Blog An Interview with Hugo Mercier Author: Tracie Farrell (Research Associate) at the Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University In mid-March, as the Covid-19 pandemic was already sweeping through Asia and continental Europe, we spoke to Hugo Mercier, a...
Blog You can’t read this blog post: information disorder, content moderation, and freedom of expression online Author: Adrià Rodríguez-Pérez, Public Policy Researcher at Scytl On May 3, the world celebrates World Press Freedom Day. According to the United Nations...
Blog Gendered Misinformation & Online Violence Against Women in Politics: Capturing legal responsibility? Authors: Dr Kim Barker and Dr Olga Jurasz, Lecturers in Law at the University of Stirling and at the Open University Social media, and online presences are...
Blog Political Ads and Microtargeting on Social Media: Are Big Tech Breaking Democracy? Author: Francesca Zuccotti, Digital Marketing & Communications Lead at Scytl The regulation of political advertising on social media has received a lot of attention over the...
Blog Content Management Policies for Combating Misinformation Author: Akram Sadat Hosseini, Researcher at Universitaet Koblenz-Landau Misinformation on social media is a broad term to define deceitful content, either manipulated or genuine content taken out of...
