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Mar 3, 2021

Far-right news sources on Facebook more engaging

Unlike other news across the political spectrum, no…

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May 12, 2021

The political ads Facebook won’t show you

The 2020 elections may be over, but undisclosed content…

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Aug 4, 2021

Researchers, NYU, Knight Institute Condemn Facebook’s Effort to Squelch Independent Research about Misinformation

Say Facebook is moving to silence independent research into Facebook’s practices regarding…

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Jul 13, 2022

YouTube channels with conspiracy content are fertile ground for predatory advertisers

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Oct 1, 2021

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Testimony of Laura Edelson, NYU Cybersecurity for Democracy

Before the Subcommittee on Investigations…

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Sep 14, 2021

Understanding Engagement with (Mis)Information News Sources on Facebook

Posts from misinformation news…

Laura Edelson in Cybersecurity for Democracy

Mar 26, 2021

When social trust is the attack

How bad actors exploited social media algorithms to erode users’…

Austin Botelho in Cybersecurity for Democracy

Feb 7, 2023

Lab notebook: improving topic modeling for digital political ads

C4D is building better ways to…

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Dec 9, 2021

Researchers’ audit reveals flaws in Facebook’s identification of political ads

Where the platform…

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Jun 17, 2021

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Our theory of change for reducing online harms

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Cybersecurity for Democracy (cybersecurityfordemocracy.org) is a research-based effort to expose online threats to our social fabric — and recommend how to counter them. We are part of the Center for Cybersecurity at NYU.

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