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A view of the TikTok app logo, in Tokyo, Japan

TikTok can be a ‘dangerous tool for hatemongers,’ Kenyan govt warns ahead of elections

Social media

A new Mozilla Foundation report states that election disinformation and hate speech are being spread through TikTok in the run up to elections in Kenya next month. After violence erupted during 2007 elections, the government created an agency to quell ethnic strife, and it warns against a repeat of the unrest.

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Disinformation Wars: Part II

Critical State
A supporter of President Donald Trump holds a Trump 2020 flag with sun shining through it outside the US Capitol building as they attend pro-Trump marches

Disinformation wars: Part I

Critical State
Mark Zuckerberg stands in front of a blue backdrop and speaks on climate misinformation using his hands

Major environmental groups join Facebook ad boycott to protest climate misinformation

Climate Change
A midshot of President Vladimir Putin

Russia is trying to spread a viral disinformation campaign

Internet
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Don’t let your vote get stolen — 5 essential reads about disinformation in 2020

Elections

Who’s manipulating what you know before you vote?

Facebook

‘Straight-up debunking’: How a fact-checker vets fake news

Social media

Facebook and others are stepping up to stop the spread of disinformation online in advance of Canada’s federal parliamentary elections.

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Learn how to be a spy from previously unpublished KGB training manuals

Global Politics

A new project aims to translate never-before-published Soviet-era KGB espionage manuals into English.

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WhatsApp tipline to fight fake news ‘too little, too late,’ Indian police chief says

Technology

Days away from voting booths opening for India’s national elections, fake news has become pervasive and deadly. Whatsapp is trying to combat this with their Checkpoint Tipline.

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The trolls are winning, says Russian troll hunter

Lyudmila Savchuk went undercover at a Russian troll farm in St. Petersburg in 2014. Since she wrote her investigative piece, she’s made it her mission to speak out against Kremlin-connected troll farms. But she’s no longer convinced that she’s winning the battle.