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When Lies Go Viral: Meta’s Retreat From Fact-Checking

Lucy DreierApril 25, 2025April 20, 2025

In 2012, Meta’s algorithm pushed hate speech that fueled the massacre of the Rohingya people in Myanmar. This content, including a widely shared video from prominent anti-Rohingya figure U Wirathu, inflamed discrimination and animosity against the already marginalized group.

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An Interview with Amy Hollyfield of Politifact

Megan McQueenFebruary 18, 2017February 18, 2017

A conversation with the journalist who runs Politifact, a popular fact-checking website that rates politicians’ statements on their truthfulness.

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The Disappearing Moderator: How Social Media Has Infiltrated Politics

Grant FergussonOctober 1, 2016October 2, 2016

Forget analysis. This is why the debate really mattered.

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