“If we are concerned about the spread of conspiracy theories, we should realize that debunking is a distraction, a Whac-A-Mole game for fact-checkers... Instead, we should address the dearth of political vision on which conspiracism feeds.”

>"Some researchers say that Facebook isn’t being transparent enough about Covid-19 content on its platform."

"“Interacting” with the testimony of Holocaust survivors is not the same as listening"

"I already know what you’re thinking: this is cancel culture gone mad. We should all be able to agree that book burning is bad. Nazis burned books. Nazis are bad. Let’s not get distracted by the fact…"

>"Search engines, like social media algorithms, get you to click on links by learning what other people click on. Enticing misinformation often comes out on top."

>"False news is on the rise. We can fight the spread with a simple exercise: Slow down and be skeptical."

>"Deplatforming President Trump showed that the First Amendment is broken — but not in the way his supporters think."

>"Consuming media is as much about managing feeling as accessing information"

“The report’s prediction of an imminent and unavoidable “societal collapse” from climate change had a striking and immediate effect on many of its readers. Andrew Medhurst, a longtime banker, cited it as one of four factors that made him _...Read More_

>"For over a decade, the program, now tucked inside the Office of Naval Intelligence, has discussed mysterious events in classified briefings."