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Facebook’s ‘Fake News’ Initiative

In a radio interview with WHYY’s NewsWorks in Philadelphia, FactCheck.org Director Eugene Kiely talks about the recent announcement that FactCheck.org will work with Facebook to combat fake news on the popular social media site.

December 23, 2016
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Fake News and the New McCarthyism

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One of the most potent worries about the coming Trump presidency is concern about free speech. Trump’s willingness to tolerate or even encourage violence against nonviolent critics of his agenda and personnel choices is alarming. The Washington Post

December 22, 2016
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Defending the Digital Future: 2016 in Review

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The year started with fireworks: John Legere, CEO of T-Mobile, became furious when an explosive EFF investigation revealed that T-Mobile was throttling video content for many of its customers, potentially violating net neutrality rules. Legere released a

December 22, 2016
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President Signs Law Protecting Your Right to Review

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President Obama recently signed the Consumer Review Fairness Act of 2016 (H.R. 5111), which passed both houses of Congress unanimously. The bill addresses a dangerous trend: businesses inserting clauses into their form contracts that attempt to limit

December 22, 2016
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This Is What Resisting Looks Like

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Free Press is fighting back every time Trump and corporate gatekeepers threaten people’s rights to connect and communicate.

December 21, 2016
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Dangerous copyright ideas from a top newspaper group threaten free speech

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The News Media Alliance, the trade association that has represented newspaper publishers since 1887, released a whitepaper this month detailing its policy requests to the incoming president-elect Donald Trump. This represents the first time time the

December 20, 2016
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