https://civic.mit.edu Creating Technology for Social Change Fri, 05 Jun 2020 18:59:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.2 https://civic.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2018/03/cropped-CivicMedia_Symbol_K_RGB-32x32.png https://civic.mit.edu 32 32 https://civic.mit.edu/2020/06/05/a-moment-of-change-challenges-and-opportunities-when-covering-hate-speech-and-mis-disinformation/ Fri, 05 Jun 2020 18:59:28 +0000 https://civic.mit.edu/?p=2927 By Aashka Dave, Claudia Chen, and Ethan Zuckerman Since the 2016 U.S. presidential election, news coverage of hate speech and mis/disinformation has skyrocketed. What was once a sleepy beat led by freelancers and activists has become a central topic of coverage for almost every news organization. As the news cycle is transformed by coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and coverage of the 2020 presidential election ramps up, this beat is again at a critical juncture. […]]]>