In the Ukraine conflict, fake fact-checks are being used to spread disinformation

On March 3, Daniil Bezsonov, an official with the pro-Russian separatist region of Ukraine that styles itself as the Donetsk People’s Republic, tweeted a video that he said revealed “How Ukrainian fakes are made.” The clip showed two juxtaposed videos of a huge explosion in an urban area.

Learn more: https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/03/in-the-ukraine-conflict-fake-fact-checks-are-being-used-to-spread-disinformation/

Facebook renames News Feed just “Feed”

Facebook and news have had a fraught relationship. Hyperpartisan content tends to draw the most engagement. Misinformation on the platform is rampant thanks in part to a small group of abusive, toxic “superusers.

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Digital Advertising in 2022

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Six years ago tomorrow, in The Reality of Missing Out, I wrote that the digital advertising market was settled, and Google and Facebook won: I have been arguing for a while that in the aggregate the tech sector is fine, and the state of advertising-based services is a perfect example of what I me

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