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YouTube’s recommendations send violent and graphic gun videos to 9-year-olds, study finds
By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press
Tue,05/16/23-2:00PM , 84 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — When researchers at a nonprofit that studies social media wanted to understand the connection between YouTube videos and gun violence, they set up accounts on the platform that mimicked the behavior of typical boys living in the U.S.
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People light candles on Jan. 26, 2023, next to a memorial site for a church sacristan who was killed on Jan. 25 in Algeciras, southern Spain. Far-right groups have used Twitter to spread hate directed at Muslims and Immigrants. Many of them reference the Reconquista, the period in the Middle Ages that saw Christians retake vast parts of the Iberian peninsula from its Muslim leaders. The term has also been used by the Vox Party, a far-right party that has been praised by ex-U.S. President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Toro)

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Anti-Muslim Twitter feed in Spain: 'A recipe for disaster'
By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press
Thu,05/04/23-11:08PM , 92 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The person who operates the Twitter account claims to be an Islamic fundamentalist living in Spain, empathizing with violent extremists and longing for the days, more than six centuries ago, when Muslims ruled the country.
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President Donald Trump stands in front of microphones as he speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, before boarding Marine One. Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults say the news media is increasing political polarization in this country, and just under half say they have little to no trust in the media's ability to report the news fairly and accurately, according to a new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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Americans fault news media for dividing nation: AP-NORC poll
By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press
Sun,04/30/23-11:03PM , 75 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to the news media and the impact it's having on democracy and political polarization in the United States, Americans are likelier to say it's doing more harm than good.
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A Twitter logo hangs outside the company's offices in San Francisco, on Dec. 19, 2022. Russia, China and Iran are exploiting recent changes at Twitter to spread disinformation faster and farther. Under new owner Elon Musk, Twitter recently ended its policy of labeling foreign propaganda agencies like RT or Sputnik. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

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Twitter changes stoke Russian, Chinese propaganda surge
By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press
Mon,04/24/23-2:04PM , 90 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter accounts operated by authoritarian governments in Russia, China and Iran are benefiting from recent changes at the social media company, researchers said Monday, making it easier for them to attract new followers and broadcast propaganda and disinformation to a larger audience.
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