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Online disinformation is a serious and growing sociotechnical problem that threatens the integrity of public discourse, democratic governance, and commerce. The internet has made it easier than ever to spread […]
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In a recent survey, over half (54%) of a global sample agree or strongly agree that they are concerned about what is real and fake when thinking about online news. […]
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The European Union is often called a ‘super-regulator’, especially when it comes to data-protection and privacy rules. Having seen European lawmaking from close by, in all its complexities, I have […]
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As confrontations between Black Lives Matter protesters and police erupted across the country earlier this month, some Oregonians, mostly older people, saw a Facebook ad pushing a headline about how […]
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) now enables the mass creation of what have become known as “deepfakes”: synthetic videos that closely resemble real videos. Integrating theories about the power of visual communication […]
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‘Phrenology’ has an old-fashioned ring to it. It sounds like it belongs in a history book, filed somewhere between bloodletting and velocipedes. We’d like to think that judging people’s worth […]
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The topic of fake and satire news has drawn attention from both the public and the academic communities. Such misinformation has the potential for extremely negative impacts on individuals and […]
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This final chapter borrows the concept of force of falsity from the famous Italian semiotician and novelist Umberto Eco to describe how manipulated information remains visible and accessible despite efforts […]
