#BigTech #content algorithms are undeniably pushing #RightWing, #Conservative agendas.

Using #Microsoft #MicrosoftEdge to access some work applications, more than half the " #News sources" on their start page are #misinformation shills. 11 of the top 17 article suggestions. Not #FoxNews, but sites I've never heard of.

Same with #YouTube. Despite watching only known good sources for history content and news sources like #DW, Jordan Peterson and other bullshit content fill my suggestions.

US "right now not losing the information war," but the next 3-5 years are critical amid the increasing reach of #disinformation and #misinformation emanating from #China and #Russia as "they're starting to make their content more appealing," USAGM CEO Amanda Bennett tells the Public Diplomacy Council of America.

Regulating AI: 3 experts explain why it’s difficult to do and important to get right

https://theconversation.com/regulating-ai-3-experts-explain-why-its-difficult-to-do-and-important-to-get-right-198868

#fakenews #misinformation #hoaxes #ChatGPT #GenerativeAI #airegulation

…Stanford Law School prof Daphne Keller said the #5thCircuit’s ruling appeared to allow “a lot of normal communications as long as they are not threatening or taking over control of platforms’ #content decisions.”

“But it also says they can’t 'significantly encourage’ platforms to remove lawful content, so the real question is what that means,” she said.

#law #tech #SocialMedia #Ethics #CivicResponsibility #PublicHealth #Disinformation #misinformation #MediaLiteracy

The appeals court judges found that pressure from the #WhiteHouse & the #CDC affected how #SocialMedia platforms handled posts about #covid-19 in 2021, as the #Biden admin sought to encourage the public to obtain #vaccinations.

The judges detail multiple emails & statements from WH ofcls that they say show escalating threats & pressure on the social media companies to address covid #misinformation.…

“Laws” To Ban “#Disinformation” & “#Misinformation”: The #Global #War on Thought Crime https://sonsoflibertymedia.com/laws-to-ban-disinformation-misinformation-the-global-war-on-thought-crime/

What can humans do against #misinformation? How can we promote a proactive approach involving informed citizenship to create a more accurate and reliable information environment? As an expert on misinformation, Nina Jankowicz offers valuable strategies to counter false information.

Regulators are hearing a petition to revoke the license of a Fox station in Philadelphia for airing misinformation.
#foxnews #media #misinformation
https://progressive.org/latest/fox-faces-scrutiny-from-the-fcc-daigon-230907/

Arvind Narayanan & Sayash Kapoor: The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2023 | TIME https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/6308266/arvind-narayanan-sayash-kapoor/ #AI #misinformation

YouTube begins verifying videos by UK doctors to tackle health misinformation | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/youtube-bbc-britons-more-brits-b2407715.html

#YouTube
#Misinformation
#Health

None would use #YouTube as a replacement for a #HealthCare consultation, although it can be a good starting point.

But how do you tell the real professionals from the quacks?

The #UK youtube is starting to #Verify actual professionals over the quacks 🦆

#Disinformation #AltFacts #Lies #Misinformation

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66716501

Aspernäs, J., Erlandsson, A., & Nilsson, A. (2023). Misperceptions in a post-truth world: Effects of subjectivism and cultural relativism on bullshit receptivity and conspiracist ideation. Journal of Research in Personality, 104394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2023.104394 #OpenAccess #OA #Journal #Article #BehaviouralSciences #Learning #Education #Truth #Culture #Misinformation #Conspiracy #ConspiracyTheories #Theories
#Bullshit #Subjectivism #PostTruth #Relativism #Thinking #Academia #Academic #Academics

To learn more about this work, read “Combining interventions to reduce the spread of viral misinformation,” published in June 2022 in Nature Human Behavior.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01388-6

#UWCIP #SocialMedia #Misinformation

Waldrop writes in PNAS: Jevin West and his UW colleagues “used the simulation to model the effect of potential interventions such as fact-checking, accuracy nudges, or outright suspension of the most active superspreaders — and found that, when used in combination, these interventions could reinforce one another and cut the total volume of misinformation by 50% or more.”

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2314143120

#UWCIP #Misinformation #MediaLiteracy #SocialMedia #FactChecking

“It's a very simple model,” Jevin West, a UW Information School associate professor, told PNAS. “But it does a great job of capturing the dynamics that we see in the real data,” such as surges of activity when a post goes viral.

#UWCIP #UniversityOfWashington #SocialMedia #Misinformation

In a recent Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences news feature, "How to mitigate misinformation," M. Mitchell Waldrop interviews @uwcip co-founder Jevin West about work with University of Washington colleagues to "develop a computer simulation that treats the spread of misinformation as a kind of contagion and that’s calibrated with real-world data on 10.5 million misinformation tweets during the 2020 election." https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2314143120

#UWCIP #UniversityOfWashington #Misinformation

The Pulitzer Center offers grants to journalists undertaking investigative stories related to #science #misinformation, science #denial, and the spread of #pseudoscience. All forms of #investigativejournalism are welcome, including #datajournalism, #radio, #podcasts, #news and #documentary videos. Potential grantees with solutions for reaching audiences on platforms such as #Instagram or #TikTok are also encouraged to apply. There is no set budget range and the application deadline is rolling.

@JoshuaHolland

"the more we see something repeated, the more likely we are to believe it to be true.”

Thread about the “Illusory Truth Effect” and why it is so important NOT to repeat lies on social media (or elsewhere), even with the intention of debunking them.

https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/109530716627287778

#Propaganda #Disinformation #Misinformation #Lies #Journalism #SocialMedia #News #Media

TechcrunchSecurity: ActiveFence snaps up Spectrum Labs, last valued at $137M, to help fight the harmful content creep https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/07/activefence-snaps-up-spectrum-labs-last-valued-at-137m-to-help-fight-the-harmful-content-creep/ #onlineharassment #misinformation #SpectrumLabs #activefence #Security #fakenews #toxicity #Privacy #Social

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/07/why-climate-deniers-are-wrong-validity-heat-measurements

[Bob Ward, from the LSE’s Grantham Institute on Climate] "said: “Several climate change deniers falsely claimed that the agency had replaced air temperature measurements with land surface measurements in order to exaggerate the impacts of the heatwave. This is patently untrue.”

#GlobalHeating #ClimateChangeDenial #misinformation #disinformation #ClimateScience