MIT Technology Review
Why Generation Z falls for online misinformation
1 min read · Jul 7th · We can all learn from how today’s young people evaluate truth online.
RTVE
Arxiu TVE Catalunya
1 min read · Apr 6th · Arxiu TVE Catalunya - Camaleó - La mort. Teatre a l'Arxiu online, completo y gratis en RTVE.es A la Carta. Todos los programas de Teatre a l'Arxiu online en RTVE.es A la Carta
BBC Future
How your eyes trick your mind
6 min read · From 2015 · Look closer at optical illusions, says Melissa Hogenboom, and they can reveal how you truly perceive reality.
MIT Technology Review
How to avoid sharing bad information about the election
5 min read · 2020-11-02 · Rules to guide you through a turbulent election week.
BuzzFeed News
Quibbles & Bits: Here’s Why BuzzFeed News Is Calling QAnon A “Collective Delusion” From Now On
4 min read · 2020-09-04 · QAnon is much bigger — and more dangerous — than other conspiracy theories.
WIRED
Facebook Groups Are Destroying America
3 min read · 2020-06-17 · 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.
9 min read · 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
~11 min read · 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
4 min read · 2020-03-04 · 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
2 min read · 2020-01-28 · 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 Fewer Panicked.
9 min read · From 2019 · 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
7 min read · 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…
Mark Manson
Why You Should Quit the News
2020-01-20 · 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
2 min read · 2020-01-25 · 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?
4 min read · 2020-01-23 · Deepfakes, or computer-generated images of people, can be dangerous for democracy, warn experts.
