disinformation
The European approach to online disinformation: geopolitical and regulatory dissonance
COVID-19 COVID-19 has maximized the circulation of disinformation (López-García et al. 2021). The need to obtain data and knowledge about the progress of the virus and how to combat it generated a big increase in interest and news consumption (Casero-Ripollés 2020). In this context, disinformation increased significantly. Between January and October 2022, the International Fact-Checking …
The disinformation about the disinformation – Hi, I’m Heather Burns
Digital Planet, the BBC World Service’s podcast about global technology and the internet, is a wonderful thing. It’s a weekly reminder that the world is a lot more than the global north, and a lot more than a handful of American companies. It’s also a stream of positive inspiration about the best of technology and …
Laurier’s Technology and Human Security Speaker Series kicks off with Oct. 19 lecture focusing on disinformation
BRANTFORD — Wilfrid Laurier University invites the community to the Technology and Human Security Speaker Series hosted by the Centre for Research on Security Practices (CRSP). The inaugural public lecture in the series takes place Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. Professor Martin Innes, director of the Crime and Security Research Institute and the Police Science …
Govt blocks 22 YouTube channels for spreading disinformation
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, on Tuesday, stated that it has blocked 22 YouTube channels, along with three Twitter accounts and one Facebook account for spreading disinformation related to India’s national security, foreign relations and public order. Among the 22 channels, 18 are Indian YouTube news channels and four are Pakistan-based YouTube news channels. …
Breaking the vicious cycle of misinformation
This article first appeared in the “4 Our Future” Newsletter. To sign up, click here — or use the sign up form at the bottom of this article. We do not live in a world of hate — but these days, it certainly feels that way. It’s impossible to go one day without seeing or …
Wall Street Journal: Russian disinformation campaign is working to undermine confidence Covid-19 vaccines used in the US
Citing conversations with US officials, the Journal said Russia is making use of online publications to wage the disinformation campaign, with one State Department official identifying four outlets that have “served as fronts” for the effort. Though the newspaper noted that the outlets’ readership is small, the sites “played up the vaccines’ risk of side …
Smartmatic files $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News, Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell over ‘disinformation campaign’
“We have no choice,” Antonio Mugica, the chief executive and founder of Smartmatic, told CNN Business in an interview about the company’s decision to file the lawsuit. “The disinformation campaign that was launched against us is an obliterating one. For us, this is existential, and we have to take action.” The lawsuit, filed in New …
Foreign Hacking In 2020 Election Averted; Domestic Disinformation Still A Threat : NPR
Foreign threats to the 2020 election looked a lot like Y2K: With high levels of alarm and preparation, the system held off foreign disinformation and cyberattacks. Hiroshi Watanabe/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Hiroshi Watanabe/Getty Images Foreign threats to the 2020 election looked a lot like Y2K: With high levels of alarm and preparation, the …
Facebook removes Russian disinformation network
“They’ve gotten better at hiding who they are, but their impact has gotten smaller and smaller,” Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s head of security policy, said of the foreign operations. Facebook said Tuesday it separately took down a disinformation network associated with a Washington-based public relations firm that Facebook said had spent millions of dollars to target …
The Technology 202: Twitter’s voice tweets raise concerns about disinformation and abuse that’s harder to police
with Tonya Riley Twitter just rolled out voice tweets, which allow users to add up to 140 seconds of audio. But hold your jokes about how this is just the new voicemail: Tech experts warn that the audio feature could be a new vector for harmful content that’s even harder to police than text. The …
