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Huo Jingnan is a reporter curious about how people navigate complex information landscapes and all the actors shaping that journey — people that produce and distribute content, people monitoring the content, and people affected by them.

Previously, she was an associate producer on NPR's Investigations team. She looked into flood-prone homes sold by the federal government, investigated why face mask guidelines differ between countries early in the COVID-19 outbreak, and helped gauge the federal government's role behind black lung disease's resurgence. The projects she was a part of have won awards including Edward Murrow Award, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Communications award, Silver Gavel Award, and have also been nominated for Emmy Awards and George Foster Peabody awards.

She can be reached via encrypted message at _J_H.07 on Signal.

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Tuesday

The logo of social network X, formerly Twitter, on a smartphone. A new feature of the site gives more information about where accounts are primarily based from.

The logo of social network X, formerly Twitter, on a smartphone. A new feature of the site gives more information about where accounts are primarily based from. Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Technology

X's new location feature sparks controversy, but is the data reliable?

The new location feature suggested that some influencer accounts are based thousands of miles away from the countries they weigh in on. But X has explained very little about the data and how it works.

A new X feature exposed some influencers as not being based where they claim

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Tuesday

Saturday

She posted about Charlie Kirk's death. Within eight hours, she was fired
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National

She posted about Charlie Kirk's death. Within eight hours, she was fired

Alexandra is among the people who lost their jobs for posting about the conservative influencer's death. She described the online mob that got her fired as "state-sponsored censorship."

KIRK TARGETS SPEAK UP

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Saturday

FBI personnel take a knee with demonstrators that were marching on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., on June 4, 2020, during a protest over the death of George Floyd.

FBI personnel take a knee with demonstrators that were marching on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., on June 4, 2020, during a protest over the death of George Floyd. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption

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National

FBI agents fired, including some shown kneeling during 2020 protests

Agents said the kneeling was an act of deescalation. The Bureau investigated them at the time and found no causes for discipline. The FBI Agents Association decries the lack of due process.

Tuesday

National

High-profile conservative figures lead calls for critics of Charlie Kirk to be fired

Vice President Vance and other high-profile political figures have called for people who speak negatively online about the assassination of Charlie Kirk to lose their jobs.

High-profile conservative figures lead calls for critics of Charlie Kirk to be fired

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Saturday

People embrace in front of a memorial for Charlie Kirk at the Turning Point USA headquarters on September 12, 2025 in Phoenix. Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed on Wednesday in Utah. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images)

People embrace in front of a memorial for Charlie Kirk at the Turning Point USA headquarters on September 12, 2025 in Phoenix. Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed on Wednesday in Utah. Eric Thayer/Getty Images hide caption

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Politics

People are losing jobs due to social media posts about Charlie Kirk

Some GOP officials want to clamp down on perceived expressions of schadenfreude about Charlie Kirk's death. Conservative activists are publicizing social media posts that are "celebrating" his death.

People are losing jobs due to social media posts about Charlie Kirk

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Thursday

A police officer walks out of a building at Utah Valley University as authorities investigate the fatal shooting of political activist Charlie Kirk. Conservative influencers have reacted with grief and anger to Kirk's killing.

A police officer walks out of a building at Utah Valley University as authorities investigate the fatal shooting of political activist Charlie Kirk. Conservative influencers have reacted with grief and anger to Kirk's killing. Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images North America hide caption

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Politics

Charlie Kirk's assassination sparks grief and rage online

Some conservative influencers mourned Kirk's loss, even as others quickly blamed the left.

Wednesday

How calls for mass deportations went mainstream

Code Switch

How calls for mass deportations went mainstream

Calls to ban “third world immigration” in favor of “remigration” -- or, mass deportation -- went from fringe ideas in far right circles to ones pedaled by mainstream conservatives. Now, those ideas are mirrored in government policy. On this week's Code Switch, we track how these ideas got their start among white nationalists and neo-Nazis in the U.S. and Europe and found their way into the language of popular right-wing influencers and Trump administration advisers. Note: This episode makes references to Charlie Kirk, and it was reported and recorded before he was shot in Utah.

How calls for mass deportations went mainstream

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Wednesday

A person holds a telephone displaying the logo of Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI and its chatbot, Grok.

A person holds a telephone displaying the logo of Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI and its chatbot, Grok. Vincent Feuray/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Technology

Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, started calling itself 'MechaHitler'

On Sunday, the chatbot was updated to "not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect, as long as they are well substantiated." By Tuesday, it was praising Hitler.

Thursday

An AI-generated image of a fighter plane shot down in the desert with dozens of people walking toward the front of the plane.

An AI-generated image of a fighter plane shot down in Iran that was published on a parody account on X. Users repeatedly asked the platform's AI chatbot, Grok, if the image was real. @hehe_samir/Annotation by NPR hide caption

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Technology

As Iran and Israel fought, people turned to AI for facts. They didn't find many

AI-generated videos of fighting between Iran and Israel went viral, and people asked chatbots if they were real. "What we're seeing is AI mediating the experience of warfare," said one researcher.

As Iran and Israel fought, people turned to AI for facts. They didn’t find many

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Wednesday

Tuesday

Europe

European CPACs show the growing unity of the global far-right

Members of the Trump administration mingled with far-right leaders from around the world at two Conservative Political Action conferences in Europe last week.

European CPACs show the growing unity of the global far-right

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Thursday

Influencer Mario Nawfal, right, interviewing Belarussian president Aleksandr Lukashenko earlier this year. Lukashenko repeated Russian talking points in the interview about Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Technology

How Elon Musk's favorite news influencer is capitalizing on his clout

The Australian crypto entrepreneur now hosts chats with world leaders. "If [he] is sharing a story, there's a good chance that U.S. policymakers are reading it — and acting on it," said one analyst.

Musk's favorite account

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Wednesday

An illustration showing a person looking at themselves in a computer browser window as their reflection is becoming increasingly pixelated.

Across the federal government, agencies have been busy scrubbing photographic and written references about women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ+ community from their websites. Tara Anand for NPR hide caption

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Politics

Here are all the ways people are disappearing from government websites

Executive orders from President Trump have agencies across the government scrubbing websites of photos and references to transgender people, women and people of color.

Erasing Government Websites

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Monday

The seal of the Department of Veterans Affairs is seen outside the agency's building in Washington, D.C. The VA says it will no longer offer medical treatment for gender dysphoria to veterans.

The seal of the Department of Veterans Affairs is seen outside the agency's building in Washington, D.C. The VA says it will no longer offer medical treatment for gender dysphoria to veterans. Charles Dharapak/AP hide caption

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The VA will deny gender dysphoria treatment to new patients

While the VA never offered gender-affirming surgery, it did offer treatments like hormone therapy. The agency says less than than 0.1% of the 9 million veterans it provides care for identify as trans.

Friday

Friday

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a document as she reads off line items of government spending during a news conference Wednesday in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a document as she reads off line items of government spending during a news conference Wednesday in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption

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Media

How conspiracy theories about Politico led Trump to cancel subscriptions

Less than 24 hours after misleading claims started circulating that tied Politico to USAID, the White House vowed to end subscriptions for the insider news outlet's services and others.

Friday

In this photo, President Trump appears on large screens while giving an address via video conference. In a large room, attendees of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting sit in rows of chairs, watching the screens, and five people sit on a stage.

President Trump appears on a large screen during his address by video conference at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 23. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Politics

A White House order claims to end 'censorship.' What does that mean?

The order bars the government from "any conduct that would unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen" and orders an investigation into the Biden administration's actions.

What’s behind a White House order ending ‘federal censorship’

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Friday

Is fact-checking "censorship?" Why Meta's changes are a win for conservatives.

Meta & "censorship" on its platforms David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Yasin Baturhan Ergin/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption

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It's Been a Minute

Is fact-checking "censorship?" Why Meta's changes are a win for conservatives.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta will end their third-party fact checking program, loosen their hate speech restrictions, and move some of the company to Texas. What's all of that signal about what we will see on social platforms in the coming months and years?

Is fact-checking "censorship?" Why Meta's changes are a win for conservatives.

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Thursday

An aerial view of beachfront homes that burned in the Palisades Fire in Malibu, Calif. on Jan. 15, 2025. Pro-Kremlin social media accounts have spread baseless claims that Ukrainian military officials owned mansions that were destroyed in the fires that swept the Los Angeles region.

An aerial view of beachfront homes that burned in the Palisades Fire in Malibu, Calif. on Jan. 15, 2025. Pro-Kremlin social media accounts have spread baseless claims that Ukrainian military officials owned mansions that were destroyed in the fires that swept the Los Angeles region. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption

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California Wildfires

How Russia used the Los Angeles fires to spread anti-Ukraine propaganda

Pro-Kremlin social media accounts and outlets have been spreading a baseless narrative that mansions belonging to Ukrainian officials burned down in Los Angeles.

RUSSIA STORY LA FIRE EDITION 

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Friday

Meta's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. in a 2022 file photo. The Facebook parent company announced this week that it will end its work with fact-checkers in the U.S. and change its speech rules after years of criticism from Republicans.

Meta's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. in a 2022 file photo. The Facebook parent company announced this week that it will end its work with fact-checkers in the U.S. and change its speech rules after years of criticism from Republicans. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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Untangling Disinformation

Meta built a global fact-checking operation. Will it survive?

The company's policy reversal comes as the U.S. is diverging sharply from other countries over regulating social media.

How will Meta's decision to end fact-checking affect the profession around the world?

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Tuesday

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifying during the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in January 2024. Zuckerberg announced on Jan. 7, 2025 that the company would no longer work with third-party fact checking organizations.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifying during the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in January 2024. Zuckerberg announced on Jan. 7, 2025 that the company would no longer work with third-party fact checking organizations. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Untangling Disinformation

Meta says it will end fact-checking as Silicon Valley prepares for Trump

CEO Mark Zuckerberg called the company's previous content moderation policies "censorship," repeating talking points from President-elect Donald Trump and his allies.

Meta ends fact-checks

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Thursday

Media

Influencers are now a source of news for many Americans

Social media influencers have become a source of news for a significant number of Americans, especially when it comes to politics. But many don't find facts to back up their content.

Influencers are now a source of news for many Americans

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