Tag Archives: Media manipulation

02Jan/24

2024: The year of democratic elections

January 2, 2024PoliticsAlgeria, Artificial intelligence, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Confidence tricks, Deception, Deepfake, Disinformation, Fact-checking, Fake news, Finland, Ghana, Hasina, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Internet manipulation and propaganda, Jair Bolsonaro, Liechtenstein, Lying, Media manipulation, Mexico, Misinformation, Pakistan, Propaganda techniques, Senegal, Social media, South Africa, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United Statesadmin

Jan. 2, 2024 /Politics/ — 2024 is shaping up to be a bumper year for elections! Here are some noteworthy examples beyond the UK and USA: Continue reading →

17Apr/23

The future of AI-powered disinformation

April 17, 2023MediaActive Measures Working Group, Artificial intelligence, Black propaganda, Deception, Disinformation, Fake news, Human behavior, Media manipulation, Operation Infektion, Propaganda, Propaganda techniques, Psychopathy, United Statesadmin

April 17, 2023 /MEDIA/ — The future of AI-powered disinformation is a concerning one. As AI technology continues to develop, it will become increasingly easy to create and spread false or misleading information. This could have a devastating impact on our society, as it could erode trust in institutions, undermine democracy, and lead to violence.

There are a number of ways in which AI could be used to spread disinformation. For example, AI could be used to create fake news articles, social media posts, and videos that are designed to look like they are from legitimate sources. AI could also be used to target people with personalized disinformation, based on their interests and beliefs.
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15Aug/22

OPINION: Besides AI, regulation key to fight mis/disinformation

August 15, 2022PoliticsAcademic disciplines, Alejandro Romero, Anya Schiffrin, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Black propaganda, Constella, Deception, Disinformation, Facebook, Germany, Media manipulation, Misinformation, Natural language processing, Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz, Propaganda techniques, Psychopathy, United Kingdom, United Statesadmin

By Anya Schiffrin, director of the Technology, Media and Communications specialization at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

When worries about online mis/disinformation became widespread after the 2016 U.S. election, there was hope that the tech giants would use artificial intelligence (AI) to fix the mess they created. The hope was that platforms could use AI and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to automatically block or downrank false. illegal or inflammatory content online without governments having to regulate.
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08Aug/22

Kenya election: four ways to better safeguard and defend democracy

August 8, 2022PoliticsArticles, Carter Center, Disinformation, Election monitoring, Electoral fraud, Fraud, Health, Jair Bolsonaro, Media manipulation, Nic Cheeseman, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Petra, University of Birmingham, William Rutoadmin

Nic Cheeseman, University of Birmingham and Petra Alderman, University of Birmingham

More elections are being held than ever – but the number of questionable polls being held around the world is fuelling fears of a “global democratic recession”, whereby the will of the people is not reflected in the results being announced. Two countries with elections coming up in the next few days and months, where opposition parties or international bodies are worried the process will not be fair, are Kenya, which goes to the polls on August 8, and Brazil, which votes on October 2.

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