Myth vs Reality: equipping youth to spot fake news, propaganda

The drive by the Elections Department, drawn from Thirukkural wisdom and new knowledge in behavioural sciences, aimed at educating youth on spotting fake news. Read More

Don’t Believe What They’re Telling You About Misinformation

People may fervently espouse symbolic beliefs, cognitive scientists say, but they don’t treat them the same as factual beliefs. It’s worth keeping track of the difference. Read More

Opinion: Does social media rewire kids’ brains? Here’s what the science really says

Jonathan Haidt's "The Anxious Generation" feeds the latest technology panic. But the research says something different. Read More

An American journalist read her own obituary online, and soon discovered the strange world of obit pirates

But as Deborah grabbed her purse and prepared to leave her home, she received an unusual call from her father with some news that was making its way ... by scraping details of their life from social ... Read More

Generative AI Muddies the Election 2024 Outlook, and Voters Are Worried

It was an AI-generated voice that one of the men behind it now says was intended to draw attention to how AI can be harnessed to influence voter behavior.Technology has long been used to sway voters. Read More

How fraudsters are getting fake articles onto Facebook

The fraudsters behind them hope that people will click through to the full article, and from there be tempted to invest in a fake investment scheme being promoted on the page. I was curious as to how ... Read More

The great tent conspiracy theory: Are ‘outside agitators’ supplying protesters’ tents?

New York City officials alleged a conspiracy theory to explain the profusion of tents at Columbia University and other protest encampments. But observers and students themselves are pushing back, ... Read More

Former employee used AI to frame Baltimore school principal as antisemitic and racist, police say

Baltimore County police charged Dazhon Darien, formerly of Pikesville High School, with disrupting school activities. Authorities said he had used the school’s network to access OpenAI software ... Read More

Can your kids spot fake news? The classroom programme coming to NZ schools

An Australian journalist created a classroom programme that teaches kids how to avoid the harms of online misinformation and disinformation ... bombarded by misleading and false information on social ... Read More

4 social media platforms we’ve lost, and what happened to them

(NEXSTAR) — With the stroke of his pen, President Joe Biden seemingly started the countdown to the demise of TikTok. Though it’s possible the app won’t actually be banned in the U.S., the potential ... Read More

‘Time is running out’: can a future of undetectable deepfakes be avoided?

Tell-tale signs of generative AI images are disappearing as the technology improves, and experts are scrambling for new methods to counter disinformation ... Read More

How a National Digital ID System Could Improve the Internet

But Florida’s regulation has been signed into law, and another, more pressing question will crop up if it goes into effect on January 1, 2025, as written: How will the government enforce it? Doing so ... Read More