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MIT Technology Review
How to avoid sharing bad information about the election
MIT Technology Review
4 min read · 17 saves · 2020-11-02 · Rules to guide you through a turbulent election week.
In Media
BuzzFeed News
Quibbles & Bits: Here’s Why BuzzFeed News Is Calling QAnon A “Collective Delusion” From Now On
BuzzFeed News
3 min read · 113 saves · 2020-09-04 · QAnon is much bigger — and more dangerous — than other conspiracy theories.
In Facebook
WIRED
Facebook Groups Are Destroying America
WIRED
3 min read · 269 saves · 2020-06-17 · They're built for privacy and community—and that's just what makes them dangerous.
In Media
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 · 2020-01-08 · 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 place.
Farnam Street
The Illusory Truth Effect: Why We Believe Fake News, Conspiracy Theories and Propaganda
Farnam Street
~11 min read · 38 saves · 2020-02-03 · When a “fact” tastes good and is repeated enough, we tend to believe it, no matter how false it may be. Understanding the illusory truth effect can keep us from being bamboozled.
adn.com
The cognitive biases that make coronavirus seem scarier than it is
adn.com
4 min read · 2020-02-01 · 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 · 2020-01-28 · 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 platform announced…
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...
In Tiktok
TechCrunch
ByteDance & TikTok have secretly built a Deepfakes maker
TechCrunch
6 min read · 77 saves · 2020-01-03 · TikTok parent company ByteDance has teamed up with one of the most controversial apps to let you insert your face into videos starring someone else. TechCrunch has learned that ByteDance has developed…
In Media
Mark Manson
Why You Should Quit the News
Mark Manson
95 saves · 2020-01-20 · 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 watching the news every day. It’s a kind of bitter responsibility or endured…
forward.com
Economist Joseph Stiglitz goes analog to rebut Trump at Davos in real time
forward.com
1 min read · 2020-01-21 · 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.
