English No dia 7 de janeiro, as redes sociais foram inundadas com reações ao anúncio de Mark Zuckerberg sobre mudanças radicais na Meta, especialmente com o fim do Programa de Verificação de Fatos nos Estados Unidos. A notícia repercutiu globalmente...
Português Meta’s Fact-Checking Shift: A Political Statement in the Post-Truth Era On January 7th, social media feeds were flooded with reactions to Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement of sweeping changes to Meta, most notably the end of its Fact-Checking Program in the...
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DISCUSSION PIECE Although I was born and raised in Mato Grosso do Sul, the Brazilian state which is home to the country’s second largest Indigenous reserve, it was only upon moving to the city of Dourados to pursue a degree...
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LINKS WE LIKE #41 “You’ll never change anything in this country through voting. Nothing. Absolutely nothing.” – Jair Bolsonaro On October 2nd, 2022, Brazilians headed to the polls to vote for a host of candidates running for multiple roles at...
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This discussion piece explores the ways in which "zero-rating" programs facilitate the spread of misinformation and also help to maintain unequal power dynamics between the Global South and the Global North....
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DISCUSSION PIECE Sobre el Día Internacional de la Mujer (8M) Alrededor del mundo el Día Internacional de la Mujer se conmemora cada 8 de Marzo (también referido como 8M) con el objetivo de crear conciencia y alentar la reflexión crítica...
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DISCUSSION PIECE Photo: Analise Benevides. Edition: Paola Caile. November 25 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, a date that serves as a global reminder of what it is now refered to as the “shadow pandemic”...
In partnership with the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and Cetic.br, Data-Pop Alliance ran a 3-day training workshop from September 27-29, 2017 on “Big Data for Measuring the Digital Economy” in São Paulo. Focused on Big...
