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Click here to read the article. In this podcast from the Center for Humane Technology, Fadi Quran, campaign director of Avaaz, discusses how the voices of survivors of bullying on social media are being brought to Silicon Valley, so that tech companies can hear first hand the consequences of algorithmic abuse. Read more... [Quotation] https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/20-the-bullys-pulpit

Click here to read the article. The role of social media in spreading both misinformation and disinformation is a focus of ongoing research to understand how it can impact the COVID-19 response. Read more... [Quotation] https://www.devex.com/news/targeting-false-information-on-covid-19-what-the-funding-data-shows-97536

Click here to read the article. For the first time, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has included climate change in its annual report laying out what events cause refugees to flee. Read more... [Quotation] https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/06/the-un-is-sounding-the-alarm-on-climate-refugees/

Click here to read the article. A potential outbreak of COVID-19 in Tuvalu is being fended off by the national government, with measures including closure of borders, enhancing the capacity of the health system and voluntary population relocation. Read more... [Quotation] https://environmentalmigration.iom.int/blogs/reducing-covid-19-risk-through-population-relocation-and-closed-borders-effects-pandemic

Click here to read the article. Ramesh Thakur, Senior Research Fellow at the Toda Peace Institute, examines the responses by institutions of international governance to the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more... [Quotation] https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/05/03/commentary/world-commentary/scapegoating-the-who-as-the-cho/#.XrEW0hMzb-Z