Amelia Johns

Aug 20, 2024 | allafrica.com | Amelia Johns |Francesco Bailo |Marian-Andrei Rizoiu

For more than a decade, researchers and journalists have relied on a digital tool called CrowdTangle to track and fight the spread of viral falsehoods online. But earlier this week, the owner of CrowdTangle, Meta, shut the tool down. The tech giant has replaced it with its new Content Library, which it says will serve the same purpose and be "more user friendly". As long-time users of CrowdTangle to track and analyse online misinformation campaigns, we are sceptical of this claim.

Aug 20, 2024 | theafricanmirror.africa | Amelia Johns |Francesco Bailo |Marian-Andrei Rizoiu

FOR more than a decade, researchers and journalists have relied on a digital tool called CrowdTangle to track and fight the spread of viral falsehoods online. But earlier this week, the owner of CrowdTangle, Meta, shut the tool down. The tech giant has replaced it with its new Content Library, which it says will serve the same purpose and be “more user friendly”. As long-time users of CrowdTangle to track and analyse online misinformation campaigns, we are sceptical of this claim.

Aug 15, 2024 | theconversation.com | Amelia Johns |Francesco Bailo |Marian-Andrei Rizoiu

For more than a decade, researchers and journalists have relied on a digital tool called CrowdTangle to track and fight the spread of viral falsehoods online. But earlier this week, the owner of CrowdTangle, Meta, shut the tool down. The tech giant has replaced it with its new Content Library, which it says will serve the same purpose and be “more user friendly”. As long-time users of CrowdTangle to track and analyse online misinformation campaigns, we are sceptical of this claim.

Jun 23, 2024 | theconversation.com | Amelia Johns

There is currently a bipartisan push from state and federal governments to introduce laws in Australia banning young people under 16 from accessing social media platforms. Politicians are citing fears that minors are exposed to harmful or inappropriate content online. The proposed reform has been accompanied by federal government plans to pilot “age assurance” technologies. Proposed tools for age verification range from uploading ID documents to the use of biometric face-scanning technologies.

Mar 24, 2024 | sooperarticles.com | Amelia Johns

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