Techdirt: Fox News Fell For AI-Generated Rage Bait, Rewrote Story To Pretend It Didn’t. “…last week, [Fox News] published—and then quietly rewrote—a story about SNAP recipients threatening to ‘ransack stores,’ based entirely on AI-generated videos that never happened.”
@simon It’s great until it can’t discern misinformation/disinformation from reality.
https://www.newsguardtech.com/ai-monitor/august-2025-ai-false-claim-monitor/
Full report: https://www.newsguardtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/August-2025-One-Year-Progress-Report-3.pdf #llm #misinformation
I think the reason we failed here is that #misinformation and #disinformation are symptoms of a bigger overall disease
https://www.noemamag.com/we-failed-the-misinformation-fight-now-what/
The scope is too narrow. This disease won't be cured by specifically addressing symptoms. Oligarchy is the disease, especially oligarchs in the information space. We don't just need consumer protections from #meta or #google or #OpenAI and all the others. We need them to not exist. They all need to be systematically dismantled and prevented from ever reemerging ever again.
Quelle surprise! Twitter faces criminal probe in France - A criminal investigation into Twitter has been initiated by French prosecutors, over alle... https://grahamcluley.com/quelle-surprise-twitter-faces-criminal-probe-in-france/ #misinformation #lawℴ #elonmusk #twitter #france
NewsGuard, the company that rates how reliable online information is with "nutrition labels," is retiring the words "misinformation" and "disinformation," saying they no longer help explain the threats they describe. "[They are] vague, overused, and increasingly seen as partisan. When everything is 'disinformation,' nothing is, and public trust continues to disintegrate," says a blogpost from AI and Foreign Influence Editor McKenzie Sadeghi, who explains more about NewsGuard's rationale, and what terms they will be using in the future.
As Texas floods, so does the internet – with dangerous lies - As Texas reels from devastating floods, conspiracy theorists are hard at work. https://grahamcluley.com/as-texas-floods-so-does-the-internet-with-dangerous-lies/ #misinformation #telegram #twitter #floods #tiktok #texas
Twitter refuses to explain what it’s doing about hate speech and misinformation, sues New York State for asking - Elon Musk’s Twitter is suing New York State.
Why? Because apparently being asked to expl... https://grahamcluley.com/twitter-refuses-to-explain-what-its-doing-about-hate-speech-and-misinformation-sues-new-york-state-for-asking/ #misinformation #lawℴ #twitter
"each individual kid is now hooked into a Nonsense Machine"
Edit: I got those screenshots from imgur. It might be from Xitter, with the account deleted or maybe threads with the account not visible without login? 
2nd Edit: @edgeofeurope found this https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1809325125159825649.html
#school #AI #KI #meme #misinformation #desinformation
With support from @nlnet , we've addressed a tonne of tech debt (including #editor redo), and we're improving #dokieli's #UI, #accessibility, annotations, #security, and #offline support. But we have more work to do! See our roadmap: https://dokie.li/docs#roadmap
We are planning to implement collaborative editing, encryption, and develop #credibility features to combat #misinformation on the web, in collaboration with Fundacion Cibervoluntarios: https://www.cibervoluntarios.org/es/actualidad/post/dokieli-y-fundacion-cibervoluntarios-unidos-en-la-creacion-de-una-herramienta-que-permite-a-la-ciudadania-un-uso-reflexivo-de-la-informacion-y-el-control-de-sus-datos
Google recently launched Veo 3, an AI video-generation tool. What could possibly go wrong? The team at @time was able to use the tool to create realistic videos, "including a Pakistani crowd setting fire to a Hindu temple; Chinese researchers handling a bat in a wet lab; an election worker shredding ballots; and Palestinians gratefully accepting U.S. aid in Gaza." While there were inaccuracies in each video, experts said they could potentially fuel social unrest or violence if shared on social media during a breaking news event. After TIME contacted Google, the company has added a visible watermark to Veo 3-generated videos, however it is small and relatively easy to crop out. Here's more.
Can You Spot Fake News? Many Can’t When Scored on a Validated Test by Andrea Romeo RN, BN
Designed in 2023, this is the first scientifically validated tool to measure one’s susceptibility to misinformation (meaning it’s repeatable and reliable). As Andrea Romeo explains, "it’s on all of us to stay sharp-eyed out there, raise our information standards, and learn to question what’s presented to us online." — Harris @ Medium
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Most people don't trust most news most of the time, according to research from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. “Our problem is not simply that the public does not trust us, it’s that they do trust other dishonest brokers,” said Columbia Journalism School dean Jelani Cobb. He says that journalists should be more transparent in order to create trust. Nieman Lab's Gretel Kahn spoke to editors and journalists in Spain, Sweden, the U.S. and the U.S. about what that might look like. "We often make mistakes," says Eva Belmonte, managing editor of Spanish news outlet Civio. "But if you have explained how you've reached your conclusion and then you have done it wrong, at least you have explained your process."
Do you think greater transparency would increase trust in media?
“That is, the most likely reason why Trump’s entire national security team was using an insecure platform to plan war strikes was to ensure there were no embarrassing records for posterity, a violation of the law.”
Folks, I’m seeing more of this lately so please, stop. Understand what you’re taking about before spouting off. Signal *is* a secure platform and peddling nonsense like this is only going to make people less secure if they believe it and stop using it. What it can’t do is protect you if you’re clueless enough to add someone to your *secure* conversation who shouldn’t be there.
Anti-fascism isn’t quick and easy — resistance is often slow, dogged, characterized by long periods of forced inactivity. @damemagazine looks at the struggle: what opposition politicians need to do, how to defend civil society, what to know about the legal system, and how to counter disinformation.
NEW: The Minerva Research Initiative, established by the #Pentagon to fund social science relevant to national security, is being gutted. Dozens of researchers studying threats from #extremist groups, #misinformation or climate change have received notices that their grants are being terminated.
Brooke Binkowski is a former radio reporter and a fact checker and debunker. She writes for @damemagazine about how to steer clear of disinformation and protect yourself in Trump’s second presidency. “Do not waste your time appealing to authority that has demonstrated they are unwilling to fight for you. Fact-checking is always important, but it is only effective on its own in a healthy democracy. We are not in a healthy democracy.”
https://www.damemagazine.com/2025/02/26/this-is-how-to-debunk-the-onslaught-of-disinformation/
Persuading others who support the right wing extremist views can be challenging, but it's possible through thoughtful, empathetic communication and evidence-based arguments.
Here are some approaches to help foster understanding and shift perspectives: 1)
#farright #rightwing #Facist #Liberal #conservative #Libertarianism #Libertarian #totalitarianism #Counterview #misinformation
But still, we are given #misinformation and opportunities for change are hidden from us, and the blame is set to the “other”.
We are told that change is too expensive unless it benefits the wealthy and the powerful.
We are not told we are trapped, or suffering.
We are only told to blame the other, the immigrant, the disabled, or human rights.
We are told that we are racist when we ask to stop a #genocide is happening.
3/n
Folks, can we please be careful about misinformation, no matter which side it comes from?
I've seen a lot of people claiming that Facebook are banning posts linking to Distrowatch or mentioning Linux.
Now, I know it's tempting to believe that because FB are evil, they would therefore do something like this, but that doesn't mean it's necessarily true.
I posted a link to Distrowatch and praising Linux on my FB page earlier. It's still there.
