I had this one saved, I think from Tumblr. Thought it deserved a repost. 
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Inside R&D: Innovation Explained is our new series of interviews with the R&D team, lifting the lid on technological changes that are affecting the media industry.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/articles/2025-05-inside-rd/
The podcast is available on several platforms - all the links and episode details below 
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Canadians using Twitter/X are being bombarded by misleading right-wing posts designed to boost Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and tarnish the reputation of Mark Carney.
The FT’s analysis finds a growing volume of that misinformation is coming not from Russia or China, but the United States.
https://www.ft.com/content/743c1dec-0c5c-4c39-a940-830ce156c235
Financial Times · Canadians bombarded with rightwing content on Musk’s X ahead of election
ChatGPT now lets users create fake images of politicians. We stress-tested it
ChatGPT now comes bundled with an updated image generator, and OpenAI has removed the ban on images of public figures. We tested the guardrails to see if we could generate fake images that could deceive voters in an election.
#technology #politics #AI #misinformation #News #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/chatgpt-fake-politicians-1.7507039?cmp=rss
12 March: do not miss the 1st session of @w3c's "Authentic Web" mini-workshop series to review proposals aimed at combating #misinformation on the web. 
https://www.w3.org/events/workshops/2025/authentic-web-workshop/
Attendance is free and open to all!!
W3CAuthentic Web mini-workshopa deconstructed mini-workshop series to review proposals to combat misinformation on the web
Persuading others who support the right wing extremist views can be challenging, but it's possible through thoughtful, empathetic communication and evidence-based arguments.
Here are some approaches to help foster understanding and shift perspectives: 1)
#farright #rightwing #Facist #Liberal #conservative #Libertarianism #Libertarian #totalitarianism #Counterview #misinformation
As we enter a new phase in American politics, we’re reaffirming our commitment to facts, journalism and open discourse. Our values have not changed.
Our managing editor @csullivan explains more.
https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/flipboards-commitment-to-facts-for-a-new-political-era/
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The changes to the wording of the #moderation policies #Facebook and #Threads are deeply concerning to hear about, however, they feel more like they are openly admitting what has always been the case than any substantive change. The company has always had an internal policy, like most other corporate social networks, to allow #HateSpeech and other #misinformation to proliferate, as these drive the engagement metrics that drive revenue, on top of often aligning with the values of leadership.
At #TechHub, our policy has, so far, been a "wait and see" approach. We have not blocked Threads yet, but if the time comes when they do finally federate, if ever, we are committed to the plan of taking server level action should their lack of moderation become too much of a problem for us.
Either way, this only underlines the need to bring more people into the #Fediverse network, and away from the large corporate #SocialNetworking services.
We haven’t changed.
We still believe in #facts.
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mathematical modelling has been used to show that #misinformation spreads across the internet like a virus spreading through a population.
Media@LSE · Misinformation really does spread like a virus, suggest mathematical models drawn from epidemiologySander van der Linden, University of Cambridge and David Robert Grimes, Trinity College Dublin explain how mathematical modelling has been used to show that misinformation spreads across the intern…
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An implication for users: #misinformation can be boosted not only by #sources and #semantics , but also by #sentiment . By identifying these components, we might develop better filters and other tools for mitigating misinformation. (3/3)
“Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it."
Jonathan Swift, 1710
The challenge of attractive misinformation is centuries old.
Cable news, Twitter et al simply accelerate the speed.
Be skeptical; check sources (especially quotes) before sharing. Avoid
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No source? No share.
This is who is arguing with you online.
This is a phone click farm
It uses phones collectively to achieve goals such as increasing views, likes and comments. This is a paid service, often used for the purpose of faking popularity, increasing followers, and generating fake engagement. These setups are capable of mass activity in minutes.
"This year, #democracy is on the ballot. Over 60 countries... home to nearly 4 billion people — half the globe’s population — will hold national elections, meaning more people will vote in 2024 than ever before in history.
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Proton VPN will make #VPN servers available for free two weeks before elections in several countries with histories of #misinformation and #censorship. These servers will... be free for a week after the elections as well."
https://protonvpn.com/blog/free-servers-before-elections/ v @protonmail #Election
Proton VPN Blog · Proton provides free VPN servers in lead up to elections - Proton VPN BlogTo ensure people can access the information they need to vote, Proton VPN will make VPN servers available for free before elections.
The BBC News Verify team has published their first article using a new open media provenance technology called C2PA that we've been working on for the past three years.
This shows where media comes from and how it’s been edited - like an audit trail or a history.
Read about how it works and why we're doing this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2024-03-c2pa-verification-news-journalism-credentials
#C2PA #news #journalism #fakenews #disinformation #misinformation #technology | @BBC_News_Labs
From BBC Press Office:
New technology to show why images and video are genuine launches on BBC News.
‘Content credentials’ feature means visitors to the BBC News site will now see a ‘how we verified this’ button underneath images and videos on BBC Verify content.
http://bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/content-credentials-bbc-verify
#C2PA #news #journalism #fakenews #disinformation #misinformation | @BBC_News_Labs
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Marianna Spring's short series 'Why Do You Hate Me?' about her experience of trolling and her investigation of the trolls and conspiracy-theorists she has encountered, is on BBC Sounds now.
"I believed, when I was talking on social media, I was being tracked by America."
In the second episode of Why Do You Hate Me, Marianna Spring speaks to a survivor of a mass shooting in Las Vegas who fell into a world of conspiracy theories.
Why Do You Hate Me, a new podcast on BBC Sounds https://bbc.in/3UrD9jQ
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#Socialmedia's evolving role as a #news source demands tailored strategies to combat #misinformation and captivate young #audiences effectively. ~ #Reuters Institute for the Study of #Journalism's #DigitalNews Report 2023
#Disinformation tracks with #currentaffairs and is employed across many fields, but we lack a #unified #solution...we are all frustrated sense makers.
KIP aims to solve that with a current affairs framework for the #FifthEstate, #citizens, and #gamelovers.
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Yet again today, I muted and blocked another person who posted that no one is doing anything about #ClimateChange.
That's an absolute lie and seems to me to be part of a deliberate #misinformation campaign designed to stop people from doing Everything, Everywhere, All at Once to mitigate #climate change.
It's fair to argue that *not enough* is being done, and that we're moving too slowly, but good work abounds, and every little bit helps.
www.kuow.org · The communities experimenting with how to be more resilient to a changing climateHere are just a few of the ways communities across the country are adapting to be more resilient to the demands of a changing climate.