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Facebook Thinks Buzzfeed-Style Quizzes Will Solve Its Climate Misinformation Problem
On Thursday, Facebook announced it was taking new steps to help combat climate change misinformation on its platform, including creating a grant program to invest in fact-checking initiatives worth a whole $US1 ($1.5) million dollars. (So generous to throw the spare change you found in between your couch cushions at this problem, Mark Zuckerberg!)
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New Report Shows Phone Cracking Tech is Being Used to Target Journalists in Botswana
The willingness of digital forensics firms to sell to pretty much any paying law enforcement agency, regardless of the country’s human rights record, has stirred up no minor amount of controversy. These tools, critics say, allow bad governments expansive, invasive powers, and may be used in the course of investigations that illegitimately target activists or…