Read, Listen, and Watch (February 2023)
Some of the stories we've been following this month.
Some of the stories we've been following this month.
Revealed: the hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections
Unit led by Tal Hanan that boasts vast army of bots exposed by undercover reporters and leaked emails
Stephanie Kirchgaessner
The Law of Instrument; How Not to Suck at Problem-solving
Learn how to use mental models to supercharge your thinking
Onyedikachukwu Czar
Fighting Disinformation: We’re Solving The Wrong Problems
Tackling disinformation and misinformation is a problem that is important, timely, hard… and, in no way new. Throughout history, different forms of propaganda, manipulation, and biased reporting hav
Michał ‘rysiek’ Woźniak
Singapore can now order social media sites to block access, as ‘online safety’ law kicks in
Effective from February 1, Singapore’s Online Safety Act comprises a new section that regulates online communication services--specifically, social media platforms--that must comply with directives to block local access to “egregious” content or face potential fines.
Eileen Yu
Creating a “lie detector” for deepfakes
With the proliferation of artificial intelligence software used to produce fake videos and photographs, Adobe and Microsoft have teamed up to develop new tools for verifying images on the web.
David Pogue, David Morgan
Multi-stakeholder Working Group established to develop a National Counter Disinformation Strategy
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