stop misinformation about the coronavirus and the election. Shannon Bond
British Company Tests A Jet Suit That Could Change Future Of Emergency Care Gravity Industries teamed up with local paramedics to test a paramedic jet suit in northern England for what could be the future of emergency medical care.