disinformation
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Brain power
Unrest in Bangladesh is revealing the bias at the heart of Google’s search engine
Bangladesh is an illustrative case of the global problem of algorithmic bias, and highlights how search engines can be exploited.
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Brain power
Critical thinking is more important than ever. How can I improve my skills?
We need to think critically and not fall for misinformation. Thankfully, it’s a skill we can practise and become better…
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Artificial intelligence
Troubling case highlights that the KM community lacks key capabilities needed for safe AI use
A knowledge management (KM) organization becomes the victim of a content scam and publishes website posts promoting harmful services.
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Climate knowledge
Repeating aids believing: climate misinformation feels more true through repetition – even if you back climate science
Climate misinformation may be more effective than we’d like to think because of a phenomenon called the illusory truth effect.
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Artificial intelligence
Algorithms are pushing AI-generated falsehoods at an alarming rate. How do we stop this?
Researchers call for three steps to help protect against the risks of generative AI in combination with disinformation.
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Brain power
Three reasons why disinformation is so pervasive and what we can do about it
Disinformation is a plague infecting all forms of media. But efforts to control it abound, and Wikipedia is a good…
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Brain power
Misinformation on social media fuels vaccine hesitancy: a global study shows the link
Combating social media disinformation regarding vaccines is critical to reversing the growth in vaccine hesitancy around the world.
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Brain power
How tribalism makes us vulnerable to misinformation
Tribalism has become a central force in today’s political discussion, especially due to online influence campaigns that leverage this kind…
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Brain power
The infestation of bots and conspiracy theorists on social media pre-election
Research shows the situation hasn't improved since the 2016 US election, despite attempts by social networks to clamp down on…
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Brain power
Busting coronavirus myths will take more than science: lessons from an AIDS study
Attempting to defeat these folk theories with science achieved little; the myth busters of the AIDS epidemic were talking past…
