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<title><![CDATA[Kalev Leetaru - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/31868.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Kalev Leetaru]]></description><category domain="31868">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[OpenAI and Political Bias in Silicon Valley]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/05/28/openai_and_political_bias_in_silicon_valley_151007.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[AI-powered image generators were back in the news earlier this year, this time for their propensity to create historically inaccurate'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and ethically questionable imagery. These recent missteps reinforced that, far from being the independent thinking machines of science fiction, AI...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Is Gaza Being Covered on Television News?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/01/17/how_is_gaza_being_covered_on_television_news_150331.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hamas'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' terrorist attack and hostage-taking in Israel on Oct. 7 led in return to large-scale Israeli military action throughout Gaza. As the conflict approaches the three-month mark, with more than 1,200 Israelis and 20,000 Palestinians killed, how is it being covered on television...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Media Coverage of Ukraine War Dwindles]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/10/05/media_coverage_of_ukraine_war_dwindles_149850.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the Russia-Ukraine war grinds on more than a year and a half after the initial invasion, U.S. economic and military support for Ukraine has become increasingly embroiled in domestic politics. How is the media covering Ukraine as the war continues?
The timeline below shows total daily...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Generative AI Is More Mad Lib Than HAL9000]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/08/30/generative_ai_is_more_mad_lib_than_hal9000_149693.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A quiet revolution has been occurring in artificial intelligence. Whereas in the past, AI was limited to analyzing information that already exists, it has now begun to create on its own, generating images, documents, speech, and video. In scenes reminiscent of science fiction, AI can now...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is It Really &lsquo;All Trump All the Time&rsquo; on Cable News?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/06/27/is_it_really_all_trump_all_the_time_on_cable_news_149404.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For much of the past decade Donald Trump has loomed large over the media landscape, his name and face an omnipresent fixture of television news. Yet how much truth is there to the perception of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'All Trump all the time'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' across the American media?
Since 2009, Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tracking a Year of Tucker Carlson on Russian TV]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/05/25/tracking_a_year_of_tucker_carlson_on_russian_tv_149272.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Until his departure from Fox News last month, Tucker Carlson was a regular fixture on Russian television news, with clips from his show played across a range of channels and programs. To understand just how extensively his show was repurposed by Russian media, facial recognition...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Problem With TikTok]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/04/11/the_problem_with_tiktok_149091.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last month'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s congressional TikTok hearing was both a symbol of deteriorating United States'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'China relations and an anxious reaction to a future in which the U.S. may no longer enjoy exclusive dominance over the technological landscape. TikTok is portrayed as the vanguard of a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[By Focusing On Transparency, SCOTUS Could Leave Section 230 Intact]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/03/13/by_focusing_on_transparency_scotus_could_leave_section_230_intact_148973.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For the first time since Section 230 was passed a quarter-century ago, the Supreme Court is hearing two cases that could decide the law'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s future. Both cases revolve around social media platforms'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' role in facilitating access to terrorism content. The first asks whether companies...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Media Coverage of Biden&rsquo;s Documents]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/02/09/media_coverage_of_bidens_documents_148840.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the past six months, documents with classified markings have been discovered at residences and offices associated with both President Biden and former President Trump, along with former Vice President Pence. How have the media covered these stories?
The timeline below shows total...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Twitter Files Point to Urgent Need for Platform Transparency]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/12/20/twitter_files_point_to_urgent_need_for_platform_transparency_148626.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[December has been a whirlwind month in the Twitterverse. A new academic study argued that hate speech was surging on the platform, while new company owner Elon Musk countered that such tweets were being quietly hidden, so they didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t count. High-profile journalists were abruptly...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Data Show Twitter Is Far From Dying]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/11/26/the_data_show_twitter_is_far_from_dying_148523.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As #RIPTwitter trends and the media is awash with coverage lamenting the site'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s apparently imminent demise, a look at the actual data on Twitter'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s usage suggests that the platform is far from dead. While Twitter is losing both employees and advertisers, and a few high-profile...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Social Media Companies Continue To Profit From Self-Harm Content]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/11/03/social_media_companies_continue_to_profit_from_self-harm_content_148411.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The web'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s earliest days were marked by optimism that the digital world would be an unfettered force for good. It would sweep away censorship and oppression, connect the planet, and empower anyone, anywhere, to be heard by the world. Over time, however, the web'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s darker...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Re-Democratize the Web]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/10/06/re-democratize_the_web_148289.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court announced this week that it will hear a pair of landmark cases that will determine the future of Section 230, weighing in on the Internet'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s foundational law for the first time since it created the web as we know it a quarter-century ago. Lawmakers on both sides...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Fact-Checkers Have Spoken: We Are Not in a Recession]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/08/08/the_fact-checkers_have_spoken_we_are_not_in_a_recession_148010.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, Facebook and its fact-checking partners began applying a warning label to some posts claiming that the American economy had entered a recession, deeming them false and warning that further such posts would result in sanctions. The ensuing backlash received widespread media...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Media and Public Appear To Be Moving On From Inflation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/08/02/media_and_public_appear_to_be_moving_on_from_inflation_147982.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, after long dismissing inflation as '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'temporary,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' the Biden administration finally acknowledged rising consumer costs, with Democrats blaming them on everything from price-gouging and the invasion of Ukraine to Republican hyperbole and even unrealistic public...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Would Eliminating Bots Really Fix Twitter?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/07/30/would_eliminating_bots_really_fix_twitter_147970.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, Elon Musk created shock waves with his unsolicited offer to purchase Twitter, arguing that the social media platform plays an existential role in promoting democracy and freedom across the world. Yet in subsequent months, he has attempted to scuttle the deal, claiming...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Abortion Activists Fume, Media and Public Move On]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/07/20/abortion_activists_fume_media_and_public_move_on_147918.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the Supreme Court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s overturning of Roe v. Wade, abortion rights activists have become increasingly vocal, protesting outside the White House and even chasing Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh out of a D.C. restaurant. The Biden administration chided protesters for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Still Dominates TV News, Media Moves On From Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/07/13/trump_still_dominates_tv_news_media_moves_on_from_biden_147880.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, Fox News'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' Howard Kurtz wrote about the media'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s cooling stance toward President Biden amid growing concerns that he could lose to Donald Trump if they both run again in 2024. Just four months away from the midterm elections, how much attention are both men receiving...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Did Trump and Facebook Lead to a Surge in Fact-Checking?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/06/28/did_trump_and_facebook_lead_to_a_surge_in_fact-checking_147812.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In November 2016, Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. The following month, Facebook launched a new partnership with news and fact-checking organizations to monitor and flag falsehoods on its platform. By June 2017, Facebook was paying several of those fact checkers...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No, Twitter Hasn&rsquo;t Changed Since Musk Bought It]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/05/17/no_twitter_hasnt_changed_since_musk_bought_it_147603.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the aftermath of Twitter'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s agreement to sell itself to Elon Musk, opinion polls and pundits lined up to predict a mass exodus of users fleeing Musk'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s proposed changes to the platform'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s content moderation. Media outlets uncritically reported large numbers of users...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reaction to Musk Offer Suggests Content Moderation More About Control Than Safety]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/04/26/reaction_to_musk_offer_suggests_content_moderation_more_about_control_than_safety_147518.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The reaction among the press and tech communities to Elon Musk'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s efforts to purchase Twitter has been nothing short of apocalyptic. A common theme has been that democracy itself would be under threat if unelected billionaire oligarchs controlled what was allowed online. Yet this is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Social Media Combat Misinformation and Still Grow?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/04/25/can_social_media_combat_misinformation_and_still_grow_147514.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As social media platforms increasingly emphasize content moderation, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'healthy conversations,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and combatting misinformation, the question of how such efforts will affect growth has been largely overlooked. If these changes significantly reduce or restrain growth, do they...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Just How Big Is Twitter?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/04/19/just_how_big_is_twitter_147485.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In justifying his proposed takeover of Twitter, Tesla CEO Elon Musk argued that the platform is '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'important to the function of democracy. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s important to the function of the United States as a free country and to freedom in the world.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' This lofty rhetoric begs a question:...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Musk Lead Twitter Back To Its Free Speech Roots?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/04/11/will_musk_lead_twitter_back_to_its_free_speech_roots_147455.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What might Elon Musk'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s new 9.2% stake in Twitter mean for its future and for the broader social media landscape? Could Musk lead Twitter to relax its content-moderation policies or even restore the accounts of those famously banned from the platform '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' one in particular?...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Biden Laptop Story and Why We Must Amend Section 230]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/03/28/the_biden_laptop_story_and_why_we_must_amend_section_230_147392.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, the New York Times finally acknowledged that the New York Post'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s October 2020 story about Hunter Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s laptop was real. When the story broke in the Post in the days leading up to the 2020 presidential election, it was widely dismissed as '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Russian...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Facebook, Hate Speech, and the Need for Transparency]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/03/17/facebook_hate_speech_and_the_need_for_transparency_147346.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, Reuters reported that Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta Platforms had quietly revised its global hate speech policy in a series of communications to its content moderators. Under longstanding policy, threats of violence and hate targeting specific nationalities have...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Platform Transparency Could Help Build Antitrust Cases]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/12/04/how_platform_transparency_could_help_build_antitrust_cases_146836.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is growing bipartisan concern over the power Silicon Valley'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s oligopolies wield over American society. Amazon alone controls 72% of U.S. adult book sales, Airbnb accounts for a fifth of domestic lodging expenditures and Facebook accounts for almost three-quarters of social...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Call to Amend Section 230 for Social Media Transparency]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/10/13/a_call_to_amend_section_230_for_social_media_transparency_146555.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Amid growing bipartisan agreement that increased regulation of social media platforms and their content moderation policies is needed, the path forward remains murky. Should Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act be discarded or strengthened? Should companies be broken up using...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Leaks Renew Concern Over Facebook's Fact-Checking Sway]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/09/17/leaks_renew_concern_over_facebooks_fact-checking_sway_146422.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This week the Wall Street Journal unveiled '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The Facebook Files'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' an investigative series based on leaked internal Facebook materials that offer an unvarnished look at how the social media giant sees its platform and its impact on society. A central theme of the reporting...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lincoln High School and the Latest Fact-Checking Pitfalls]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/02/02/lincoln_high_school_and_the_latest_fact-checking_pitfalls.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kalev Leetaru</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Internet fact-checkers have evolved from niche websites into the absolute arbitrators of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'truth'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' on the modern web, they have gone from debunking simple urban myths to tackling far more complex and nuanced topics. One area of particular concern is a growing focus on humor...]]></description>
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