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Fact-Checking in the Age of Misinformation
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Fact-Checking in the Age of Misinformation

As social media becomes the basis for consuming news, misinformation is spreading faster and getting harder to verify.

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2400 1600 Anmol Irfan
Blackface in the Digital Age
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Blackface in the Digital Age

How social spaces and tech profit off the exploitative use of Blackness and racial stereotypes in a repackaged and digitized version of blackface.

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2400 1350 Nicole Cardoza
The Growing Threat of Police Surveilling Social Media
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The Growing Threat of Police Surveilling Social Media

Police surveillance of social media often relies on data riddled with human error or interpreted with bias, which harms communities of color.

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2400 1600 Kim M Reynolds
The Harm in Circulating Graphic Videos of Police Brutality
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The Harm in Circulating Graphic Videos of Police Brutality

Sharing graphic videos of police brutality may raise awareness, but also cause harm and obfuscate the real effort needed to create change. 

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2400 1600 Nicole Cardoza
Hold Facebook accountable.

Hold Facebook accountable.

When will Facebook hold itself accountable for the harm it causes, and how can we rally our voices?

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4695 3265 Nicole Cardoza
Understand the TikTok strike.

Understand the TikTok strike.

Black social media creators are on strike from creating new choreography. Here’s why.

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800 533 Nicole Cardoza
Uncover racial bias in photography.

Uncover racial bias in photography.

From its beginnings to modern-day, cameras and photo technology have favored lighter-skinned subjects.

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800 409 Nia Norris
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