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Interview with Renée DiResta: Online Ecosystems, Disinformation, & Censorship Debates

Decoding the Gurus

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The Importance of Moderation in the Internet

CNN's John Sutter is fascinated by the use of social media to spread propaganda. He asked why ISIS was allowed on Twitter, but Facebook had already made a decision not to allow it. The internet has created incentives for people to manipulate that system in order to get attention and make their ideas seem like they're more powerful than they really are," he said.

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