Shannon Bond Shannon Bond is a correspondent at NPR, covering how misleading narratives and false claims circulate online and offline, and their impact on society and democracy.
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Friday

Black Lives Matter protesters display wristbands reading "I Voted" after leaving a polling place this month in Louisville, Ky. Activists warn Black and Latino voters are being flooded with disinformation intended to suppress turnout in the election's final days. Jon Cherry/Getty Images hide caption

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Black And Latino Voters Flooded With Disinformation In Election's Final Days

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Thursday

Black And Latino Voters Flooded With Disinformation In Final Days Before Election

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U.S. federal agencies sent an alert Wednesday night that there is "credible information of an increased and imminent cybercrime threat" to hospitals and healthcare providers. Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies remotely during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday about reforms to Section 230, a key legal shield for tech companies. Greg Nash/Pool/Getty Images hide caption

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Days Before Election, Tech CEOs Defend Themselves From GOP Accusations Of Censorship

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Tuesday

Facebook Stops New Political Ads To Try To Limit Misinformation

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Thursday

Uber and Lyft have been fighting a California labor law that would require them to treat drivers as employees rather than independent contractors. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

The Justice Department alleges Google has an illegal monopoly in search, setting up the biggest confrontation with a tech giant in more than 20 years. Don Ryan/AP hide caption

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Google Lawsuit Marks End Of Washington's Love Affair With Big Tech

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Tuesday

The U.S. Justice Department is suing Google, accusing the tech giant of breaking antitrust laws as it has amassed power and grown into the world's most dominant search engine. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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Google Abuses Its Monopoly Power Over Search, Justice Department Says In Lawsuit

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Thursday

Twitter And Facebook Limit Access To A 'New York Post' Story On Biden's Son

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Wednesday

Twitter and Facebook said their decisions to limit sharing of a New York Post article were meant to slow the spread of potentially false information. Denis Charlet/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

Anti-vaccine activists protested at the Massachusetts State House in August against Governor Charlie Baker's mandate that all students enrolled in child care, pre-school, K-12, and post-secondary institutions must receive the flu vaccine this year. Scott Eisen/Getty Images hide caption

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Monday

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says his thinking has "evolved" on how to balance free speech and the harms of Holocaust denial. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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Facebook Bans Holocaust Denial, Reversing Earlier Policy

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Friday

A screenshot of Facebook post about how President Trump came down with COVID-19 that was labeled "false information." At the bottom there is a link to a news article that fact-checks the false information in the social media post. Screenshot via Avaaz hide caption

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