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Social media, elections and fake news: India edition

by Tracey Samuelson

Apr 5, 2019

As national elections approach, voters are being targeted with fake news on WhatsApp.

An Indian newspaper vendor reads a newspaper with a full back page advertisement from WhatsApp intended to counter fake information in New Delhi on July 10, 2018.

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The Greenwash Brigade

What does climate change denial look like? A pig in a tux.

by Jim Nicolow

Mar 18, 2009

Though their mission ironically embraces "sustainable development," the Commercial Real Estate Development Association (NAIOP) is trying to...