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Disinformation

Vladimir Putin at the Almazov National Medical Research Centre in St. Petersburg, 2017.

Coronavirus in Russia: How Putin’s disinformation efforts could backfire at home

By Judy Twigg | Biosecurity

Examples of composite images designed to be used in disinformation campaigns. Left and Center: This anti-Widodo hashtag was added to the building through the use of a digital image-editing tool. The modification was detected by an algorithm that searches images for inconsistencies in the statistics of their pixels. Right: The CNN International logo has been added to a false news story about Widodo.

An AI early warning system to monitor online disinformation, stop violence, and protect elections

By Michael Yankoski, Tim Weninger, Walter Scheirer | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, Multimedia

Examples of composite images designed to be used in disinformation campaigns. Left and Center: This anti-Widodo hashtag was added to the building through the use of a digital image-editing tool. The modification was detected by an algorithm that searches images for inconsistencies in the statistics of their pixels. Right: The CNN International logo has been added to a false news story about Widodo.

An AI early warning system to monitor online disinformation, stop violence, and protect elections

By Walter Scheirer, Tim Weninger, Michael Yankoski | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

A protest against India's new controversial citizenship law.

Fake news epidemic: Coronavirus breeds hate and disinformation in India and beyond

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

The latest from AI research: automated fake news trolls

By Matt Field | Artificial Intelligence, Multimedia

Why 2020 disinformation campaigns may be outsourced to the Philippines

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Photo illustration by Matt Field based in part on photos by premier.gov.ru and www.kremlin.ru via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 4.0.

Ahead of 2020, disinformation and fake news are alive and well on social media 

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Illustration by Matt Field. Based in part on photo by FFCU CC BY-SA 2.0.

Former Israeli spies get involved in US elections as information warriors

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Doug Jones speaks at a campaign event. Credit: Digital Campaign Manager for Doug Jones for Senate. CC BY-SA 4.0

A smallish effort to mimic Russian disinformation tactics comes to light in Alabama

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

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