Category: Information Policy and Law – Auto Curated
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Misinformation Watch (AllSides.com)
Click here to view original web page at www.allsides.com Misinformation — false or misleading information shared without explicit intent to deceive — is a concern on the left and right. Some believe misinformation is a grave threat, and the spreading of falsehoods is a danger to democracy. Others believe “misinformation” is a propaganda term used…
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Free Speech vs. Disinformation Comes to a Head (AllSides.com)
Click here to view original web page at www.allsides.com Doug Mills/The New York Times In July 2021, as Covid-19 cases began to surge again, the surgeon general warned that misinformation had led to “avoidable illnesses and death” and urged the nation’s social media giants to do more to fight the sources of it. “We’re asking…
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American Society Does Not Have an Information Policy (insidehighered.com)
Artificial intelligence and chat bots are the opening that American society needs to close the information policy gaps in its law on privacy, security, behavioral advertising and even financial services. Why is this the case? Because it is rare that the introduction of one product or service garners so […] Why is this the case?…
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Deepfakes: Navigating the Information Space in 2023 and Beyond (wilmerhale.com)
Click here to view original web page at www.wilmerhale.com WilmerHale Counsel Matthew Ferraro will be speaking on a panel discussion titled “Deepfakes: Navigating the Information Space in 2023 and Beyond” as part of the Intelligence Seminar Series at Harvard University Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. The webinar will discuss how ‘deepfakes’…
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Combating disinformation wanes at social media giants (bostonglobe.com)
SAN FRANCISCO — YouTube, like other social media platforms, spent years expanding its efforts to tackle misinformation after the 2016 election. It hired policy experts and content moderators and invested in more technology to limit the reach of false narratives. Not anymore. Last month, the company, owned by Google, […] Click here to view original…
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From Information to Knowledge to Wisdom: Can Ai Save the Day? – Part 1 (jdsupra.com)
Click here to view original web page at www.jdsupra.com Social Progression in the Age of Personal Computers, a Necessity for Survival. Can Ai save the day? Explained by ChatGPT, from it’s perspective, with prompt engineering, quality control and some minor contributions by all-too-human, Ralph Losey. All images prepared by Dall-E 2 and Losey. ___________________ Introduction…
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Disinformation Is Not the Real Problem With Democracy (nytimes.com)
Next week I’m giving a talk on journalism and democracy, and I thought I would use the newsletter this weekend to think out loud about the subject. Much of the conversation around journalism and democracy concerns the problems of misinformation, disinformation and partisan silos. How do we ensure that […] Click here to view original…