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Decoder Newsletter: Facebook’s Civil Rights Failures
Hamsini Sridharan | July 09, 2020
The Decoder newsletter tracks the most important news, research, and analysis of deceptive digital politics.
A New Graphic Novel to Help Fix Our Broken Democracy
Daniel Newman | July 08, 2020
Unrig is a new, nonfiction graphic novel that outlines key problems in our democracy along with proven solutions and stories of activists working to effect change
Facebook Must Stop Dodging Responsibility for Its Role in Destabilizing Democracy
Hamsini Sridharan | June 29, 2020
Incremental policy changes and voter information campaigns are not enough to address problems rooted in Facebook’s platform design and business strategy. Facebook needs to do more—and lawmakers must be ready to hold it to account. 
What You can Do About Disinformation
Ann M. Ravel and Margaret Sessa-Hawkins |
In the midst of protests and a pandemic, and with an upcoming presidential election, misinformation on social media has exploded. Here's what you can do to stop the spread of false and manipulative information.
Decoder Newsletter: Platforms, Presidents, and Protests
Hamsini Sridharan |
The Decoder newsletter tracks the most important news, research, and analysis of deceptive digital politics.
MapLight Responds to Biden’s Demands for Accountability from Facebook 
Alec Saslow |
Facebook has utterly failed to create a healthy ecosystem for political debate online and instead chosen to erode our democracy by allowing the rampant spread of misinformation and outright lies by politicians.
MapLight Responds to Police Brutality and Protests for Justice
Alec Saslow |
Systemic racism and the brutal killings of Black Americans at the hands of police not only bring unbearable pain and suffering to families and communities, they also destroy public faith in our systems of governance and accountability.