We’ve already seen deepfakes infiltrating the 2024 election cycle. Just how will this impact voters? Misinformation experts Sam Gregory and Claire Wardle discuss what’s at stake. This conversation is part of the WNET series 'Take on Fake.' hari sreenivasan youtu.be/OPYv9SvY4Uk

When we asked diaspora communities in South Florida about their questions & concerns, here is one we didn't expect:

'Alexa says there will be no election in 2024'

Information inequities breed misinformation vulnerabilities--we explain how in a new white paper with We Are Más

🧵Today’s major information challenges are best met by solutions focused on communities. This local approach inspired our first class of Information Futures Fellows. Now, fellows are ready to share what they have learned. #IFLFellows sites.brown.edu/informationfut…

50 papers. 119 interventions. “There’s no silver bullet to mitigating health misinformation”

Great systematic review by StefanieFriedhoff Claire Wardle et al.

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1/ Pleased to share a Global Voices study looking at narratives of authoritarianism in 20 countries. The work looks at how countries shape information ecosystems to push acceptance of authoritarian practices. [advox.globalvoices.org/2023/08/04/unf…] #unfreedommonitor @advox

Many thx to AAM for supporting Journal_List and our trust.txt system. By engaging ~1,100 media members, AAM is sending a collective trust signal that will elevate dependable news sites and distinguish journalists from misinformation peddlers. bit.ly/aam-trust

Very excited about our first cohort of Brown Information Futures Lab Fellows. They are all people working on these issues every day, so I already know the impact is going to be significant.

Big thanks to Ciarán O'Connor, Elise Thomas, Eliot Higgins and William Kilbride for their thoughts on this technologyreview.com/2022/11/11/106…

Huge congratulations to everyone at the Brown Information Futures Lab APAC team (@annekrugernews Esther Chan Stevie Zhang 張珮琳) for putting together this guidebook on tackling mis/disinformation in Southeast Asia 🎉

Glad to have contributed and excited to see what comes next!!

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🧵 In the lead-up to almost every election around the world since 2016, we’ve seen the same “zombie” rumors, even some of the same manipulated or out-of-context images and videos circulating. But with the US midterms next Tuesday, we’re likely to see something a bit different.

This looks really useful. Thanks for pulling it together IOpartnership

I joined NECN/LX News to talk about how technology incentivizes misinformation, the need for more transparency, and how people can prepare for the election youtu.be/Xvv5s63o59k

Applications are open for our new Local Investigations Fellowship! In addition to a resume and clips, we're asking applicants to submit a memo of their investigative story idea or area of focus. nytimes.com/localinvestiga…

We’re excited to launch this op-ed series promoting South-to-South knowledge exchange in the disinformation and tech policy space ❤️ we reject having to wait for “the EU model” or whatever for us to advocate for our countries and support fellow researchers and activists 🌟

Please think about applying or share with your networks. The Fellows we're about to announce for the spring are really wonderful.

I'm so proud of this research! Hoping it's a first step towards a more clear understanding of how climate change misinformation reaches Spanish-speakers.

I did some talking about misinformation and made some faces. One of those faces was captured here.

Tonight, we're hosting an all-star panel to discuss Cambridge Analytica: 4 Years Later with David Carroll 🦣 @[email protected] Zamaan Qureshi Anna Lysyanskaya

Join us in person on campus or via the livestream link. Register here: ca4yearslater.eventbrite.com