China’s ruling Communist Party has opened a new front in its long, ambitious war to shape global public opinion: Western social media. Liu Xiaoming, who recently stepped down as China’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, is one...
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Just days after Roy Williams’ retirement, UNC hired longtime assistant Hubert Davis to...
Read MoreThe U.S. will ban the downloads of the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat on Sunday, with a total ban on the use of the latter, citing national security and data privacy concerns. A total ban on the use of TikTok will follow on Nov....
Read MoreBeginning Thursday, U.S. Facebook users who post about voting may start seeing an addendum to their messages — labels directing readers to authoritative information about the upcoming presidential election. It’s the social...
Read MorePresident Donald Trump escalated his war on Twitter and other social media companies Thursday, signing an executive order challenging the lawsuit protections that have served as a bedrock for unfettered speech on the internet....
Read MorePresident Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened social media companies with new regulation or even shuttering a day after Twitter added fact checks to two of his tweets. The president can’t unilaterally regulate or close the...
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With schools dismissed, stay-at-home orders enacted and isolation as the norm, many young people...
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It’s almost 2020. That’s insane to me — to believe that it’s even a real year. So much has...
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UNC announced its plans for a new research center on Monday that will study the ways technology is...
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