Here we introduce StraightLines, a proof-of-concept tool developed by AOI’s Lucid Lens team, that automatically rewrites news headlines to reflect the content of articles in a more accurate, less sensational way.

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In our accelerator program, we will guide you for 5 months to turn your idea into reality.

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Newsgradient highlights the differences in media coverage of important events. It enables users to easily follow the daily news and observe it on the political spectrum. The media are arranged on the left-right axis and classified according to their bias and credibility.

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News site that ranks news organizations with its algorithm's partisanship score, and allows users to filter sources accordingly

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See both sides of important issues— in 5 minutes a day.

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We cut out noise and bring perspective to the news through AI

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In the age of social media, many of us ambiently consume news by reading headlines and descriptions that appear in our news feeds.

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Enter your location and learn about the most popular song in your area, plus those nearby. By The Pudding.

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your platform for political dialogue

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Where is there room for common ground on Twitter? This tool tracks hashtags that are used by both Democrats and Republicans on Twitter and also describes the similarity in the tone of tweets across parties.

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What do your tweets make other people think about your political views? If you are an American Twitter user, log-in to our app below to see how how our model scores your tweets on a continuum from "very liberal" to "very conservative."

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Our research suggests that stepping outside your echo chamber can make you more polarized not less. One of the reasons why this happens is that we become captivated by extremists on the other side who overshadow more moderate voices. The bots below retweet messages 12 by moderates each day who our research indicates resonates with members of the other party. We also screen out messages that score high on toxicity/incivility.

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The Polarization Lab at Duke brings together scholars from the social sciences, statistics, and computer science to study how to bridge America’s partisan divide.

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This seminar by Jonathan Piron tackles the issues raised by digital technologies for political institutions, politics and policies, and more broadly for the evolution of what we call “democracy“.

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The hottest news topics, the most credible stories - across the political spectrum.

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Step into someone else's Twitter feed

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• Graveyard

Filter bubble popper tool, killed by Facebook

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• Graveyard

DISTRIBUTED DIALING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO REACH BEYOND THEIR BASE

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Empowering citizens democratically with Artificial Intelligence

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Read about how the other side thinks. We have collected political writing from around the web and across ideologies.

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Balanced News from the Left, Center and Right

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My Country Talks matches political opposites for 1:1 conversations

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a project to improve the transparency behind Facebook’s algorithms

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We are a community of robots and people crossing divides on social media.

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A place to post an opinion you accept may be flawed, in an effort to understand other perspectives on the issue. Enter with a mindset for conversation, not debate.

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Confronting opposite opinions to fight filter bubbles

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Omegle meets politics. Listenr connects people with opposing political views anonymously through existing messengers (currently FB messenger).

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Break your echo chamber

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We transform conflict in the digital age

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See what's happening in Right Wing media from the safety of your inbox.

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See Liberal Facebook and Conservative Facebook, Side by Side. Last update 2019

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A new feature on some of our most widely shared articles.

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