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Countering Disinformation on Social Media Platforms: Developments in the EU and Poland
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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Disinformation Cascades, Espionage & Counter-Intelligence
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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Technologies for Detecting Disinformation in Social Media: A Comprehensive Review [PDF]
Timely and effective disinformation detection is crucial for curbing the spread of disinformation and minimizing social harm. Numerous deep learning methods have been employed for disinformation detection.
XU Minchen, QU Dan, SI Nianwen, PENG Sisi, CHEN Yaqi
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This article outlines steps towards a disinformation theory, a simplified and generalized notion of communication that is intended to be, in some way, misleading or deceptive. The model is derived from Shannon's communications model, but with an intentional “noise source” and an unintended receiver. Alterations of an image containing a message are used
James Alexander, Jonathan M. Smith
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Mathematical modeling of disinformation and effectiveness of mitigation policies
Disinformation is spread to manipulate public opinion for malicious purposes. Mathematical modeling was used to examine and optimize several strategies for combating disinformation—content moderation, education, and counter-campaigns.
David J. Butts +2 more
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Critical disinformation studies: History, power, and politics
This essay advocates a critical approach to disinformation research that is grounded in history, culture, and politics, and centers questions of power and inequality. In the United States, identity, particularly race, plays a key role in the messages and
Rachel Kuo, Alice Marwick
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Education against Disinformation [PDF]
In the contemporary world, disinformation has serious consequences, including undermining democracy, the economy and public health. They influence electoral processes, undermine trust in companies, encourage divisions and divert attention from key issues.
Krunoslav Antoliš
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As Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, social media was rife with pro-Kremlin disinformation. To effectively tackle the issue of state-sponsored disinformation campaigns, this study examines the underlying reasons why ...
Felipe Bonow Soares +2 more
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Why do countries engage in disinformation campaigns even though they know that they will likely be debunked later on? We explore a core puzzle in information warfare in which countries that pursue disinformation to confuse and demobilise their ...
Ertan, A. S., Ünver, Hamid Akın
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Viral online disinformation is misleading content that is generated to manipulate public opinion and to circulate rapidly in the digital space. Although viral disinformation has become an instrument for radicalization, the specific psychological ...
Sophia Moskalenko, Ekaterina Romanova
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