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Online manipulation on a global scale
20 January 2021, BBC Digital Planet
Online manipulation on a global scale. Also GPS collars for grazing animals that avoid fencing and is ubiquitous connectivity increasing cybersecurity risks?
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Professional video-gamer, 25, hangs up controller over thumb injury
20 January 2021, NBC News
"It breaks my heart to step away from a game I put my heart and soul into," said American player Thomas Paparatto in a statement on Twitter.
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Gaming and Me: Connections, Identity and Support
19 January 2021, BBC Three
As debate continues as to the effect of gaming on our mental health & wellbeing, we speak to gamers from the UK who tell us how, for them, the positives outweigh the negatives.
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When the algorithm awards grades
18 January 2021, ORF Radio
Radio interview discussing how the pandemic is accelerating the use of artificial intelligence.
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Private firms pocketing millions from disinformation-for-hire, report says
15 January 2021, The Irish News
Private companies are increasingly being hired by governments and political parties to manipulate public opinion through social media, according to new research.
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Can We Develop Herd Immunity to Internet Propaganda?
15 January 2021, Der Spiegel
Internet propaganda is becoming an industrialized commodity, warns Phil Howard, the director of the Oxford Internet Institute.
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China’s pressure and propaganda – the reality of reporting Xinjiang
15 January 2021, BBC News
In addition to the heavy restrictions it places on foreign journalists trying to report the truth about its far western region of Xinjiang, China has a new tactic: labelling independent coverage as "fake news".
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Are “cyber troops” secretly influencing you online
14 January 2021, Bloomberg
00:14:34 onwards Professor Philip Howard lifts the curtain on the murky world of media manipulation.
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Europe’s Populists Fearful of Social Media Restrictions
14 January 2021, VOA News
Europe’s populist leaders are outraged by the decision of U.S. social-media giants to block U.S. President Donald Trump from posting on their sites.
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Governments increasingly using private companies to manipulate public opinion
14 January 2021, Engineering & Technology
A report from Oxford University’s Oxford Internet Institute (OII) has found that governments and political parties are increasingly paying private companies to manipulate public opinion using social media platforms.
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Report: Malaysian cybertrooper teams employ full-time staff, used by politicians and businesses alike
14 January 2021, Malay Mail
Malaysia is among 81 countries where the manipulation of public opinion through social media remains a growing threat to democracies around the world, a global study has found.
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Private disinformation troops continue to grow and a report points to a Spanish company
13 January 2021, El Salto
A study published on January 13 by the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) confirms that the disinformation business carried out by “cyber troops” continues to be buoyant.
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Social media political manipulation has ‘soared since 2019 to an industrial scale’
13 January 2021, i News
Coordinated social media campaigns are undermining democracy and spreading disinformation in 81 countries worldwide on an ‘industrial scale’ new report cautions.
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Social media manipulation by political actors an industrial scale problem – Oxford report
13 January 2021, Mirage News
Social media manipulation of public opinion is a growing threat to democracies around the world, according to the 2020 media manipulation survey from the Oxford Internet Institute, which found evidence in every one of the 80+ countries surveyed.
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Private firms pocketing millions from disinformation-for-hire, report says
13 January 2021, Central Fife Times
Private companies are increasingly being hired by governments and political parties to manipulate public opinion through social media, according to new research.
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Boom in private companies offering disinformation-for-hire
13 January 2021, The Financial Times
Oxford researchers find contractors employed to manipulate opinion in 48 countries
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World in Progress: Wikipedia’s past, present and future – extended interview
13 January 2021, Deutsche Welle
Two decades on from its founding, Wikipedia has rapidly grown into one of the most popular open-source websites.
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A growing number of governments are spreading disinformation online
13 January 2021, The Economist
Such campaigns are becoming more sophisticated and harder to stop.
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Trump’s Twitter ban obscures the real problem: state-backed manipulation is rampant on social media
13 January 2021, The Conversation
Donald Trump’s controversial removal from social media platforms has reignited debate around the censorship of information published online.
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Private firms pocketing millions from disinformation-for-hire, report says
13 January 2021, Press Association
Private companies are increasingly being hired by governments and political parties to manipulate public opinion through social media, according to new research.