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Tag: fake news
All is loud on the eastern front: Ukraine is getting bombarded with fake videos
War is in full swing in Ukraine. This means truth-dodging propaganda is just around the corner.
Researchers develop a new way to tackle fake news — and it’s aimed at the stock market
Even markets are not spared from the effects of fake news.
The crowd can do as good a job spotting fake news as professional fact-checkers — if you group up enough people
"Quantity has a quality all its own" is an infamous quote, but it's not wrong.
‘Pre-bunking’ is an effective tool against fake news, browser game shows
This is Good News!
AI is so good at inventing stories that its creators had to shut it down to avoid ‘fake news’
OpenAI thinks that its AI is too dangerous to risk having it fall into the wrong hands.
This video that doesn’t feature Barack Obama can teach us a lot about fake news
Non-Barack Obama has an important announcement to make.
This fun online game lets you play a propaganda master — and it’s a fake news vaccine
Sowing #fear and #disiniformation has never been this educative!
Facebook bans “fake news” from advertising
Perhaps we just give social media too much credit.
Google’s top result for “cure for cancer”says carrot juice is the cure
All you need is carrot juice and beetroot. Sheesh...
Study analyzes why some people are so sure they’re right — even when evidence shows they’re wrong
If you want to fight dogmatism, you first need to learn how it works in the minds of people.
One in five bots sharing fake news during France’s presidential election were also involved in the United States’
Oh my, now isn't this a very strange coincidence?
Teaching school children to sniff out bogus medical claims works
Education > fake news
EU-Funded fake news spotting tool gets better and better
A much needed tool.
‘Psychological vaccination’ counters effects of fake news. Critical thinking is still a thing
Just a bit of fake news presented in context along the factual is enough to negate the effects of bogus ...
We’re trusting a lot of fake news because we’re abysmal at weeding it out, study finds
Two articles on fake news in one day?! Yes, we do spoil you.
No, global temperatures aren’t “plunging” – fake news is acting up
What can go wrong when loudmouths spread fake information?