Katie Macguire

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Watching the watchers: How the Big Tech platforms are working for — and against — you

Watching the watchers: How the Big Tech platforms are working for — and against — you

This week, we want to draw your attention to a remarkably insightful series on social media manipulation from Destin Sandlin at his YouTube channel "Smarter Every Day".

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5 things you need to know about the fight against misinformation today

5 things you need to know about the fight against misinformation today

How regulation, Facebook's data, cool tools, media literacy and provenance relate to the fight against media misinformation.

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Watching the watchers: How the Big Tech platforms are working for — and against — you

This week, we want to draw your attention to a remarkably insightful series on social media manipulation from Destin Sandlin at his YouTube channel "Smarter Every Day".