Though some warnings about online “echo chambers” have been hyperbolic, tendencies toward selective exposure to politically congenial content are likely to extend to misinformation and to be exacerbated by social media platforms. We test this...
A top political scientist reveals new research showing a sharp drop-off in fake news since 2016
After the shock of the 2016 presidential election, many Americans found psychological refuge in a simple explanation for why Donald...
Amazon Rekognition Announces Real-Time Face Recognition, Support for Recognition of Text in Image, and Improved Face Detection
Amazon Rekognition today announces three new features: detection and recognition of text in images, real-time face recognition across tens of...
THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER HAS engaged in behavior so lowly and unscrupulous that it created a seemingly impossible storyline: the world’s richest billionaire and a notorious labor abuser, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, as a sympathetic victim.
On Thursday, Bezos published emails in which...
The Canadian protocol is intended to avoid the dilemma that faced the FBI director during the 2016 presidential campaign, when he was confronted with Russian interference
An impartial group of senior bureaucrats will warn Canadians if...
With Snopes out, the social network's fight against disinformation under renewed scrutiny
Facebook is breaking up with one of its fact-checking partners, raising fresh questions about the social network's commitment to fighting disinformation.
Last week, the fact-checking...
The Canadian government is setting up an internal team to sound the alarm if it sees evidence the October federal election is being undermined.
Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould made multiple announcements Wednesday regarding potential threats...
On Wednesday, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) released a survey showing that college students in Generation Z or iGen are conflicted on free speech and seem to value tolerance and inclusion more than...
Last week, the Government of Alberta wrote us a bizarre letter, declaring that we here at The Rebel are legally not journalists. Because some of our work criticized Rachel Notley, the desperate, failing premier of...
China's social credit system isn't a world first but when it's complete it will be unique. The system isn't just as simple as everyone being given a score though
China's social credit system has been compared...