Misinformation, Social Media, and the Price of Political Persuasion: Examining Twitter’s Decision to Ban Purchased Political Advertisements [PDF]
Greta Thunberg and Her Harsh Critics: The Ethics of Criticizing Children in the Public Sphere [PDF]
How Vigilant Should Cable News Be About Political Messages? CNN’s Rejection of Trump’s Political Advertisements [PDF]
Secret Facebook Groups and the Ethics of Democracy: Are Secret Facebook Groups Good for Democracy? [PDF]
Politics in the Age of Digital Information Overload: Facebook’s Policy to Allow Misleading Political Ads [PDF]
Campaigning for Your Enemies: Deceptive Motives in Political Advertising [PDF]
The Ethics of Anonymous Criticism in Political Journalism: The New York Times and the Unknown Trump Official [PDF]
Ethics and the Tweeter in Chief: The Ethics of the Presidential Communication [PDF]
No Comment: Online Comment Sections and Democratic Discourse [PDF]
More cases coming soon!
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