State need not run fact-checking units
While fact-checking entities have an important role to play, fact-checking by itself is not sufficient to address the challenges of information dysfunction
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While fact-checking entities have an important role to play, fact-checking by itself is not sufficient to address the challenges of information dysfunction
“Don’t you dare kill my project.”My phone interview with a senior official at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) had started with bland, yet polite, responses. But it took a sharp turn toward audible agitation and hostility as I raised my final question.
Critics have lambasted the outgoing Prayut government for introducing a new policy placing income limits on the elderly receiving monthly pensions
UK Defence Intelligence has revealed the role of virtual private networks (VPNs) for Russians as a way to keep their actions private and bypass censorship, which may be connected to the government's increased efforts to block access to them.
The Indian government has taken a more-than-active interest in social media giants. In India, these companies walk a thin line between maintaining their own community standards and the increasingly strident demands of the right of centre government