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#MIB candidate Emmanuel Gebremeskel remarks on his internship experience at #PayPal: "the private sector does have policy-level influence, and some of the products we develop [at PayPal] can actually get the same impact as the public policy domain"

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#BigTech companies like @Twitter, @Facebook and @Google have made several solid attempts to slow the spread of #misinformation online. But is it enough?

#FletcherDean Bhaskar Chakravorti expands on the issue in @ForeignPolicy

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"We are in the middle of a pandemic which has been accompanied by its own surge of #misinformation and now we are in the last stages in the countdown to the #election"
- #FletcherDean Bhaskar Chakravorti, Good Morning America

Read the article on @GMA :
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/authorities-ramp-fight-misinformation-voter-suppression-73886756

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Did you catch #FletcherDean of Global Biz Bhaskar Chakravorti on @wbz? He sat down with @kelleratlarge to discuss @planetdgtl's latest #research on which states are most vulnerable to #misinformation ahead of #Election2020.

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Emmanuel Gebremeskel (MIB’21) Remarks on his Internship Experience at PayPal

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Emmanuel Gebremeskel (MIB’21) Remarks on his Internship Experience at PayPal

The Case Against Big Tech’s Election Strategies: Misinformation is hyperlocal. Attempts to counter it should be, too.

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The Misinformation Maelstrom: A Mapping of Vulnerability Across America

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The Case Against Big Tech’s Election Strategies: Misinformation is hyperlocal. Attempts to counter it should be, too.

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