The weaponisation of information is mutating at alarming speed ~tech privacy social media internet Article 887 words 11 votes
The Russian foreign intelligence service is responsible for the fake report that launched the Seth Rich conspiracy theory that captivated conservatives and was promoted by the Trump administration ~news usa russia politics.usa Article 2827 words 13 votes
The internet is increasingly a low-trust society—one where an assumption of pervasive fraud is simply built into the way many things function ~tech social media internet Article 1207 words 17 votes
Beware the Cheapfakes: Deepfakes are troubling. But disinformation doesn’t have to be high tech to be damaging. ~tech social media Article 1012 words, published Jun 12 2019 5 votes
Alphabet-owned Jigsaw built a fake political site and then hired a Russian troll campaign to attack it ~tech google social media Article 1758 words 12 votes
Facebook and Google pressured EU experts to soften fake news regulations, say insiders ~news Article 2079 words 4 votes
Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracy ~news finland journalism Article 23 votes
Fake news is getting a big boost from real companies ~news journalism usa politics.usa Article 530 words 4 votes
A Russian 'troll slayer' went undercover at a troll factory and found that hundreds of Russians were working as paid trolls in rotating shifts ~tech social media internet Article 1191 words 20 votes
If Facebook wants to stop the spread of anti-vaxxers, it could start by not taking their ad dollars ~tech facebook social media Article 2014 words 12 votes
FBI warned US law enforcement agencies of threat posed by non-existent 'pro-choice extremists' ~news usa crime Article 1809 words 6 votes
New report on Russian disinformation, prepared for the Senate, shows the operation’s scale and sweep. ~news usa russia politics.usa Article 1602 words 18 votes
By ending default communities, Reddit increased disinformation ~tech social media Article 410 words 25 votes
Former Macedonian strongman's escape to Hungary triggers a flood of disinformation ~news macedonia hungary serbia law journalism Article 875 words 8 votes
A genocide incited on Facebook, with posts from Myanmar’s military ~tech facebook social media Article 1706 words 8 votes
The future of war will be ‘liked’ ~tech social media Article 1841 words, published Oct 2 2018 6 votes
Memes that kill: The future of information warfare ~tech social media internet security.cyber Article 4953 words, published May 3 2018 7 votes