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BuzzFeed News
Quibbles & Bits: Here’s Why BuzzFeed News Is Calling QAnon A “Collective Delusion” From Now On
BuzzFeed News
3 min read · 107 saves · Sep 4th · QAnon is much bigger — and more dangerous — than other conspiracy theories.
WIRED
Facebook Groups Are Destroying America
WIRED
3 min read · 265 saves · Jun 17th · They're built for privacy and community—and that's just what makes them dangerous.
MIT Technology Review
We’re fighting fake news AI bots by using more AI. That’s a mistake.
MIT Technology Review
8 min read · 48 saves · Jan 8th · The myopic focus of tech leaders on AI-driven solutions to fake news is indicative of the arrogance that caused the problem in the first…
Farnam Street
The Illusory Truth Effect: Why We Believe Fake News, Conspiracy Theories and Propaganda
Farnam Street
~11 min read · 36 saves · Feb 3rd · When a “fact” tastes good and is repeated enough, we tend to believe it, no matter how false it may be. Understanding the illusory…
adn.com
The cognitive biases that make coronavirus seem scarier than it is
adn.com
4 min read · Feb 1st · When we worry too much - or too little - about something, we can actually introduce new threats.
Media Matters
TikTok is hosting videos spreading misinformation about the coronavirus, despite the platform's new anti-misinformation policy
Media Matters
1 min read · Jan 28th · Alex Kaplan · Social media platform TikTok is hosting multiple videos that spread misinformation and falsehoods about the coronavirus, despite a policy change concerning misinformation that the…
Slate
Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Did Not Touch Off a Nationwide Hysteria. Few Americans Listened. Even…
Slate
8 min read · From 2013 · Wednesday marks the 75th anniversary of Orson Welles’ electrifying War of the Worlds broadcast, in which the Mercury Theatre on the Air enacted a...
TechCrunch
ByteDance & TikTok have secretly built a Deepfakes maker
TechCrunch
6 min read · 77 saves · Jan 3rd · TikTok parent company ByteDance has teamed up with one of the most controversial apps to let you insert your face into videos starring someone…
Mark Manson
Why You Should Quit the News
Mark Manson
95 saves · Jan 20th · Mark Manson · Everyone kind of already knows that the news sucks. In all my life, I can’t think of anyone who seems to enjoy reading or…
forward.com
Economist Joseph Stiglitz goes analog to rebut Trump at Davos in real time
forward.com
1 min read · Jan 21st · Irene Connelly · Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz got his rebuttal to Trump’s Davos address into the hands of attendees with the help of his wife.
BBC News (World)
Deepfakes: A threat to democracy or a bit of fun?
BBC News (World)
3 min read · 20 saves · Jan 23rd · Deepfakes, or computer-generated images of people, can be dangerous for democracy, warn experts.
