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    A collection of our recent news stories, press coverage, and contact details for journalists.

    Press contacts

    Journalists looking for comments on stories can contact the OII Press Officer at press@oii.ox.ac.uk, telephone: +44 (0)1865 287237. For out of hours queries, please contact news.office@admin.ox.ac.uk or call 01865 280528.

    Press releases

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    Junk news sites using advertising and web search optimization to spread COVID-19 misinformation, finds new study
    OxCAIGG logo for title
    New Commission to Address AI and Good Governance in Public Policy
    Telegram becomes refuge for far-right commentators, says new Oxford study
    Finance leader joins Oxford Internet Institute as Visiting Policy Fellow
    Covid19
    State-backed media from China and Russia targets European and Latin American audiences with coronavirus news
    David Tomchak
    Leading digital editor David Tomchak joins OII
    Almost half of all administrative tasks in general practice could be automated, says new report
    Platform economy assessed for first time in Germany: COVID-19 pandemic brings into sharp relief risks faced by workers
    Mariarosaria Taddeo
    The Turing appoints Dstl Ethics Fellow Mariarosaria Taddeo
    Report finds gig workers are among the most vulnerable groups in South Africa’s Covid-19 crisis

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    Press Coverage

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    Al-Jazeera logo
    Why does Donald Trump want to ban Tiktok?
    Read in Al Jazeera
    The New York Times
    Covid-19 misinformation websites benefit from Google and Amazon ad networks, study says.
    Read in New York Times
    Yahoo
    DeepMind and Oxford University researchers on how to ‘decolonize’ AI
    Read in Yahoo Finance
    NewStatesman
    Oxford University launches commission on AI in the public sector
    Read in The New Statesman
    Sky News
    Coronavirus: Legislation needed to stop ‘virulent’ spread of COVID disinformation
    Read in Sky News
    The Wall Street Journal
    Iran Suspends Death Sentences of Antigovernment Protesters, Executes Alleged CIA Spy
    Read in The Wall Street Journal
    Venture Beat
    DeepMind researchers propose rebuilding the AI industry on a base of anticolonialism
    Read in Venture Beat - The Machine
    Business Insider
    There’s a debate raging in video games over whether loot boxes should be classified as gambling
    Read in Business Insider
    El Pais
    Privacy: the totalitarian risk
    Read in El País
    Al-Jazeera logo
    The Great Facebook Boycott: Will it make any difference?
    Read in Al Jazeera

    Latest blogs

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    How the rise of Religious Misinformation is contributing to the Covid-19 infodemic
    Work for the Fairwork Foundation
    Light bulbs sharing information
    Why the Digital Society needs the Open Society
    Media
    Disinformation by Design: How Media Manipulation Campaigns Are Constructed
    Digital Technology
    COVID-19 and the Digital Divides
    Iran flag over Tehran
    Understanding Online Misinformation in Iran, the Epicentre of Coronavirus in the Middle East
    Phone in hand
    Beyond Contact-Tracing Apps – How Trust Shapes E-Governance
    Neil Basu
    Alumni Challenges: Neil Basu
    Director’s statement on anti-racism
    Andrew Berkley
    OII Alumni Challenges: Andrew Berkley