MIT Technology Review
We’re fighting fake news AI bots by using more AI. That’s a mistake.
9 min · · 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. · Shared by 48, including Bob E. Hayes, Mark Tabladillo PhD, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Mark Kaigwa, Vikram Dutt, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Jochen Burkhard, Gengo 🦁, Josep M. Ganyet
Farnam Street
The Illusory Truth Effect: Why We Believe Fake News, Conspiracy Theories and Propaganda
11+ min · · 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. · Shared by 40, including Josep M. Ganyet, fnord, Jason Lauritsen, Doug Sundheim, Scott Monty
adn.com
The cognitive biases that make coronavirus seem scarier than it is
4 min · · When we worry too much - or too little - about something, we can actually introduce new threats. · Shared by 6, including Josep M. Ganyet
Media Matters
TikTok is hosting videos spreading misinformation about the coronavirus, despite the platform's new anti-misinformation policy
2 min · · 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… · Shared by 8, including Josep M. Ganyet, MΛRC VIDΛL
Slate
Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Did Not Touch Off a Nationwide Hysteria. Few Americans Listened. Even Fewer Panicked.
9 min · · Wednesday marks the 75th anniversary of Orson Welles’ electrifying War of the Worlds broadcast, in which the Mercury Theatre on the Air enacted a... · Shared by 10, including Josep M. Ganyet, Mathew Ingram
TechCrunch
ByteDance & TikTok have secretly built a Deepfakes maker
7 min · · 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… · Shared by 86, including Josep M. Ganyet, luis antónio santos, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Johannes Lenz, Chris Messina, John Koetsier, Sam Proud, Katja Evertz, Stephanie A Kowalski
Mark Manson
Why You Should Quit the News
· 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… · Shared by 100, including Jonathan Fields (he/him), Nir Eyal, Mark Kaigwa, Tauno, Josep M. Ganyet
forward.com
Economist Joseph Stiglitz goes analog to rebut Trump at Davos in real time
2 min · · 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. · Shared by 6, including Josep M. Ganyet
BBC News (World)
Deepfakes: A threat to democracy or a bit of fun?
4 min · · Deepfakes, or computer-generated images of people, can be dangerous for democracy, warn experts. · Shared by 20, including Josep M. Ganyet, Josh Wolfe, Bilal Zuberi, USC ICT
Poynter
The ‘Liar’s Dividend’ is dangerous for journalists. Here’s how to fight it.
4 min · · As editors and reporters for many of the world’s leading news organizations sat in a room last week at Columbia University talking about the “Information Wars,” Yasmin Green, the director of resear… · Shared by 19, including Mathew Ingram, Josep M. Ganyet, Mark Little