NetMission Digest – Issue #7: Big Voting Year (Monday, January 29, 2024)

Welcome to the seventh issue of NetMission’s news and policy digest, where we transform recent tech news and policy into a bite-size reader for you. For those who celebrate the Lunar New Year or adhere to Chinese astrology, 2024 marks the year of the dragon. Yet, for the broader population, this year stands out as […]

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Impact of Fake News on TikTok – Pavithra Madushanka

To begin with, TikTok is presently the most downloaded app in the world and attracts daily views of more than one billion unique videos. Experts concur that its distinctive algorithm is the secret to its success. You are questioned about your hobbies and the kinds of things you would like to see when you sign […]

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Memes And Misinformation: Understanding How Memes on Social Media Contribute to the Spread of Fake News – Ananya Mallick

Memes have become so popular on social media that they are now considered another source of information. People take memes seriously and start sharing them on their timelines without any fact-checking. Sometimes users create and share memes on social media without any bad intention but that can lead to an undesirable situation.  But often users […]

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NetMission Insight: Struggling on Fake News During the Mass Protest in Myanmar

Written by Phyo Thiri Lwin Myanmar is one of the countries where millions of social media users exist like all the other countries. As a result, the growing hate speech over the political points of view has increased due to the low rate of media and information literacy. Before the military coup happened, the inner […]

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Summary of Training III: Human Rights Online

Training III: Human Rights Online took place on January 23, 2020. Working group #1 was responsible for preparing a presentation on the topic. The case studies presented by the working group focused on misinformation and disinformation and human rights online. The first case study revolved around the Hong Kong protest. The case study pointed at […]

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