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Tag Archives: fake news
Spotting fakes by looking at them
On March 10, the Supreme Court said a balance has to be struck between warding against misinformation online and protecting citizens’ right to free speech. The context was the Centre’s attempts to defend the 2023 IT Rules: when the comedian … Continue reading
Using AI to fight misinformation
In his latest newsletter, Bruce Schneier springboarded off of articles in Washington Post and The Atlantic to write: There’s a balance between the cost of the thing, and the cost to destroy the thing, and that balance is changing dramatically. … Continue reading
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Tagged artificial intelligence, Bruce Schneier, ChatGPT o3, disinformation, fake news, journalism, open source, science journalism
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The BJP’s fake news (fake?) meeting
Reuters published a very interesting report on February 2, entitled ‘Exclusive-In heated meeting, India seeks tougher action from U.S. tech giants on fake news’. Excerpt: Indian officials have held heated discussions with Google, Twitter and Facebook for not proactively removing what they described … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis
Tagged Bharatiya Janata Party, Big Tech, Facebook, fake news, Google, social media, takedown requests, Twitter
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Finding trash in the dumpster
Just as there’s no merit in writing a piece that is confused and incomplete, there’s no merit in digging through a dumpster and complaining that there’s trash. However, that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t hurt when The Quint publishes something … Continue reading