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Meet ‘misinfosec’: Fighting fake news like it’s malware

The Parallax

But he found a compelling reason to dive into the fraught world of online journalism: He wanted to stop fake news. The study concluded that “computational propaganda” campaigns, which use “automation, algorithms, and big-data analytics” to manipulate public opinion, occurred in 48 countries in 2018, up from 28 the year before.

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