Para a desinformação, todas as maçãs são podres
Jacob Turner escreve sobre o artigo “Challenging Post-Communication: Beyond Focus on a ‘Few Bad Apples’”, de Jim Macnamara (2021)
Disinformation Isn’t Just a Tech Problem. It’s a Social One, Too.
Mis- and disinformation are often viewed as a cause of society’s ills. But a new report from the Aspen Institute’s Commission on Information Disorder, which studied the global “crisis of trust and truth,” offers a different perspective on how to think about…
Artificial intelligence system could help counter the spread of disinformation
Disinformation campaigns are not new — think of wartime propaganda used to sway public opinion against an enemy. What is new, however, is the use of the internet and social media to spread these campaigns. The spread of disinformation via…
‘Belonging Is Stronger Than Facts’: The Age of Misinformation
There’s a decent chance you’ve had at least one of these rumors, all false, relayed to you as fact recently: that President Biden plans to force Americans to eat less meat; that Virginia is eliminating advanced math in schools to advance racial equality;…
To control online misinformation, we need real-world solutions
The big lie was planned well in advance. Before he became president in 2016, Donald Trump was saying that U.S. elections were rigged. In 2020, months before voting began, Trump said the only way he’d lose would be because of voter fraud.…
Fighting misinformation during a pandemic
Misinformation / Pandemic Fact-checking and verification were already crucial skills for journalists before the COVID-19 pandemic came along, thanks in part to the rise of Donald Trump and the alt-right’s weaponization of social media. But the coronavirus has made fact-checking and…
El problema de las fake news no se resolverá por sí solo
Problema / Fake News Este año, ciudadanos en cada rincón del mundo acudirán a las urnas para ejercer su voto, la máxima expresión de la democracia. Con más de 80 elecciones previstas para 2019, incluidas las megaelecciones de la India…
Google detalha em documento como combate desinformação em suas plataformas
Google / Desinformação No último final de semana, o Google apresentou em uma conferência de segurança em Munique, na Alemanha, um documento explicando como a empresa combate notícias falsas na sua plataforma de busca, no Google News e no YouTube. Apesar…
