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The New Propaganda

Once a cottage industry, influence efforts have become an interconnected economy of persuasion, puffery, and downright lies. What are the new weapons in the propaganda arsenal? How is data being used to target individuals and populations? Who’s responsible for misleading us? And do any of these campaigns actually work?

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BULLDOZED
The Covid-19 pandemic is casting Tanzania’s Magufuli in the worst light, in an election year
Quartz Africa • May 14, 2020
BLAME GAME
Falling for China’s fake Covid-19 news was a dangerous and preventable mistake
Quartz • April 30, 2020
FIGHTING WORDS
Democrats and Republicans use vastly different language to discuss Covid-19
Quartz • April 27, 2020
DIGITAL DNA
Political campaigns use personal data to decode voters’ opinions
Quartz • April 23, 2020
GO FORTH AND PROPAGARE
A brief and Catholic history of one of the 21st century’s favorite words: propaganda
Quartz • April 17, 2020
THE CANDYMAN
California medspa doctor charged with fraud after claiming hydroxychloroquine “cures” Covid-19
Quartz • April 16, 2020
THE FALSEST FLAG
New evidence emerges linking Civil War reenactor to fake Antifa threats
Quartz • April 16, 2020