Using AI to fight election misinformation works, WashU research finds
Artificial intelligence could help counter election misinformation at the same speed that false narratives spread, according to new research from WashU and Caltech.
The Future of Free Speech
In this episode, WashU’s Sandro Galea, dean of the Bursky School of Public Health, and Jacob Mchangama, a research professor at Vanderbilt University, explore the essential role freedom of speech plays in a democracy.
Jacob Mchangama
Strong reading skills may help teens resist misinformation
Students with stronger reading skills are better able to spot misinformation online — and that may be especially important for teenagers from disadvantaged backgrounds, according to a new study from the Brown School.
WashU research helped shape important step with Trump Accounts
Research from the WashU Brown School’s Center for Social Development helped lay the groundwork for a major change to the federal government’s new Trump Accounts program: automatic account creation for eligible children, which the administration announced Sept. 29.
Amazon’s smart glasses raise privacy concerns
Amazon’s introduction of smart glasses for its delivery drivers raises significant questions about privacy, workplace surveillance and the normalization of continuously recording technology, says WashU Law professor Neil Richards.
The Light Keepers
Black Women, History, and the Long Fight Against Empire
Jessica Marie Johnson, AB ’04, associate professor of history at Johns Hopkins University, showis that there is nothing finished or settled about how Black women understand time, trauma, and survival.
Book bans limit children’s understanding of themselves and the world
Book bans erase more than stories. They can erase histories and threaten students’ identities, says the Brown School’s Sheretta Butler-Barnes.
Series to explore practice of citizenship
Presented by the WashU John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics. “The Practice of Citizenship” series invites participants to think critically about what it means to be a citizen.
WashU research finds gaps in Google AI Overview citations, claims
With the advent of Google AI Overviews, Google has unprecedented editorial control over what users read and know, according to Jacob Montgomery, a WashU Arts & Sciences political scientist.
Advanced Introduction to Family Law in the U.S.
This book provides a critical examination of family law in the United States. It traces the evolution of the field from its origins in the law of domestic relations–in which gender, race, marriage, religion, and “nature” loomed large–to the more modern regime of family law, which claims to prioritize equality and autonomy.
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