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Today we highlight our investigation of Wisconsin’s struggle to contain COVID-19 in its prisons, where about 10,800 inmates have been infected — more than half of the population — and at least 25 have died.

However the Jets proceed, it should have some level of impact on the Patriots. For example, might Darnolds availability potentially pique the San Francisco 49ers interest, thus making Jimmy Garoppolo an option for a return to New England? Or, in turn, the Jets sticking with Darnold could create action for the No. 2 pick from other QB-needy teams, altering the draft board and who is ultimately available to the Patriots (No. 15). These are the scenarios coach Bill Belichick and his staff have lik...

Plus: Twitter’s Birdwatch is pretty useless so far. Feb. 12, 2021, 12:05 p.m. The growing stream of reporting on and data about fake news, misinformation, partisan content, and news literacy is hard to keep up with. This weekly roundup offers the highlights of what you might have missed. The Epoch Times branches out. The Epoch Times — the conspiracy-theory-pushing, pro-Trump news site with shadowy origins and ownership, and “the culmination of all that Facebook has encouraged” — is ...

  / Twitters new pilot program Birdwatch aims to enlist the social networks users to fact check each others tweets. // Twitter/Screenshot by NPR Twitter users arent known for staying quiet when they see something thats flat out wrong, or with which they disagree. So why not harness that energy to solve one of the most vexing problems on social media: misinformation? With a new pilot program called Birdwatch, Twitter is hoping to crowdsource the fact-checking process, eventually expandin...

Anatomy of a disinformation campaign: The who, what and why of deliberate falsehoods on Twitter Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the & symbol, click Advanced Search and use the search headings and/or in first paragraph options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by In recent years, the UK’s Oxford Internet Institute has tracked the ma...

How to avoid disinformation traps on Twitter Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the & symbol, click Advanced Search and use the search headings and/or in first paragraph options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by Bell Pottinger is dead, but disinformation that preys on divisions in South Africa remains. Some say social media users sho...

Open up any social media app on your phone and you'll likely see links to COVID-19 information from trustworthy sources. Pinned to the top of

Who gets to control the freedom of expression? Muzzled: the “fearless girl” statue in lower Manhattan, New York. Keystone / John Angelillo After the storming of the US Capitol in January and the banning of former President Trump by several social media platforms, debate has flared about the democratic role of Big Tech firms. How are authorities in the US, Europe, and Switzerland reacting? This content was published on February 8, 2021 - 09:00 February 8, 2021 - 09:00 Renat Kuenzi Studied h...

WD Presents: February Flash Fiction Challenge and Romance in Today’s Market This week, we’re excited to announce the ongoing February Flash Fiction Challenge, a webinar in today’s romance market, and more! Author: Feb 7, 2021 Theres always so much happening in the Writers Digest universe that even staff members have trouble keeping up. As a result, we decided to start collecting whats on the horizon to make it easier for everyone to know whats happening and when. This week, we’...

Right now the COVID-19 vaccine conversation is focused on the fretful disconnect between supply and demand. People who want it can’t get it. Appointments are made and then canceled. Frustration simmers. That’s today’s reality. There will come a time, educated observers say, when the scenario flips and the rollout, after finally hitting a nice cruising speed, will run into a residual wall of vaccine hesitancy and resistance, the Heartbreak Hill at mile 20 of this marathon. “Political lea...