Obama has re-emerged to draw attention to an issue that advisers say has become increasingly important to him: disinformation, and the broader problems with our fractured information ecosystem.
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Obama has re-emerged to draw attention to an issue that advisers say has become increasingly important to him: disinformation, and the broader problems with our fractured information ecosystem. #Digital Wellness 📱🧘 #mindful.technology  Disinformation Is a Threat to Our Democracy Tech platforms need to recognize that their decisions have an impact on every aspect of society. https://barackobama.medium.com/my-remarks-on-disinformation-at-stanford-7d7af7ba28af

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Social media platforms – facing legal warfare from Republicans – have pulled back from moderating election misinformation. A dispiriting and successful case of working the refs. 

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/21/politics/election-social-media-misinformation-republicans/index.html?ref=platformer.news

Social media platforms – facing legal warfare from Republicans – have pulled back from moderating election misinformation. A dispiriting and successful case of working the refs.   https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/21/politics/election-social-media-misinformation-republicans/index.html?ref=platformer.news

The public got a taste of the new normal this summer, when social media was flooded with misinformation following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump and the platforms said no

How Republicans pushed social media companies to stop fighting election misinformation | CNN Politics

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This highlights the pressing issue of #Artificial Intelligence misuse.

Lawmakers are exploring how to better address both the creation and the distribution of deepfakes now that this has happened. Over 40 states have pushed some kind of legislation to address challenges from AI porn to disinformation. No matter how the laws evolve, surviving life in the post-reality age will require one thing most of all: critical thinking.

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This highlights the pressing issue of #Artificial Intelligence misuse.  Lawmakers are exploring how to better address both the creation and the distribution of deepfakes now that this has happened. Over 40 states have pushed some kind of legislation to address challenges from AI porn to disinformation. No matter how the laws evolve, surviving life in the post-reality age will require one thing most of all: critical thinking.  https://www.theinformation.com/articles/welcome-to-fakesville-inside-an-ai-nightmare-that-tore-apart-a-school?utm_campaign=article_email&utm_content=article-13489&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sg&rc=gzsl71  #ScholER

On January 17,@murder_ink_bmore, a Baltimore-based Instagram account with 240,000 followers, posted what it said was a voice recording of Eric Eiswert, principal of Pikesville High School outside Baltimore, denigrating Black students and faculty as well as Jews. “Iseriously don’t understand why ...

Welcome to Fakesville: Inside an AI Nightmare That Tore Apart a School

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Disinformation on X fueled the UK riots, this columnist writes, and exposed a regulatory blindspot in the country. 

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-08-07/uk-riots-elon-musk-s-x-drove-lies-right-through-a-uk-loophole?sref=CrGXSfHu&ref=platformer.news

Disinformation on X fueled the UK riots, this columnist writes, and exposed a regulatory blindspot in the country.   https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-08-07/uk-riots-elon-musk-s-x-drove-lies-right-through-a-uk-loophole?sref=CrGXSfHu&ref=platformer.news

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A Q&A with Imran Ahmed, founder of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, on how the spread of disinformation threatens our shared sense of reality.

https://www.wired.com/story/dial-up-imran-ahmed/

A Q&A with Imran Ahmed, founder of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, on how the spread of disinformation threatens our shared sense of reality.  https://www.wired.com/story/dial-up-imran-ahmed/

Imran Ahmed, founder of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, is unsentimental about what’s at stake if we don’t curb the spread of disinformation: the death of democracy, yes, but also the complete

Elon Musk Couldn’t Beat Him. AI Just Might

Meta said it removed hundreds of Facebook and Instagram accounts linked to global influence campaigns, including some with AI-generated content. The propaganda campaigns originated from Israel, Iran, China, Russia, and other countries, according to Meta's latest threat report.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/29/24167164/meta-covert-influence-campaigns-ai-china-israel

Meta said it removed hundreds of Facebook and Instagram accounts linked to global influence campaigns, including some with AI-generated content. The propaganda campaigns originated from Israel, Iran, China, Russia, and other countries, according to Meta's latest threat report.  https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/29/24167164/meta-covert-influence-campaigns-ai-china-israel

Some networks used AI tools to push propaganda.

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