University of Georgia students interacted with expanded and new Google tools for finding disinformation and won prizes, including Cox Institute medals, at the fall 2024 What the Hackathon. The event was sponsored by the What the Hack podcast, hosted by Adam Levin.
University of Georgia, Grady College of Journalism
In this week’s episode of 'The Assignment,' host Audie Cornish takes the conversation to Arizona’s Maricopa County Tabulation Center. She speaks with Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates on misinformation, how long the vote count might take, and what keeps him up at night.
CNN
The business networking platform LinkedIn has verified more than 55 million of its users, for free, in order to combat the spread of misinformation fueled by the rise of artificial intelligence, the company told CNBC.
CNBC
As Election Day approaches, the best way for you to stop the spread of misinformation is to build the skills to spot it. Do you think you can spot fake news? Take the following quiz.
The Washington Post
When it comes to combating disinformation ahead of the U.S. presidential elections, artificial intelligence and chatbots are failing, a media research group has found. The latest audit by the research group NewsGuard found that generative AI tools struggle to effectively respond to false narratives.
Voice of America
At a time when political polarization is becoming an increasing problem on social media, WashU data scientist Jean Springsteen is working on a way to bring down the temperature and still get buy-in from social media companies.
Washington University in St. Louis
For a retired federal employee, Tom Homan, an acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the Trump administration, is a very busy man. For the last year, he’s crisscrossed the country with a team of former state and federal law enforcement officers, who call themselves Border911.
The Times of San Diego
Need help teaching your kids the fundamentals of #medialiteracy amid the often confusing and cluttered digital media landscape? The National Association for Media Literacy Education this week hosts its annual series of workshops and online tutorials to lend a hand.
The Integrity Project
Arizona was the epicenter for bogus claims about voter fraud and stolen elections four years ago. And with the 2024 election nearly two weeks away, the state’s top election administrator is bracing for another disinformation battle.
POLITICO
Brazil's Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it was lifting a ban on X, after the social media site owned by billionaire Elon Musk had been blocked in its biggest Latin American market for over a month amid a row over disinformation.
CBS News
KPNX-TV 12News reporter Joe Dana (at right) talks with three candidates for Mesa’s School Board, who cooperatively represent differing ideological points of view: Independent candidate Lacy Chaffee (far left), Democrat Josh Chilton and Republican Courtney Davis.
KPNX-TV 12News
A meteorologist based in Washington, D.C., was accused of helping the government cover up manipulating a hurricane. In Houston, a forecaster was repeatedly told to “do research” into the weather’s supposed nefarious origins. And a meteorologist for a television station in Lansing, Mich., said she had received death threats.
The New York Times
It’s not just the presidential election: Foreign governments are targeting House and Senate races around the country in their effort to meddle with American democracy this election year, intelligence officials warned last week.
The Associated Press
The Atlantic's Charlie Warzel writes of an increasingly disassociated social media audience fueled by echo chamber algorithms that believes the AI images and videos and false narratives surrounding the recent hurricane disasters in the Southeast.
The Atlantic
Comments made by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas were selectively emphasized by right-wing media, particularly Fox News, in support of a false claim that FEMA was out of money and funds were being diverted to immigrants.
The Washington Post
In the wake of Hurricane Helene — and amidst the tragedy, disruption, and uncertainty — rumors emerged about how the 2024 election will be affected, drawing widespread attention in part because of the storm’s impact on swing states like Georgia and North Carolina.
Center for an Informed Public
A new false narrative has emerged on social media, accusing the U.S. government and military of intentionally mishandling the response to Hurricane Helene. Retired Lt. General Michael Flynn amplified this false claim, asserting "weather manipulation" was behind the storm
Mother Jones
All 15 Arizona counties have passed tests conducted by the Secretary of State’s Office to verify the accuracy of voting equipment ahead of the Nov. 5 election.
KJZZ 91.5 FM
Elon Musk is using his social media network to spread election conspiracy theories about U.S. disasters — just as online falsehoods are complicating the federal response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
POLITICO
With Donald Trump pulling out of his 60 Minutes interview tonight, we'll turn to a different Republican who is paying the price for Trump's claims of a stolen 2020 election. Stephen Richer helps administer voting in Maricopa County, Arizona.
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