The European Union (EU) has issued a warning to world’s richest man Elon Musk regarding allegations of spreading disinformation related to the Hamas attack on Israel. As per reports, the EU claims that Musk’s social media platform, previously known as Twitter and now referred to as “X”, has been involved in disseminating fake news and … Read more
Paris: Health professionals must warn the world about the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI), a group of academics wrote on Wednesday, as clamours grow for work on the technology to be halted. The academics wrote in the BMJ Global Health journal that time was running out to take action because corporations, the military and governments … Read more
Feb. 3, 2021 — As health care providers work against the clock to administer as many COVID-19 vaccine doses as soon as possible, logistics aren’t the only thing standing in their way. Misinformation — which has hampered the nation’s coronavirus response — is now hurting vaccination efforts, too. About 1 in … Read more
Separating fact from fiction Now that millions of people have received the vaccines — including more than 3 million who have completed the full two-dose regimen — experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be able to truly sort out real, rare side effects caused by the … Read more
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Oct. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Foreign disinformation campaigns on social media have caused vaccination rates to fall, a new study reveals. Every 1 point increase in the effort to discredit vaccines is linked to an average 2% drop in annual vaccine coverage around the … Read more
China is likely to rely on artificial intelligence-generated disinformation content, such as deep fake and deep voice videos, as part of its psychological and public opinion warfare across the world, a new study by United States-based think tank Atlantic Council says. The Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensics Lab (DFRLab) has published a new study analysing Chinese … Read more
By Sheera Frenkel OAKLAND: While Facebook has heralded improvements to its fight against disinformation in the United States, it has been slow to deal with fake accounts that have affected elections around the world, according to a post published by a former employee. The employee, who worked on a Facebook team dedicated to rooting out … Read more