How are we to understand the Information Disordered Landscape created by #SocialMedia ?
Is Western Democracy being degraded by #algorithms ?
Excellent conversation hosted by Peter Geoghan of #DemocracyForSale, in conversation with Eliot Higgins of @Bellingcat
RFK Jr
His fake CDC website
Don't be fooled
#Malinformation
🧠 L’importance d’une information de #qualité
Une #information pertinente permet d’anticiper les changements et d’adapter sa stratégie, que ce soit à titre individuel ou collectif. Elle aide à prendre des décisions réfléchies, en évitant les biais liés à l'emballement médiatique, la mésinformation, la #malinformation ou la désinformation.
Behind the scenes hackers and coders have been raising the alarm about the
privacy risks (reality, not a risk) of the use of commercial tools to access LLM'z, pushing themselves hard to provide advice and code to companies - at the cost of their sleep for the vast majority, under the pressure of management, in order for these companies to enter the market of "AI" to make profits at the cost of our security.
It makes me sad that today the majority of publication about #deepseek, (which is released in Opensource) availability turns around threats on privacy while our infosec community's work has been ignored for now more than two years. The topic of privacy will circulate on social networks to be ignored in a couple of weeks (I am optimistic), pushed out by another topic about LLM, eluding again the fact that any company can run its own models locally on dedicated servers.
Bests,
In 2025, it might be a good idea to install "Who wrote that?" now, a browser add-on by @wikimediafoundation
It adds a link "Who wrote that?" under "Tools", on every #Wikipedia page. If you click it, the revision history for the respective page is scanned in the background, and you get tooltips giving you #author info for every piece of text, plus highlighting of the other parts of the page they also edited.
I believe you know why you might want this.
Currently works for the following Wikipedia languages: AR, DE, EN, ES, EU, FR, HU, ID, IT, JA, NL, PL, PT, TR.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Who_Wrote_That%3F
#misinformation #disinformation #malinformation #VanityEditing
A reminder:
IF IT ISN'T DELIBERATE and the bad info is RETRACTED OR UPDATED, it's #Misinformation.
IF IT IS DELIBERATE, it is #Disinformation.
IF IT IS INFORMATION REMOVED FROM IT'S ORIGINAL CONTEXT, it is #Malinformation.
Disinformation and malinformation are anti-meaning and destructive.
Misinformation is based on ignorance & misunderstanding and then acknowledged, retracted and / or updated.
Johns Hopkins Univ. : BIAS helps in making quick decisions. Being well-informed makes that harder and decision-taking takes longer - a critical aspect in evolution.
"illusion of adequate information" is the BIAS that makes people THINK they are well-informed. Not being well-informed is an evolutionary advantage.
#fakenews #malinformation #ignorance #misinformation #bias
https://www.br.de/nachrichten/wissen/verzerrte-selbsteinschaetzung-was-zu-einer-starken-meinung-fuehrt,US09vD6
Von #StiftungFuture3 #Future3 und #ValentinePython, #Klimatologin (Dr. #EPFL), #Geografin und ehemalige Nationalrätin
Die Kampagne zur Biodiversitätsinitiative, über die in der Schweiz am 22. September 2024 abgestimmt werden soll, ist Gegenstand einer massiven Verbreitung von #Desinformation, #Fehlinformation und #Malinformation (#MDM).
#Biodiversität #Biodiversitätsschutz #JazurBiodiversitaet #Biodiversitätsinitiative #BiodiversitätsinitiativeJA
https://de.future3.ch/news/mit-desinformation-gegen-biodiversitaetsinitiative
#Misinformation: blanket statements, bullshit, uninformed, outdated, inaccurate
False, no harm intended.
#Disinformation: lies, "fake news", made up stuff
False, harm intended.
#Malinformation: leaks, disclosures, decontextualization, framing, insinuation
Partially true, harm intended.
This story bought and paid for directly by the fossil fuel industry on America's most watched "news" network.
"Instead, many people—following the example of our media’s favorite "experts"—fixate on fossil fuels’ negative climate side effects and ignore their enormous positives."
Notice how they have a picture of farming. They always want to draw on the prtotectionism people feel towards farmers.
Court ordered penalties for 15 teens who created naked AI images of classmates by #ArsTechnica (10 Jul 2024)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/court-ordered-penalties-for-15-teens-who-created-naked-ai-images-of-classmates/
#edtechSR #MediaLit #DigCit #AI #DeepFake #malinformation #ethics #edtech #education
Mapping automatic social media information disorder. The role of bots and AI in spreading misleading information in society
“The analysis focused on four research questions: 1) the distribution of misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation across different platforms; 2) recurring themes in fake news and their visibility; 3) the role of artificial intelligence as an authoritative and/or spreader agent; and 4) strategies for combating information disorder. The role of AI was highlighted, both as a tool for fact-checking and building truthiness identification bots, and as a potential amplifier of false narratives.”
Tomassi A, Falegnami A, Romano E (2024) Mapping automatic social media information disorder. The role of bots and AI in spreading misleading information in society. PLOS ONE 19(5): e0303183. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303183
#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #SocialMedia #Twitter #X #Facebook #Misinformation #Disinformation #Malinformation #Academia #Academic #Academics @ai @socialmedia
Helpful info since not everyone understands the differences...
Misinformation - Information that is false, but not created or shared with the intention of causing harm.
Example: Old wives tales.
Disinformation - Information that is deliberately created to mislead, harm, or manipulate a person, social group, organization, or country.
Example: What politicians say.
Malinformation - Information that is originally based in fact, but is used out of context to mislead, harm, or manipulate.
Example: Conspiracy theories.
Disinformation for Beginners (4-part article series by Cyabra)
Part 1: Information Types: What is the difference?
https://cyabra.com/blog/information-types-what-is-the-difference/
Part 2: Who is Manipulating the Media?
https://cyabra.com/blog/who-is-manipulating-the-media-disinformation-for-beginners-part-2/
Part 3: Are You Being Manipulated?
https://cyabra.com/blog/are-you-being-manipulated-disinformation-for-beginners-part-3/
Part 4: Flattening the Disinformation Curve & Cyabra’s Disinformation Term Log
https://cyabra.com/blog/flattening-the-disinformation-curve-disinformation-for-beginners-part-4/
Pour faire face à la #désinformation et la #malinformation il y a les professionnels de l’#information 👉 https://synfie.fr/lintelligence-economique-rempart-contre-le-risque-de-desinformation/
Nouvelle tribune dédiée à l’esprit critique pour développer la fabrique de la #connaissance
#EspritCritique #Information #Veille #Desinformation #Surinformation #Malinformation #Perspectivisme #Curiosite #Debat #PenseeSystemique #PenseeComplexe #Journalisme #IntelligenceEconomique #InformationCirculaire #VeilleRegenerative
Bold Testimony on Government Censorship: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Stands Firm in House Hearing
After witnessing the epic showdown of a censorship hearing trying to censor a censorship hearing, one can't help but wonder if the government's censorship tactics will make it out alive. It's almost like watching a cat chase its tail while trying to cover its tracks.
#censorship #profit #surveillancestate #newsintegrity #malinformation #peerreview #truthsuppression #corporatecontrol #corruption #targetedpropaganda
At the end of the Hearing on the Weaponization of the Federal Government (at 3 h 45 min 30s in), we are told of the #censoring of posts on Natural #Immunity. Even when backed up by a Bloomberg article! Natural Immunity had been acquired by many (e.g. nurses,...) in the first year of #COVID19
#RFKJr explains how the term #malinformation was created to label even true information the government did not like.
"Tracking Russian Interference to Derail Democracy in #Africa"
via Africa Center for Strategic Studies #MDM #Misinformation #Disinformation #Malinformation 🌍
https://africacenter.org/spotlight/russia-interference-undermine-democracy-africa/
[#INFORMATIONDISORDER] Such a pleasure to read again the dense and smart thoughts of @cward1e encouraging us to stop using "fake news", to better look at "narratives" (and less at the "atoms of content), to promote "good stuff" rather than fighting "bad stuff"...
Thanks to @N_Henin, who spotted this article.
