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Video series by FactShala to educate people against misinformation

21Dec

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Video series by FactShala to educate people against misinformation

[ad_1] A new educational video series by media literacy network FactShala will offer people practical skills and useful tools to sort facts from fiction online.To be launched in multiple languages, the 'FactShala Ambassador Programme' video series will collaborate with prominent journalists in India and offer easy tips and tools to enabling users in assessing the credibility of information online and reach trustworthy sources. For the initiative, FactShala, run by DataLEADS, has partnered with MediaWise of the Poynter Institute with support from Google News. We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join."The launch of this project is a great step forward in accelerating the growth of media literacy in India. Every Indian should have access to high quality and trustworthy information that equips...

Govt reviews social networks progress on curbing deepfakes; advisory on 100% compliance soon

5Dec

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Govt reviews social networks progress on curbing deepfakes; advisory on 100% compliance soon

[ad_1] Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday met social media platforms to review progress made by them in tackling misinformation and deepfakes, and asserted that advisories will be issued in the next two days to ensure 100 per cent compliance by platforms.New, amended IT Rules to further ensure compliance of platforms, and the safety and trust of online users are actively under consideration, Chandrasekhar said in a post on X (formerly Twitter). "Held the 2nd #DigitalIndiaDialogues on Misinformation and #Deepfakes with intermediaries today, to review the progress made since the Nov 24 meeting. Many platforms are responding to the decisions taken last month and advisories on ensuring 100 per cent compliance will be issued in the next 2 days," Chandrasekhar, who is Minister of ...

‘Authentic’ Named Word of the Year as AI Blurs Line Between Real and Fake

28Nov

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‘Authentic’ Named Word of the Year as AI Blurs Line Between Real and Fake

[ad_1] Merriam-Webster Inc. chose “authentic” as its word of the year, highlighting how misinformation on platforms like Elon Musk's X Corp. and the rise of artificial intelligence have made it harder to assess what's real and what's fake.“The line between ‘real' and ‘fake' has become increasingly blurred,” Merriam-Webster's Editor at Large Peter Sokolowski said in a statement. “As a result, in social media and marketing, authentic has become the gold standard for building trust.” We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join Searches for authentic “saw a substantial increase in 2023, driven by stories and conversations about AI, celebrity culture, identity, and social media,” the dictionary company said. It describes the word as an aspirational quality that celebrities such as Taylor Swift and...

3 ways Google Maps protects users from fake and unhelpful content

25Nov

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3 ways Google Maps protects users from fake and unhelpful content

[ad_1] Google Maps has recently shared insights into how the recently redesigned platform proactively detects fake and unhelpful content and takes action against it. Recently, Google Maps received a number of major updates including Immersive View for routes, new AI features, and a new color palette. However, these features have made it even more important to keep the platform safe from fake reviews and misinformation. Google has revealed three different ways it is combating such content and making the platform robust for its users. Let us take a look. Posting in a blog post, Google Maps said, “With over 20 million reviews, photos, business hour updates and other contributions added to Maps each day, we're invested in making sure information is accurate and unhelpful content is removed…...

India warns Facebook, YouTube to enforce rules to deter deepfakes – sources

25Nov

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India warns Facebook, YouTube to enforce rules to deter deepfakes – sources

[ad_1] India's government on Friday warned social media firms including Facebook and YouTube to repeatedly remind users that local laws prohibit them from posting deepfakes and content that spreads obscenity or misinformation, two sources told Reuters. The warning was conveyed by deputy IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a closed-door meeting where he said many companies had not updated their usage terms despite 2022 rules that prohibit content "harmful" to children, obscene or that "impersonates another person". It comes amid growing concerns over deepfakes - realistic yet fabricated videos created by artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms trained on online footage - which a top minister this week said this week India is drawing up rules to address.Chandrasekhar said the companies m...

People dig deeper to fact-check social media posts when paired with someone who doesn’t share their perspective: Study

13Nov

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People dig deeper to fact-check social media posts when paired with someone who doesn’t share their perspective: Study

[ad_1] People fact-checked social media posts more carefully and were more willing to revise their initial beliefs when they were paired with someone from a different cultural background than their own, according to a study my collaborators Michael Baker and Françoise Détienne and I recently published in Frontiers in Psychology.If you're French, you're less likely than an English person to believe a tweet that claims Britain produces more varieties of cheese than France. And if you're English, you're more likely than a French person to believe a tweet that claims only 43% of French people shower daily. More intriguingly, when pairs of English and French people fact-checked such tweets together, how they did so and the extent to which they revised their initial beliefs depended on whethe...

Poll shows most US adults think AI will add to election misinformation in 2024

4Nov

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Poll shows most US adults think AI will add to election misinformation in 2024

[ad_1] The warnings have grown louder and more urgent as 2024 approaches: The rapid advance of artificial intelligence tools threatens to amplify misinformation in next year's presidential election at a scale never seen before.Most adults in the U.S. feel the same way, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. The poll found that nearly 6 in 10 adults (58%) think AI tools — which can micro-target political audiences, mass produce persuasive messages, and generate realistic fake images and videos in seconds — will increase the spread of false and misleading information during next year's elections. By comparison, 6% think AI will decrease the spread of misinformation while one-th...

Too Much Misinformation? The Issue Is Demand, Not Supply

4Oct

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Too Much Misinformation? The Issue Is Demand, Not Supply

[ad_1] With the US presidential election a little more than a year away, candidates and voters are bracing themselves for an “explosion” of AI-generated misinformation. Adding to the fear is that many research programs intended to study and counter misinformation, facing accusations of bias, are shutting down.Given all this, I have a prediction: AI-generated misinformation will not be a major problem in the 2024 campaign. But that's only because so many other forms of misinformation are already so rife. Speaking in economic terms, the problem with misinformation is demand, not supply. Consider, for example, the view that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump. To explain what happened in simple terms, there was a demand for this misinformation, namely from some ...

Social media has become ‘weapon of mass distraction’, says Bombay HC judge

1Oct

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Social media has become ‘weapon of mass distraction’, says Bombay HC judge

[ad_1] Social media or mass media has become a weapon of mass distraction, but there are no concerted efforts yet to tackle them, Justice Mahesh Sonak of the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court said on Saturday. Addressing the students of G R Kare College of Law in Margao town during a lecture series 'GRK-Law Talks', Justice Sonak also said that he prefers to remain "uninformed" about several issues by not reading or seeing the news, which he thinks is "better than being misinformed"."Today, we live in an age where we adore and glorify machines like computers and smartphones that think. But we are extremely suspicious or even wary of the human beings that attempt to think," he said. "Artificial intelligence has its own merits, but it would be a sad day and sad world if we were to mortgag...

Google Search introduces 2 new features for image context and credibility- check big takeaway

11May

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Google Search introduces 2 new features for image context and credibility- check big takeaway

[ad_1] Google Search has introduced two new features aimed at enhancing users' understanding of content and the context of images displayed in search results. These updates, announced during the Google I/O 2023 conference on Wednesday, express Google's commitment to providing more transparency and addressing the issue of AI-generated image misinformation. The first feature, "About this Image," offers users access to additional information about the images they encounter in search results. This new capability enables users to delve deeper into the origins and credibility of an image. By clicking on the "About this Image" option, users can gain insights such as the image source, relevant metadata, and details about its usage across the web. This valuable information empowers users to make...