Research

Gabriela Pariseau | May 24, 2024

The Indiana University Observatory on Social Media (OSM) has conducted a study identifying 10 so-called "superspreaders" of misinformation who generated nearly one-third of what it deemed “low-credibility content” on Twitter. Although the study…

Alec Schemmel | September 21, 2021

Censorship has hit Republican Senators Rand Paul (KY) and Ron Johnson (WI), Rep. Jim Jordan (OH) and other Republicans in Congress. But besides censoring those Republicans already in Congress, Big Tech has also reportedly taken measures that…

Alec Schemmel | August 25, 2021

Even after years of liberal media and politicians calling for the censorship of online speech, a plurality of Americans still say the government should not intervene — even at the cost of some false information slipping through. A new study from…

Alec Schemmel | June 28, 2021

In light of Facebook banning former President Donald Trump from its platform for at least two years, allowing China to promote genocidal propaganda on its platform raises serious questions about Facebook’s priorities. Experts in the fields…

Alec Schemmel | June 2, 2021

Facebook has had no reservations about censoring conservative accounts. Yet, it allows accounts of state-controlled propaganda outlets from the genocidal regime of China to flourish. Forty accounts on Facebook, amassing over 751 million followers…