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Social Platforms Tackle Wave of Spanish-Language Misinformation

November 6, 2020

Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan and Hannah Murphy, Financial Times

A deluge of misinformation is targeting Latinx populations in battleground states.

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The Spanish-Language Disinformation Dilemma

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