Vulnerabilities of the Mind

25/02/2022

Times are changing for the Russian propaganda machine
https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kb75e/the-internet-is-debunking-russian-war-propaganda-in-real-time?fbclid=IwAR1NRF0WGg_nkZNjGnldvJMt-_nrGeFr9Gd337xbsi1ofSr6xvfLPZn97VY

It’s become increasingly difficult for Russia to publish believable propaganda.

19/02/2022

19/09/2021

We can all learn from how today’s young people evaluate truth online.

14/09/2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S58vlJwhwDw

Will America’s disregard for science be the end of its reign? Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideoLearn skills from the world's ...

26/07/2021

About an antivax disinformation campaign

A mysterious marketing agency secretly offered to pay social media stars to spread disinformation about Covid-19 vaccines

23/07/2021

Q-Man to the rescue

17/07/2021

President Biden made the remarks shortly before boarding Marine One on the White House lawn.

15/06/2021

Users on social media are sharing false claims that the Danish footballer had been vaccinated days before becoming ill on the pitch.

08/06/2021

A widely-shared social media video claims to show a magnet sticking to what appears to be a vaccine vial.

07/06/2021

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/bu-rew052721.php?fbclid=IwAR0wteAfcJN5Ap7Zh7_hZqzp6dz8GFWz5ADaElRJNOMJ5W0Y7tl7kEH4YI4

It may only be a matter of time until the growing problem of ''deep fakes'' converges with geographical information science (GIS). A research team including faculty at Binghamton University are doing what they can to get ahead of the problem.

11/05/2021

https://www.euronews.com/2021/05/07/deepfake-geography-could-be-the-latest-form-of-online-disinformation?utm_campaign=Misreport&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter

As technology advances, experts warn that manipulated satellite images could be used as a form of disinformation aiming to downplay or cover up real-world situations.

07/04/2021

HBO documentary about the QAnon movement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK_Gf9H2CWI

Q: Into the Storm.From Director Cullen Hoback and Executive Producer Adam McKay, the six-part original documentary series explores the origins of QAnon....

24/03/2021

Report finds that 12 individuals are responsible for around two-thirds of anti-jab content

24/02/2021

New research by Edelman Data & Intelligence (DxI) aims to understand the vaccinations attitudes of resistors and adopters, in order to tailor messaging and improve uptake.

23/02/2021

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-not-fake-snow-idUSKBN2AN1R8

As a devastating winter storm hit Texas for days, viral videos started circulating on social media, claiming that the snow was “fake” or “created by the government”. As evidence, users claimed to show that when a lighter was brought close to a snowball, it burned instead...

17/02/2021

13/02/2021

After years of activists fighting to protect victims of image-based sexual violence, deepfakes are finally forcing lawmakers to pay attention.

09/02/2021

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/feb/08/facebook-bans-vaccine-misinformation

Company will remove posts with false claims about vaccines on Facebook and Instagram

30/01/2021

A month by month analysis reveals the story of QAnon’s growth, showing how conspiracy has evolved and adapted to contradictions — and may yet live on.

27/01/2021

Twitter said it hopes to build a community of "Birdwatchers" that can eventually help moderate and label tweets in its main product.

18/01/2021

https://news.yahoo.com/qanon-digital-soldier-marches-undeterred-181430831.html

Every morning, Valerie Gilbert, a Harvard-educated writer and actress, wakes up in her Upper East Side apartment in New York City; feeds her dog, Milo, and her cats, Marlena and Celeste; brews a cup of coffee; and sits down at her oval dining room table. Then, she opens her laptop and begins fightin...