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Disinformation: A Racist Tactic, from Slave Revolts to Elections ~Union of Concerned Scientists 11/4/22

Black or Bot? The Long, Sordid History of Co-opting Blackness Online ~Mother Jones 9/14/22

Why Twitter still has those terrible Trends ~MIT Technology Review 7/28/22

Commentary: Anti-Abortion Proponents Have Their Roots In Pre-Emancipation Era White Supremacy And Efforts To Control Black Bodies ~ NewsOne 7/19/22

Facebook Says It’s Ending Special Treatment for Politicians. Don’t Expect Real Change ~ Mother Jones 6/10/21

Trump’s Facebook ban may end in time for the 2024 presidential campaign ~ Los Angeles Times 6/4/21

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2021/05/clubhouse-has-blocking-problem/618867/ ~ The Atlantic 5/12/21

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/independent-regulator-is-only-forward-for-mark-zuckerberg-and-facebook-like-qhlf023nq ~ The UK Times 5/11/21

https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2021-04-20/facebook-cracking-down-chauvin-verdict-why-now ~ Los Angeles Times 4/20/21

https://forward.com/news/467051/is-clubhouse-equipped-to-handle-hate-speech-and-antisemitism ~ Forward 4/2/21

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/facebook-oversight-board-looks-to-fix-content-moderation ~ The Denver Channel 3/29/21

https://newsone.com/4309781/disparities-treatment-african-refugees-persist/~ NewsOne 3/26/21

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/technology/vaccine-misinformation.html ~ New York Times 3/10/21

Trump Is Gone But Women Of Colour Are Still Suffering ~ Huffington Post 1/29/21

Twitter wants your help fighting falsehoods. It’s risky, but it might just work ~ Fast Company 1/28/21

Elected officials faced relentless harassment and threats of violence this year — women got some of the worst of it ~ 19th News 12/30/20

Statement on Joining the Independent Facebook Oversight Board ~ Real Facebook Oversight Board 9/30/20

You are probably spreading misinformation. Here’s how to stop. ~ Washington Post 6/5/20

Coronavirus misinformation crosses divides to infect black social media ~ NBC News 5/2/20

Manipulation Machines, How Disinformation campaigns suppress the Black Vote  ~  Columbia Journalism Review Fall 2019

The Toxins We Carry Disinformation is polluting our media environment. Facts won’t save us. ~ Columbia Journalism Review Fall 2019

Bots in Blackface – The rise of fake black people on social media promoting political agendas ~ 50BlackEnterprise 8/22/19

Trolls use a little-known Twitter feature to swarm others with abuse, and their targets say Twitter hasn’t done much to stop it CNBC 6/9/19

‘Digital Blackface’: Pro-Trump Trolls Are Impersonating Black People on Twitter ~ Black Enterprise 5/8/19

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryancbrooks/black-activists-twitter-bots-2020-election-trolls ~ BuzzFeed News 2/27/19

The Fetid, Right-Wing Origins of “Learn to Code” ~ The New Republic 2/1/19

TV and Videos

Twitter Imploding, Racial Slurs Explode After Elon Musk Takeover ~Roland Martin Unfiltered 12/15/22

Clumsy & Shy~ The Five 8 (Gleg Olear) Live YouTube Show 8/5/22

Disinformation, domestic extremism, and the threat to democracy ~ Atlantic Council 1/28/21

Russians Are Using Twitter To Start That Race War ~ Act.TV 7/17/20

How Black Women & Girls Are Being Attacked Online ~ Now This News 2/19/19

Angelo Carusone on AM Joy: In order to combat white supremacy, tech companies must embrace a holistic approach to enforcing terms of service ~ MSNBC 5/5/19

Online election interference targeting blacks in 2016 continues ~ MSNBC 12/8/19

What Voter Suppression Looks Like Online ~ Vox

Fighting Back Against Disinformation and Digital Voter Suppression ~ Indivisible Plus Washington

How to Respond to Disinformation and Digital Voter Suppression ~ Indivisible Plus Washington

Audio/ Podcasts

How Digital Disinformation Targets Voters ~ Got Science? Podcast 8/2/22

Stop Digital Voter Suppression (with Shireen Mitchell) ~ Prevail (podcast) by Greg Olear 7/22/22

DISINFORMED: Black women tried to tell you ~ There Are No Girls On The Internet Podcast 1/28/21

Fighting for Equality in Tech with Shireen Mitchell of Stop Online Violence Against Women ~ The Great Battlefield Podcast

Two Pandemics in America ~ Momocrats

Episode 5: ‘To Shame Or Not To Shame ~ George Takei’s Oh Myyy Pod! 9/8/19

Speaking Events

From Online Message Boards to Trump’s Tweets: How Fake News and Online Harassment are Threatening Our Democracy