Brian Friedberg

A Blueprint for Documenting and Debunking Misinformation Campaigns

By Brian Friedberg, Emily Dreyfuss, Gabrielle Lim and Joan Donovan• Journalist’s Trade• October 20, 2020

In 2020, amid a pandemic and protests and a presidential election, misinformation lays in wait everywhere. It’s on our social media feeds, coming out of the mouths of our politicians, and printed in pamphlets mailed to our doors, intermingling indistinguishably … Read more

Three Ways To Counter Authoritarian Overreach During the Coronavirus Pandemic

By Brian Friedberg, Gabrielle Lim and Joan Donovan• Opinion• April 22, 2020

As the world grapples with the spread of Covid-19, we see a wide range of individual national responses to the pandemic. Different countries around the world are seeking to both control the spread of the virus and to also control … Read more

Vote and Die: Covering Voter Suppression during the Coronavirus Pandemic

By Brian Friedberg, Gabrielle Lim and Joan Donovan• Opinion• April 14, 2020

On April 7, 2020 a new slogan began circulating on Twitter during the Wisconsin Democratic primary: “Vote and Die.” The slogan is a play on “Vote or Die,” a 2004 American voter mobilization campaign, championed by rapper Sean “P. Diddy” … Read more

Trudeau’s Blackface: The Chilling Effects of Disinformation on Political Engagement

By Brian Friedberg, Joan Donovan, Jon Penney and Nicole Leaver• October 3, 2019

At Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center, the Technology and Social Change Research Project (TaSC) studies how networked social movements use social media to reframe, and often remix, the news. Memes, hashtags, and YouTube videos spring up … Read more

About Brian Friedberg

A Blueprint for Documenting and Debunking Misinformation Campaigns

Three Ways To Counter Authoritarian Overreach During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Vote and Die: Covering Voter Suppression during the Coronavirus Pandemic

Trudeau’s Blackface: The Chilling Effects of Disinformation on Political Engagement