Podcasts about disinformation online

Earlier this week, the Justice Department said that for the first time, it had disrupted a Russian propaganda campaign that attempted to use artificial intelligence to inflame election-year divisions in U.S. society. John Yang speaks with Nina Jankowicz, co-founder and CEO of the American Sunlight Project, to learn more about how U.S. officials are fighting foreign propaganda on social media. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Earlier this week, the Justice Department said that for the first time, it had disrupted a Russian propaganda campaign that attempted to use artificial intelligence to inflame election-year divisions in U.S. society. John Yang speaks with Nina Jankowicz, co-founder and CEO of the American Sunlight Project, to learn more about how U.S. officials are fighting foreign propaganda on social media. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

While wars are fought between armies or militant groups, conflicts have their keyboard warriors too. It is estimated that more than half of the world uses social media, and many people do not go to traditional media as a source of information at all. As social media use increases, unease has grown among EU decision-makers about the power of these platforms to potentially distort people's view of the world. The EU has tried to regulate on disinformation through the Digital Services Act (DSA), but how successful has that effort been? Our panellists assess the impact of the DSA and raise other issues that are connected to disinformation, such as spyware and election interference.

Once platforms for connection and communication, social media now often serves as a battleground for digital deception, with algorithms sometimes amplifying extremist content, including jihadi propaganda and anti-Semitism. This complex digital landscape calls for a sophisticated approach to separate the truth from manipulation.Our guest today, Benjamin Dubow, is an expert in navigating this challenging digital terrain. As President and CTO of Omelas, he brings a wealth of experience from his days of monitoring extremist content to leading a company that uses open-source intelligence to combat disinformation.Ben shares his journey and how his expertise in tracking and understanding loyalty to terrorist groups has evolved into addressing broader influence operations by major world powers. He delves into the ethical considerations in AI-driven intelligence and the dynamic nature of misinformation, offering an in-depth look at the societal implications of these phenomena.This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the interplay between technology, international politics, and the changing digital world.About Ben Dubow:Benjamin Dubow is the CTO and President of Omelas, a company that blends expert knowledge with artificial intelligence to provide comprehensive context behind data. He is also a fellow at the Center for European Policy and Analysis. His role at Omelas showcases his profound expertise in data architecture and machine learning, enabling him to conduct extensive and innovative research and analysis. Additionally, he is multilingual and proficient in Arabic, French, Farsi, and Russian, which enhances his capabilities in global tech and policy arenas.Prior to Omelas, Ben was the President of Code To Inspire, a nonprofit focused on teaching Afghan women coding skills and helping them secure online employment. He also worked as a consultant for Google, where he played a pivotal role in the removal of ISIS content from YouTube and was instrumental in establishing the Redirect Method, a digital counter-extremism effort. His background in technology and his commitment to social impact have marked him as a notable figure in both the tech and policy sectors.In this episode, we discuss:(01:27) Ben's career transition from counterterrorism to tech-driven solutions at Omelas(04:30) His experience at Google(06:25) The opportunity he saw when founding Omelas(07:15) Omelas' distinctive approach to open-source intelligence(09:24) Techniques for content analysis and sentiment assessment in intelligence gathering(11:10) Tackling misinformation and the data explosion in the digital age(14:13) The importance of understanding different perspectives in data contextualization(17:29) Analyzing the complex world of digital truth and the rise of disinformation(22:14) The mechanics of Russian influence operations and their unique approaches(29:17) Specific characteristics of jihadi propaganda and the influence of social media algorithms(36:22) Omelas' role in counteracting extremist messaging and propaganda(38:20) Exploring the implications of generative AI in shaping perceptions in information wars(42:55) Outlining Omelas' vision and the significance of truth in information disseminationFast Favorites:*

Dr. Srijan Kumar is an Assistant professor at Georgia Tech with research interests in combating misinformation and harmful content on online platforms, building robust AI models prone to adversarial attacks, and behavior modeling for more accurate recommender systems. Before joining Georgia Tech, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University and completed his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Maryland. He has received multiple awards for his research work, including Forbes 30u30 and being named a Kavli Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences.Time stamps of the conversation00:01:00 Introductions00:01:45 Background and Interest in AI00:05:27 Current research interests00:09:50 What is misinformation?00:15:07 ChatGPT and misinformation00:23:40 How can AI help detect misinformation?00:39:15 Twitter's Birdwatch platform to detect fake/misleading news00:56:38 Detecting fake bots on Twitter01:03:39 Adversarial training to build robust AI models01:05:31 Robustness vs Generalizability in machine learning01:11:40 Navigating your interest in the field of AI/machine learning01:19:22 Doing a Ph.D. and working in Industry vs Academia01:24:22 Focusing on Quality of Research rather than Quantity01:31:23 Advice to young people interested in AIDr. Kumar's homepage: https://cc.gatech.edu/~srijan/Twitter: https://twitter.com/srijankediaLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/srijankrAbout the Host:Jay is a Ph.D. student at Arizona State University.Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahjay22/Twitter: https://twitter.com/jaygshah22Homepage: https://www.public.asu.edu/~jgshah1/ for any queries.Stay tuned for upcoming webinars!***Disclaimer: The information contained in this video represents the views and opinions of the speaker and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of any institution. It does not constitute an endorsement by any Institution or its affiliates of such video content.***Checkout these Podcasts on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JayShahmlAbout the author: https://www.public.asu.edu/~jgshah1/

This week we hear from journalist and Mozilla Fellow Odanga Madung who uncovered a paid disinformation campaign on Twitter in Kenya. He says social media firms mustn't rely on AI to tackle the spread of false information online. Also, a brand new dinosaur has been discovered in China. Fossils show it's in the same family as the Stegosaurus, with large armour plates and spines.Plus:Microsoft's Direct-Storage API speeds up loading times (2.10)Ford launching 7 new EVs in Europe (2.42)Dronecoria: using drones to reforest the world (3.12)The high tech ambulance using 5G from space (4.26)How to watch NASA's live spacewalk (5.05)Check out our twitter for all the latest news - @EveningStandard See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

To kick-off our season on mis- and dis- info we are rebroadcasting this great conversation with Nasma Ahmed who is the Director of the Digital Justice Lab. In this episode, recorded in 2019, Nasma helps Elizabeth unpack what exactly mis- and dis- information are, why we need to question content we see online, and how a lack of trust in larger political systems plays in. Additional Resources:First Draft has a number of very useful resources. Find some key definitions in Wardel's Fake news: It's complicated and check out this three part series on The Psychology of Misinformation.Marwick and Lewis with Data & Society also have a helpful report: Media Manipulation and Disinformation Online.

Jiore Craig joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in politics, working on causes and campaigns around the world and how she and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue are working to find solutions to combat extremism, hate and disinformation.

On this week's podcast, Peter Warren Singer, strategist and senior fellow at New America and defense policy expert, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss the Cyber Citizenship Initiative, which helps build students' resilience to digital misinformation. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines how different teacher preparation programs impact graduates' classroom effectiveness.

Disinformation has been with us for a long time and as social media emerged it has been using new tools to spread even faster. Some of those tools are well known: pictures out of context, deep fake, false information under the cloak of science. Analysts and scientists study their impact on our lives. What have they discovered so far? What role do memes play in spreading disinformation? Why did some Americans believe that the last presidential election had been rigged and what was the role of keyword squatting? In this episode of our podcast we host Jane Lytvynenko, a journalist specializing in disinformation and its impact on social change. She published, among others, at BuzzFeed.News. She is associated with The Media Manipulation Casebook - a research platform devoted to disinformation and its threats to democracy, public health and security. Host: Wiola Myszkowska

Dr. Krishana Sankar and Dr. Jonathan Stea are experts with Science Up First, an online group of experts combatting disinformation and misinformation surrounding COVID-19 and vaccines. Spoilers: mRNA can't alter your DNA, Bill Gates is not microchipping you, and while viruses 'shed', vaccines do not. https://www.scienceupfirst.com/

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In this episode, hear about the EU regulatory plans for online platforms and other digital players to tackle disinformation (aka 'fake news'). The podcast features an interview with Renate Nikolay, the Head of Cabinet of the European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova who is leading the Commission's work in this respect. The public debate about platform accountability for online content has escalated when several social media platforms deactivated Donald Trump's accounts, in the aftermath of the riots at the Capitol Building. It has been questioned extensively how such company decisions can be reconciled with the freedom of speech. Tune in and learn:How platform accountability for false or misleading content and the freedom of speech can be reconciled in practice How to ensure that contemplated regulatory measures are not misused as censorship How the EU's plans to address disinformation interrelate to other recently announced EU proposals to tighten rules on platform accountabilityHow the EU intends to ensure a coherent approach on countering disinformation across EuropeWhat's R. Nikolay's personal take, based on her prior experience, on the geopolitical aspects of efforts to deal with disinformationWhat R. Nikolay expects from online platforms and other stakeholders in this policy debate

Nasma Ahmed is the Director of the Digital Justice Lab and she helps Elizabeth unpack what exactly mis- and dis- information are, why we need to question content we see online, and how a lack of trust in larger political systems plays in. Additional Resources:First Draft has a number of very useful resources. Find some key definitions in Wardel's Fake news: It's complicated and check out this three part series on The Psychology of Misinformation.Marwick and Lewis with Data & Society also have a helpful report: Media Manipulation and Disinformation Online.

Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Sorting out fake news, trolls, and foreign interference – all working to misinform you. How do we fix this and who gets to be the gatekeeper of online information? We look for answers.

President Trump used Tuesday night's debate to attack the integrity of the upcoming election with false claims about voter fraud and mail-in ballots. National security officials say claims like those are being amplified on social media by foreign countries — including Russia — and by bad actors in the U.S. NPR's Shannon Bond and Greg Myre report on how government officials and tech companies are handling that disinformation. And NPR's Pam Fessler explains why the President's false claims about voter fraud have election experts worried about conflicts at the polls. NPR's Life Kit has a guide to voting by mail or in-person this election season. In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.We're working on an upcoming episode about pandemic precautions and we want to hear from you. Fill out the form on this page and we may follow up on your response. Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

President Trump used Tuesday night's debate to attack the integrity of the upcoming election with false claims about voter fraud and mail-in ballots. National security officials say claims like those are being amplified on social media by foreign countries — including Russia — and by bad actors in the U.S. NPR's Shannon Bond and Greg Myre report on how government officials and tech companies are handling that disinformation. And NPR's Pam Fessler explains why the President's false claims about voter fraud have election experts worried about conflicts at the polls. NPR's Life Kit has a guide to voting by mail or in-person this election season. In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.We're working on an upcoming episode about pandemic precautions and we want to hear from you. Fill out the form on this page and we may follow up on your response. Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

In this episode of Policy, Guns and Money ASPI’s Head of the International Program, Lisa Sharland speaks to experienced human rights and women’s rights advocate, Louise Allen about her recent ASPI publication ‘Australia's implementation of women, peace and security: Promoting regional security’. You can read the full report here: https://www.aspi.org.au/report/australias-implementation-women-peace-and-security-promoting-regional-security Renee DiResta, Technical Research Manager at Stanford Internet Observatory, talks with ICPC’s Elise Thomas about misinformation and malign narratives across social networks, focusing on the trends the world is witnessing throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, we hear from ICPC’s Tom Uren and Jocelinn Kang who discuss how cyber criminals are exploiting COVID-19 to carry out cyber-attacks on hospitals. In this episode: Louise Allen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louise-allen-70b7138/?originalSubdomain=au Lisa Sharland: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/lisa-sharland Tom Uren: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/tom-uren Jocelinn Kang: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/jocelinn-kang Renee DiResta: http://www.reneediresta.com/ Elise Thomas: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/elise-thomas Music: 'Stranger Danger' by Francis Preve via the YouTube Audio Library.

Singapore’s opposition says that a recent law designed to crack down on fake news is actually just a tool of censorship, but the government says it is necessary to curb the spread of disinformation. For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, WPR’s Elliot Waldman discusses this issue with Cherian George. If you like what you hear on Trend Lines and what you’ve read on WPR, you can sign up for our free newsletter to get our uncompromising analysis delivered straight to your inbox. The newsletter offers a free preview article every day of the week, plus three more complimentary articles in our weekly roundup every Friday. Sign up here. Then subscribe. Relevant Articles on WPR: Asia’s Troubling New Fight Against ‘Fake News’ Ahead of Major Elections, Asian Democracies Grapple With a Torrent of Fake News The EU Considers a New Approach to Confront Disinformation Online Can a Divided World Cope With the Risks of the Digital Revolution? Trend Lines is produced and edited by Peter Dörrie, a freelance journalist and analyst focusing on security and resource politics in Africa. You can follow him on Twitter at @peterdoerrie. To send feedback or questions, email us at podcast@worldpoliticsreview.com.

Lots of people online are saying that Elizabeth Warren wants to criminalize all disinformation online. That would be scary for anyone who cares about free speech! But it's not true. Her plan is pretty detailed. It actually says she won't spread disinformation herself, wants more from the tech platforms on this issue, and will criminalize disinformation specifically if it is designed to suppress the vote.

We discuss what’s being done to fight disinformation online; the unintended consequences of policies that punish pregnant women for drug use; the crucial intelligence-sharing pact between South Korea and Japan; the importance of public trust in artificial intelligence; helping victims after man-made disasters; and why it’s time to prepare for a future Alzheimer’s treatment. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

MIT Professor Sinan Aral proposes ways to measure disinformation on social media in order to safeguard elections and democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Curtis Hougland joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about how the right has weaponized the internet with disinformation and how Main Street One is helping progressives to win the internet back.

“Technology is an incredible, transformative force and it should always be accompanied by a serious conversation about how it’s affecting our society.” — Dan Keyserling Dan Keyserling serves as Chief Operating Officer at Jigsaw, a unit within Alphabet that uses technology to make the world safer. At Jigsaw, Dan and his team are focused on “understanding the methodologies governments use to engage in disinformation operations.”  “Fake news” has massively affected journalists and hijacked media platforms, especially in countries where the government has vested interests in manipulating the flow of information. More appropriately named, “disinformation campaigns,” these stories have key similarities that, if identified quickly, can help platforms stop the narrative before it is spread. “It’s more important than ever that we build things that can help journalists and platforms detect when media has been manipulated,” says Dan.  When asked about solutions, Dan offers a list of platforms, apps, and APIs that can be used to help identify toxic information and suspicious activity. However, his bigger focus is on opening up the conversation with the broader tech community. This is a growing global issue and is going to take ongoing, widespread efforts to combat. On this episode, Mission Producer, Austin Craig sits down with Dan to dive into the topic of ‘fake news’ — what it is and what it isn’t. Dan also shares how Jigsaw identifies disinformation campaigns online and how they are thinking about building solutions.  — P.S. As part of our partnership with b8ta, we’re giving away three Withings Body+ Wi-Fi Smart Scales! Enter the giveaway for a chance to win or use discount code “MissionDaily20” to receive 20% off online at www.withings.com! — Mission Daily and all of our podcasts are created with love by our team at Mission.org. We own and operate a network of podcasts, and brand story studio designed to accelerate learning. Our clients include companies like Salesforce, Twilio, and Katerra who work with us because we produce results. To learn more and get our case studies, check out Mission.org/Studios. If you’re tired of media and news that promotes fear, uncertainty, and doubt and want an antidote, you’ll want to subscribe to our daily newsletter at Mission.org. When you do, you’ll receive a mission-driven newsletter every morning that will help you start your day off right!

Dr. Alice Marwick, Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, guests to discuss the findings of her research report: Media Manipulation and Disinformation Online. Dr. Marwick breaks down how far-right groups use the internet and social media to promote their ideologies. We also talk about radicalization, conspiracy theories, and differences in online activity between the far-right and far-left. Check out the report here. And don't forget to sign up for the Social Media and Politics newsletter!

Today's interview is a live taping of the show from the annual Facutly Symposium at Borough of Manhattan Community College. The daylong symposium was called Techno Cultures in the 21st Century.Marc and Becca Lewis from Data & Society, explore the report titled,"Media Manipulation and Disinformation Online" widening its scope to include her further research on the "Online Far-Right" as content creators. If you're someone who spends time advocating for a creative and collaborative culture on the internet, this episode will be sobering, but required listening. The good people at Data & Society are reporting out, for our benefit, on the societal phenomena that occur on the internet. As you can imagine, 2017 was an important year for them. This report is a critical investigation of all that emerged online around the 2016 election. If you're still trying to understand the difference between "fake news" and "media manipulation," or alt right and alt light, or how a little green frog took over momentarily as a symbol of hate across our media, stay tuned.Huge thanks to the faculty of the Department of Social Sciences, Human Services, and Criminal Justice at Borough of Manhattan Community College, who were amazing hosts for this event.If you like this episode, subscribe to No Such Thing on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play. If it's not available on your favorite player, let me know through our shownotes site, nosuchthingpodcast[dot]org. Already a subscriber? Please rate and review us, and tweet the showpage to your network with #nosuchthingpodcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fake news: how can data science and deep learning be leveraged to detect it? Come on a journey with Mike Tamir, Head of Data Science at Uber ATG, who is building out a data science product that classifies text as news, editorial, satire, hate speech and fake news, among others. We'll also see what types of unique challenges Mike faced in his work at Takt, using data science to service the needs of Fortune 500 companies such as Starbucks.Links from the showFROM THE INTERVIEWFakerFact(Chrome Extension)FakerFact (Firefox Extension)FakerFact The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Recurrent Neural Networks by Andrei KarpathyFROM THE SEGMENTSThe Double-edged Sword of Impact Parts I & 2 (with Friederike Schüür, Cloudera Fast Forward Labs)Media Manipulation and Disinformation Online from Data & SocietyJames Bridle's blog post 'Something is wrong on the internet'The Cost of Fairness in Binary Classification (.pdf), a paper by Menon & Williamson (2018)Multisided Fairness for Recommendation, a paper by Burke (2017)All The Cool Kids, How Do They Fit In? Popularity and Demographic Biases in Recommender Evaluation and Effectiveness, a paper by Ekstrand et al. (2018)The spread of true and false news online, a paper by Vosoughi et al. (2018)Original music and sounds by The Sticks.

Support the show and get double the episodes by subscribing to bonus episodes for $5/month at patreon.com/champagnesharks.  Also, remember to review and rate the podcast in Itunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/champ…d1242690393?mt=2. Today I'm joined by Ian Danskin of Innuendo Studios, who can be found on twitter at http://twitter.com/innuendostudios. We're here to talk about his new Youtube video series on dealing with the Alt-Right, "The Alt-Right Playbook." You can support his work via Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/InnuendoStudios. "The Alt-Right Playbook: Introduction" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xGawJIseNY. "The Alt-Right Playbook: Control the Conversation" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xGawJIseNY. "The Alt-RIght Playbook: Never Play Defense" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmVkJvieaOA Data and Society website's papers https://datasociety.net/output/ "Media Manipulation and Disinformation Online" by Alice Marwick and Rebecca Lewis https://datasociety.net/pubs/oh/DataAndSociety_MediaManipulationAndDisinformationOnline.pdf The Authoritarians by Bob Altemeyer http://theauthoritarians.org/Downloads/TheAuthoritarians.pdf Don't Think of a Pink Elephant by George Lakoff http://amzn.to/2DaCh9v Anti-Semite and Jew: An Exploration of the Etiology of Hate by Jean-Paul Sartre http://amzn.to/2CJiInR The #ianlivetweetshisresearch hashtag: https://twitter.com/hashtag/IanLivetweetsHisResearch?src=hash

Alice Marwick speaks about Data & Society's recent report on Media Manipulation and Disinformation Online. Alice Marwick leads the Media Manipulation project at Data & Society, and will join the Communication department at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in the Fall.

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