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New Landmark Study on Online Gendered Abuse and Disinformation

Online gendered and sexualized abuse and disinformation against women in public life is widespread, and social media platforms are doing too little to stop it, finds a landmark study by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and Moonshot CVE, with support from the Oxford…

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The WIRED Guide to the Internet of Things

Lightbulbs, along with refrigerators, coffee makers, microwave ovens, baby monitors, security cameras, speakers, televisions, and thermostats have, in the past few decades, transformed from ordinary objects into conduits for the future.
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A growing number of governments are spreading disinformation online

In the run-up to Uganda's general election on January 14th, social-media platforms are struggling to combat propaganda and fake news. This week Facebook announced that it had taken down a network of government-linked accounts that it alleges engaged in “coordinated inauthentic behaviour” aimed at boosting support for Yoweri Museveni, the country’s president, at the expense of his opponents.
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It’s Time to Get Serious About Research Fraud

In 2016, Sophie Jamal’s career took a turn for the worse. The bone researcher and physician was banned from federal funding for life in Canada after a committee found her guilty of manipulating data, presenting fabricated evidence to investigators, and blaming a research assistant for the fudged data.
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El uso político de las encuestas de opinión

¿Por qué vale la pena preocuparse por las encuestas en tiempos del big data? ¿Permiten los grandes volúmenes de datos, generados por los usuarios de redes sociales y motores de búsqueda, explicar y/o pronosticar mejor los comportamientos sociales que los sondeos de opinión?
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