Melting snowmen: the crisis of disinformation and the fracturing of American society
The rampant polarization in the US blinds the sophisticated audiences who see themselves as liberals - but they are no smaller part of the problem.
Contextual chains: how society shapes the disinformation landscape
Disinformation does not exist without context, but context can only be deployed with the right social, economical and historical circumstances.
The inevitable failure of America's crusade against global disinformation
Virtuous coalitions to counter disinformation will not work while inequality, the real cause of the issue, is not challenged.
Artificial intelligence blunders are warnings of potential risks
Artificial intelligence can help to solve some of the most terrible world problems, but without regulation, they can pave the way for catastrophes.
Will AI repeat the legal battles that video once faced?
In 2006, every analyst thought Google would have endless legal battles when it bought YouTube. Will the same happen with AI?
Ok Houston, we are flying blind
Monitoring the Internet used to be one of the guarantors of public space. With all APIs closed, we are now literally blind to what is going on around us.
Bluesky needs active users who produce content - not passive onlookers
Bluesky arrival is great following Twitter’s erratic management, but its growth is severely limited by how crowded the market already is.
Layers of simulation opened the door for the disinformation plague and none is safe
The multitude of realities, invisible to many, underlies the environment where people open themselves to embrace deceptive fabrications of the truth. Have we turned into a mass of psychopaths as the aftermath of our unfulfilled desires?
Addressing disinformation should learn some things from financial markets
If we treat information as a market like any other, some basics from solid arenas like financial services could come handy.
Inequality, the silent engine of the disinformation-driven polarisation
The raging disinformation that creates a battleground around the world would be irrelevant if the economic gains brought by productivity didn’t foment inequality so much.