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AI images and conspiracy theories are driving a push for media literacy education
9 months ago

AI images and conspiracy theories are driving a push for media literacy education

NPR  

AI images and conspiracy theories are driving a push for media literacy education Enlarge this image toggle caption Kim Malcolm/KUOW Kim Malcolm/KUOW Videos images text elections on Amazon in court documents conspiracy theories Earlier this month, about 500 high school students were milling about a cavernous ballroom on the University of Washington's Seattle campus, just as the annual MisInfo Day …

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TikTok prepares to combat misinfo, AI fakes and influence ops ahead of European Union election
10 months, 1 week ago

TikTok prepares to combat misinfo, AI fakes and influence ops ahead of European Union election

Associated Press  

LONDON — TikTok is taking measures to combat misinformation about the upcoming European Union elections, including setting up fact-checking hubs inside the app, the video-sharing platform said Wednesday in a blog post. TikTok plans to launch local language in-app “election centers” next month for each of the 27 EU countries so that “people can easily separate fact from fiction.” Hundreds …

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Deepfake-related rules in 7-10 days: Govt to tech firms
11 months, 1 week ago

Deepfake-related rules in 7-10 days: Govt to tech firms

Hindustan Times  

The government will lay down rules on deepfakes by notifying amendments to the IT Rules in the next seven to 10 days, minister of state for electronics and information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar told social media companies on Thursday, citing their purported lack of action on such content, a person aware of the matter said. These include proposed amendments to the …

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Misinfo about ‘suitcases’ of ballots and a burst pipe in 2020 return after Trump’s Georgia indictment
54 years, 11 months ago

Misinfo about ‘suitcases’ of ballots and a burst pipe in 2020 return after Trump’s Georgia indictment

Associated Press  

CLAIM: On election night in 2020, a burst water pipe at a ballot processing site in Georgia’s Fulton County allowed workers to steal the election from former President Donald Trump. The posts falsely link a brief delay in the count at State Farm Arena — caused by an issue with water pipes — to a long-debunked claim that “suitcases filled …

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FDA’s own reputation could be restraining its misinfo fight
1 year, 10 months ago

FDA’s own reputation could be restraining its misinfo fight

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The government agency responsible for tracking down contaminated peanut butter and defective pacemakers is taking on a new health hazard: online misinformation. “The question I start with is, ‘Are you a trusted messenger or not?’” said Dr. Seema Yasmin, a Stanford University professor who studies medical misinformation and trains health officials in responding to it. About a quarter …

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Twitter Takeover Raises Fears Of Climate Misinfo Surge
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter Takeover Raises Fears Of Climate Misinfo Surge

News 18  

Climate deniers looking to block action and “greenwashing” companies could have free rein on Twitter after Elon Musk’s takeover, analysts warned as leaders pursued anti-warming efforts at the COP27 summit. Musk has promised to reduce Twitter’s content restrictions and after the takeover announced plans to create a “content moderation council” to review policies. But the Institute for Strategic Dialogue think …

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Strike four: Facebook misses election misinfo in Brazil ads
2 years, 4 months ago

Strike four: Facebook misses election misinfo in Brazil ads

Associated Press  

Facebook failed to detect blatant election-related misinformation in ads ahead of Brazil’s 2022 election, a new report from Global Witness has found, continuing a pattern of not catching material that violates its policies the group describes as “alarming.” The This is the fourth time that the London-based nonprofit has tested Meta’s ability to catch blatant violations of the rules of …

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Doctors, crater disprove Russia’s hospital airstrike misinfo
2 years, 8 months ago

Doctors, crater disprove Russia’s hospital airstrike misinfo

Associated Press  

LVIV, Ukraine — A woman on the verge of giving birth with her leg flayed open by shrapnel. The sprawling courtyard of the hospital complex was — and remains — “one continuous shell crater.” Three doctors and a paramedic spoke with The Associated Press to offer new details from a March 9 airstrike that happened when communications were all but …

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Fighting wave of misinfo, YouTube bans false vaccine claims
3 years, 2 months ago

Fighting wave of misinfo, YouTube bans false vaccine claims

Associated Press  

YouTube announced a sweeping crackdown of vaccine misinformation Wednesday that booted popular anti-vaccine influencers from its site and deleted false claims that have been made about a range of immunizations. Despite tech companies announcing a string of new rules around COVID-19 and vaccine misinformation during the pandemic, falsehoods have still found big audiences on the platforms. Facebook, which also owns …

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Arkansas AG hopeful proposes court action on COVID misinfo
3 years, 2 months ago

Arkansas AG hopeful proposes court action on COVID misinfo

Associated Press  

— A Democrat running for attorney general in Arkansas, where health officials have struggled with resistance to the coronavirus vaccine, on Monday vowed if elected to take social media companies to court for spreading COVID-19 misinformation. “Big corporations and big tech are profiting off the very spread of misinformation that puts Arkansas families and communities at risk, hurts our small …

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Biden: Social media platforms ‘killing people’ with misinfo
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden: Social media platforms ‘killing people’ with misinfo

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Friday that social media companies are “killing people” by failing to police misinformation on their platforms about COVID-19 vaccines. Biden, asked if he had a message for platforms like Facebook where false or misleading information about the coronavirus vaccines has spread, told reporters, “They’re killing people.” “The only pandemic we have is among the …

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Facebook to label vaccine posts to combat COVID-19 misinfo
3 years, 9 months ago

Facebook to label vaccine posts to combat COVID-19 misinfo

Associated Press  

LONDON — Facebook is adding informational labels to posts about vaccines as it expands efforts to counter COVID-19-related misinformation flourishing on its platforms. “For example, we’re adding a label on posts that discuss the safety of COVID-19 vaccines that notes COVID-19 vaccines go through tests for safety and effectiveness before they’re approved,” Zuckerberg said. “This announcement falls well short of …

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Facebook steps up vaccine misinfo efforts. Will it work?
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook steps up vaccine misinfo efforts. Will it work?

Associated Press  

As inoculation efforts for the coronavirus ramp up around the world, Facebook says it’s going all in to block the spread of bogus vaccine claims. Among Facebook’s new targets: claims include that vaccines aren’t effective or that they’re toxic, dangerous or cause autism, all of which have been thoroughly debunked for both the coronavirus vaccine and any other vaccine. The …

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Pro-Russia vaccine misinfo finds home in US Facebook groups
4 years, 4 months ago

Pro-Russia vaccine misinfo finds home in US Facebook groups

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — A false report claiming five Ukrainians had died after taking an American-made coronavirus vaccine spread in just a matter of days from a small Kremlin-friendly website to an audience of thousands in U.S.-based Facebook groups. The unsupported claim that five out of 15 Ukrainians had died during a trial of the U.S. coronavirus vaccine was first published in …

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Facebook aims to help voters, but won’t block Trump misinfo
4 years, 6 months ago

Facebook aims to help voters, but won’t block Trump misinfo

Associated Press  

Facebook is launching a widespread effort to boost U.S. voter turnout and provide authoritative information about voting — just as it doubles down on its policy allowing politicians like President Donald Trump to post false information on the same subject. The social media giant is launching a “Voting Information Center” on Facebook and Instagram that will include details on registering …

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