Can democracy survive the rise of misinformation?

NHPR 5/24/2017 Talking about political misinformation and “fake news” post-Trump; WNYC, 7/20/2017 Interview about the backfire effect on WNYC's On The Media ...

Can Democracy Survive in an Age of Disinformation?

For democracy to function, we need people to trust in institutions, in other people, and in journalism. Disinformation erodes that trust. Disinformation sows ...

Post-Truth Politics: Can Democracy Survive Disinformation?

How is disinformation reshaping democratic societies? Experts Camille François, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and Piotr Smolar, under the guidance of ...

Opinion: Democracy Dies Under Misinformation - Chronicle

Democracy fails when it relies on an uninformed electorate and media rife with misinformation. Steps must be taken to address misinformation ...

Disinformation and Regime Survival - Yuko Sato, Felix Wiebrecht ...

Especially since the presidency of Donald Trump, disinformation and “fake news” have received heightened attention in popular as well as ...

Fake news is bad news for democracy. - The Washington Post

Fake news is bad news for democracy. Unreliable information shapes voter choices — and election outcomes.

Disinformation is breaking democracy. Berkeley is exploring solutions.

Now he and his students are studying how misinformation and disinformation on the right-friendly social media site Parler led users to a ...

Disinformation reimagined: how AI could erode democracy in the ...

In the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, social media platforms were vectors for misinformation as far-right activists, foreign ...

and disinformation: What governments can do to reinforce democracy

1.2. Identifying government responses to mis- and disinformation. “Misinformation” can be defined as false or inaccurate information that is shared unknowingly ...

Podcasts Archive — News Literacy Project

Friend or foe? · The lure of health and wellness misinformation · Beyond hot takes: Reporting on a warming planet · Could lawsuits meant to curb disinformation ...

The Problem of Misinformation in a Democracy - New America

Misinformation—defined here as deliberately shared wrong information (e.g., fake news), which is distinct from simple misperceptions (e.g., ...

Countering Disinformation Effectively: An Evidence-Based Policy ...

For these and other reasons, a growing number of experts reject the term “disinformation.” Some prefer to focus instead on “misinformation” ( ...

Post-Truth Politics: Can Democracy Survive Disinformation?

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Can AI steal the 2024 election? Not if America uses ... - USA Today

Can democracy survive artificial intelligence? As the 2024 ... misinformation and disinformation. Powerful AI tools already exist ...

Disinformation Is a Threat to Our Democracy | by Barack Obama

Disinformation Is a Threat to Our Democracy. Tech platforms need to ... can allow democracy, not just to survive, but to thrive. That ...

Can American Democracy Survive the "Fake News" Crisis

And this is serious stuff. Propaganda and “fake news” represent an existential threat to liberal democracies. When there's no consensus about ...

Can Democracy Survive in the Information Age? - Belfer Center

Similarly, after public and political pressure, Facebook, Twitter, and Google have announced efforts to update their algorithms to deemphasize 'fake news.' ...

The Rise of Digital Authoritarianism: Fake news, data collection and ...

The Rise of Digital Authoritarianism: Fake news, data collection and the challenge to democracy ... Governments around the world are tightening ...

NEW AQ: Can Latin American Democracies Survive the Age of Fake ...

This special report of AQ focuses on the profound, and possibly terminal, threat that fake news and misinformation pose to the democracies of ...

Is Our Democracy at Risk? - Boston University

... democracy.” Joan Donovan, a College of Communication assistant professor, studies misinformation and disinformation in a media environment ...