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Computer, 2021 COVID-19 has accelerated the use of social data to spread fake news, misinformation, and disinformation. Technology countermeasures alone are not sufficient to address the ongoing problem of the malicious use of data. The term fake news is not new; however, it became popular during the U.S.
Norita B. Ahmad +2 more
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, 2022 Scholars, governments and commentators are using a multiplicity of terms to describe the phenomenon of disinformation. This report uses the term 'disinformation' broadly: we are treating it as an online phenomenon encapsulating the elements of the 'deliberate creation and sharing of false and/or manipulated information', 'designed, presented and ...
Schippers, Birgit +4 more
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Abstract This chapter explains why publishing false information is constitutionally protected. It illustrates the reasons by examining a 2021 case decided by the Supreme Court, United States v. Alvarez. In it, the Court found that the government could not punish someone for falsely claiming to have won the Medal of Honor.
Lawrence J. Fennelly, Marianna A. Perry
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Countering Disinformation on Social Media Platforms: Developments in the EU and Poland
Медіафорум: аналітика, прогнози, інформаційний менеджмент, 2023 One of the biggest challenges to European democracies is the spread of malicious disinformation, facilitated by the increasing importance of online platforms as news sources.
Joanna Kulesza, Pavlo Burdiak
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Agreement with COVID-19 disinformation among Portuguese-speaking older adults: an international study [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2023 Objectives: to assess agreement with COVID-19 disinformation among Portuguese-speaking individuals aged 50 years or older. Methods: a descriptive and analytical study involving 1,214 older adults born in Portuguese-speaking countries.
Rodrigo Mota de Oliveira +7 more
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Protecting infrastructure networks from disinformation [PDF]
, 2023 Massive amount of information shared on online platforms makes the verification of contents time-consuming. Concern arises when the misleading or false information, called "disinformation", is exposed to many online platform users who have potential to ...
Jamalzadeh, Saeed
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Disinformation Cascades, Espionage & Counter-Intelligence
, 2021 Information cascades occur when decision-makers beyond some point in a decision-making sequence find that it is optimal to follow the decision that others have taken even if their own private information indicates a contrary course of action. Information
Phillips, Peter J., Pohl, Gabriela
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The Pandemic of Disinformation
Lubelski Rocznik Pedagogiczny, 2022 Introduction: The continuing pandemic crisis represents a factor of profound destabilization, because it has exacerbated the phenomena already in place. In particular, social distancing, physical immobility have definitively shifted the construction of public discourse on the network, thus, giving rise to what is called “platform society”, where it is ...
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The Various Dimensions of Disinformation: an introduction [PDF]
, 2023 Misinformation and disinformation have been an issue in the history of mass media for a long time. The rise of social media, based on user-generated contents and many-to-many communication, represented a step forward in the democratisation of the public ...
McGlashan, Mark +3 more
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Modeling the Effects of Disinformation Spread on Multi-Commodity Networks [PDF]
, 2022 Disinformation has become a more common weapon amidst growing social media platforms and users, targeting consumer behavior to affect physical infrastructure. Understanding how disinformation could attack a multi-commodity network and how to minimize its
Rohrbach, Lily
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