Deep Fakes: ‘disinformation on steroids’
Deep fakes are a profoundly serious problem for democratic governments and the world order, according to Robert Chesney of the University of Texas School of Law, and Danielle K. Citron… Read more »
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‘Disinformation Wars: Western democracies ill-prepared for coming wave of ‘deep fakes’
Western democracies are ill-prepared for the coming wave of “deep fakes” that artificial intelligence could unleash, according to Chris Meserole, a fellow in the Brookings Institution’s Center for Middle… Read more »
The damage deep-fakes inflict on democracy
There are three important initiatives that could play a key role in helping to contain the damage that deep-fakes inflict on democracy, according to Clint Watts, a Distinguished Research Fellow… Read more »
Demystifying deepfakes: Tracking global disinformation narratives
The top U.S. representative in Taiwan says Washington is working with it to combat efforts by Beijing to influence upcoming elections on the island, AP reports. The U.S. is… Read more »
De-risking authoritarian AI to reboot democracy?
De-risking authoritarian AI | Simeon Gilding | https://t.co/T0qKTpEa4Z via @aspi_org — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) August 1, 2023 You may not be interested in artificial intelligence, but it is interested in… Read more »
Authoritarians should be worried: ‘Web3’ is on the way
The Internet once held great promise as a means of empowering individuals, but it has become yet another path of control for bad actors, note analysts Anthony Vinci and Nadia… Read more »
Networked disinformation threat demands global civil society response
We have been looking for the solution to disinformation in the wrong place, according to a leading analyst. Civil society, not governments or social media companies, can best diminish disinformation…. Read more »
Democracy’s ‘last best hope’?
In 2015, the year after his party won the two-thirds majority he needed to overhaul Hungary’s constitution, Viktor Orban said: “We are experiencing the end of all the liberal babble…. Read more »
China waging global ‘hybrid war’: Beijing’s mass surveillance for secrets and scandal
The personal details of millions of people around the world have been swept up in a database compiled by a Chinese tech company with reported links to the country’s military… Read more »
How to counter disinformation’s deadly fallout
Deepfakes, big data, and virtual reality—our working paper by @samuelwoolley @katie_joseff addresses how these emerging technologies may interact with the psychological factors that drive the demand for disinformation https://t.co/BzAyJs5VE4… Read more »