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TechTank: Can AI Developers Be Incentivized to Debias Their Algorithms? | Lawfare
The prevalence and technical relevance of machine learning algorithms have increased over the years, making predictive decisionmaking tools part of…
American Views 2022: Part 1 | Knight Foundation
A robust press is vital to a healthy democracy. But newsrooms need resources to create reliable news that is accessible…
Experts grade Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube on readiness to handle midterm election misinformation | The Conversation
The 2016 U.S. election was a wake-up call about the dangers of political misinformation on social media. With two more…
South-to-South Learning Spaces vs Disinformation | DigiLabour
Global South disinformation advocacies too often tend to replicate certain Euro-American frames of platform and technological determinism where Facebook, Russian…
Call for Papers: Mis/disinformation and the artifices of authenticity and authentication | ICA 2023 Pre-Conference
The construction of authentic-feeling yet untrue information, content, experiences, and relations is central to successful mis/disinformation campaigns. The most outrageous…
Power, Platforms and Politics: Asian Americans and Disinformation | Asian American Disinformation Table
This report offers a preliminary landscape analysis of mis- and disinformation within and about Asian/Asian American diasporic communities with the…
Unpacking the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights | Tech Policy Press
Last week, President Joe Biden’s White House published a 73-page document produced by the Office of Science and Technology Policy titled Blueprint for…
Misinformation Swirls in Non-English Languages Ahead of Midterms | The New York Times
Unsubstantiated rumors and outright falsehoods spread widely in immigrant communities ahead of the presidential election in 2020. That is happening…
‘Democracy on the line’: Brazil’s election and the Bolsonaro disinformation ecosystem | Columbia Journalism Review
Brazilians will return to voting booths on October 30 to decide a heated presidential race, with polls showing that the…