Media literacy with focus on disinformation, manipulation, propaganda - weaponized narratives. See "
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.
We can all learn from how today’s young people evaluate truth online.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S58vlJwhwDw
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About an antivax disinformation campaign
A mysterious marketing agency secretly offered to pay social media stars to spread disinformation about Covid-19 vaccines
Q-Man to the rescue
President Biden made the remarks shortly before boarding Marine One on the White House lawn.
Users on social media are sharing false claims that the Danish footballer had been vaccinated days before becoming ill on the pitch.
A widely-shared social media video claims to show a magnet sticking to what appears to be a vaccine vial.
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.
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.
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....
Report finds that 12 individuals are responsible for around two-thirds of anti-jab content
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.
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...
After years of activists fighting to protect victims of image-based sexual violence, deepfakes are finally forcing lawmakers to pay attention.
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
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.
Twitter said it hopes to build a community of "Birdwatchers" that can eventually help moderate and label tweets in its main product.
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...
Greg Tarr, from County Cork, will now present his project at the European Union's Contest for Young Scientists.
Deepfake video and audio technologies have accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic
Lawmakers in the European Parliament have raised concerns at the role that social media played in the storming of the US Capitol in Washington, saying the EU's proposed Digital Services Act (DSA) should double down on the spread of conspiratorial material online.
Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications talks about the current infodemic.
https://soundcloud.com/world-economic-forum/seeking-a-cure-for-the
Misinformation about COVID-19 has spread as fast as the virus itself. So is there a cure? UN communications chief Melissa Fleming and journalism entrepreneur Mark Little have some answers.
Our willingness to share content without thinking is exploited to spread disinformation
Data scientists are studying how information spreading online influences our social dynamics and what, if anything, can be done to smooth polarization
Baseless theories threaten our safety and democracy. It turns out that specific emotions make people prone to such thinking
True story.
Any claims about Covid vaccinations that contradict the WHO will be removed, says YouTube
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