Disinformation Is Drowning Democracy

By artappraiser on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 6:52am |

As internet penetration rapidly increases, new users—from retirees in Arizona to villagers in Uttar Pradesh—are ill-equipped to navigate their new information environments. They end up being exploited by domestic political parties and interest groups. https://t.co/zSMiP7FYMI
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) April 25, 2019

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https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/04/24/disinformation-is-drowning-democracy/

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The author: Arjun Bisen is a Fulbright scholar and Master of Public Policy student at Harvard Kennedy School. Prior to Harvard, he worked as an Australian diplomat for seven years, focusing on Asian geopolitics, trade negotiations, managing large UN aid programs, and drafting Australia’s cyber strategy.

by artappraiser on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 6:53am

‘Facebook is the biggest problem we have for democracy,’ former investor says https://t.co/QzRLqQrOK1
— CJR (@CJR) April 27, 2019

by artappraiser on Sat, 04/27/2019 - 1:38am

"@Facebook’s newest ‘fact checkers’ are Koch-funded climate deniers: The fatal flaw in #Zuckerberg’s effort to deal with fake news" by Joe Romm for @ClimateProgress: https://t.co/Jkk4KO8P3F
— Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) April 28, 2019

by artappraiser on Sun, 04/28/2019 - 8:39pm

Deepfakes and Synthetic Media: What should we fear? What can we do?

Interesting read in here : https://t.co/WwQN38crKp #OSINTCurious #osint #deepfake
— Dutch OsintGuy (@dutch_osintguy) April 3, 2019

by artappraiser on Sun, 04/28/2019 - 11:12pm

Disinformation Is Drowning Democracy

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