Dr. Peter Hotez's outspoken advocacy for the COVID-19 vaccine goes directly against vaccine disinformation espoused by public figures such as independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and podcaster Joe Rogan. That has made Hotez a direct target for the anti-vaccine movement.
Arizona Republic/USA Today Network
Brace yourself for information overload. In 2024, 3.2 billion people will head to the polls, stalked by a cacophony of information to win our hearts and minds. During a talk at Google in 2014, neuroscientist Dr. Daniel Levitin explained that "Americans take in five times more information today than they did in 1986…the equivalent of 174 newspapers worth of information."
Forbes
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.
The Conversation
Vaccine researcher Dr. Peter Hotez, who recently visited Phoenix to deliver an important lecture as an invited guest of The Integrity Project, stopped by the KPNX 12News local NBC affiliate to chat with anchor Brahm Resnik.
KPNX 12News
Unsurprisingly, 96% of Europe’s young people, those aged 16 to 24, use the internet daily. As shown by the Digital News Report, the younger demographic is relying more on social platforms for their news than news websites.
International Journalists’ Network
Someone tracking the conflict raging in the Middle East could have seen the following two videos on social media. The first shows a little boy hovering over his father’s dead body, whimpering in Arabic, “Don’t leave me.”
The Conversation
Baylor University’s Dr. Peter Hotez spoke last week at an event sponsored by The Integrity Project and held at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.
ASU News
This is the fifth in a five-part series called “Arizona Votes 2024: One Year Out,” which will examine the lead-up to the upcoming election in Arizona.
KTAR News
Meta announced Wednesday (Nov. 8) that it would require labels for political ads that have been digitally altered, using AI or other technology, in ways that could be misleading.
TIME
CBS News is launching a new venture designed to identify IA generated deepfakes and misinformation. CBS News Confirmed, to be led by Claudia Milne and Ross Dagan, will produce segments on the findings of a team of journalists who will analyze the content.
Deadline
The United Facts of America festival is for everyone interested in fact-based expression, civic engagement and facts’ function in a free society. There is no cost to attend online.
Poynter Institute/PolitiFact
Kids of all ages are getting news from a variety of places. Whether it's from friends, TikTok, YouTube, or home, they can be inundated with information, different perspectives, and even graphic images and videos of breaking news.
Common Sense Media
Creators whose posts on X, formerly called Twitter, have been corrected or amended by the platform's “community notes” feature won’t be able to make money off of them, X owner Elon Musk said Sunday, in a change he says is meant to prioritize "accuracy over sensationalism."
Forbes
In the three weeks since war began between Israel and Hamas, social media has been taken over with images and stories of attacks, many of which proved false.
The Conversation
The Government of Canada has announced a large step in combating the spread of misinformation and disinformation online, allocating funding under the Digital Citizen Initiative.
IT World Canada
Google is starting to roll out its new “About this image” tool, which aims to provide essential background information and context about images in Google Search. The feature was first announced at Google’s I/O developer conference in May, and now it’s rolling out to English users globally.
The Verge
A bipartisan group of 42 attorneys general is suing Meta, alleging that features on its Facebook and Instagram social media platforms are addictive and are aimed at kids and teens, the group announced Tuesday. The support from so many state attorneys general of different political backgrounds indicates a significant legal challenge to Meta’s business.
CNBC
Since the first news of the attack on Israel by Hamas, we have seen anecdotal reports from users of X (formerly Twitter) that the platform has become less useful for surfacing verified news and more generally disorienting.
Center For An Informed Public
How should journalists responsibly engage political actors during an era of democratic backsliding? That question was the basis for a conversation last week at the Cambridge Disinformation Summit.
University of Cambridge
A recent crowdsourced fact check — from X’s Community Notes — claimed a graphic image from the Israel-Hamas war was generated with artificial intelligence. It wasn’t.
Poynter
