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Andrew Selepak Comments on the Elimination of Fact-Checking on Facebook

Tuesday January 14, 2025

Andrew Selepak, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology associate instructional professor, was quoted in “Meta Ditches Fact-Checkers for Community Policing, Lifts Ban on Political Speech” …

Spreading Misinformation with Careless Sharing

Friday January 10, 2025

The internet has become a minefield of misinformation, which has only become murkier as more and more people are sharing articles without even reading them. New research shows that about 75% of the news links shared on Facebook are reposted without users ever reading the content.

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Engagement of Russian Disinformation Ads on Facebook

Monday March 6, 2023

A team of UF scholars sought to examine what makes disinformation ads on social media appealing to users. The study looked at Facebook ads created by Russia’s Internet Research Agency in its Active Measures disinformation campaign targeting the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

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Cleaning Up Social Media: The Effect of Warning Labels on Likelihood of Sharing False News on Facebook

Tuesday August 27, 2019

It has become increasingly difficult to decipher fact from fiction on social media sites. As a result, warning labels are appearing online in the hopes of curbing the dissemination of less-than-credible news reports.

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Andrew Selepak Comments on Facebook Regulation and What Not to Include in Resumes

Friday April 20, 2018

Andrew Selepak, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications director of the online Master’s program in social media, was quoted in  “Facebook Will be Regulated…But Likely Not by Congress,” published in Kiplinger on April 13 The …

Frank LoMonte Comments on Facebook and the Communications Decency Act

Friday April 20, 2018

Frank LoMonte, director of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, is the author of “The Law That Made Facebook What It Is Today,” published in The Conversation on April 11. In the …
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Andrew Selepak Comments on How Facebook Posts Could Provide Access for Hackers

Friday November 3, 2017

Andrew Selepak, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications director of the online Master’s program with a specialization in social media, was quoted in “What the Tech? Avoiding Facebook Scams” broadcast on Chattanooga, Tenn. NBC …
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Clay Calvert Comments on Facebook Censorship and the First Amendment

Tuesday July 25, 2017

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project Director Clay Calvert is quoted in “ACLU Calls on LePage to Stop Censoring Posts to His Facebook Page” published in the Portland Press Herald on July …

Clay Calvert comments on Facebook’s ‘Liberal Bias’ Controversy

Wednesday May 25, 2016

A commentary by Clay Calvert, UF College of Journalism and Communications Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication and Director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, was published in the May 24, 2016 edition of fortune.com. “Here’s …