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Social Media Criticism

The risks to journalism and public institutional trust from social media criticism.

Fact-Checks

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Jan 11, 2026

Have we lost our news?

Traditional news institutions are undeniably smaller, weaker and less trusted than a generation ago: newspapers have lost large shares of ad revenue and circulation, many local outlets have closed, an...

Jan 11, 2026

this website is harmful to public discourse

A blanket claim that “this website is harmful to public discourse” cannot be upheld or rejected without site-specific evidence, but scholarly reporting identifies clear mechanisms by which online plat...