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Disinformation Annotated Bibliography /

13 May 2019

In addition, they break • “The invention of the Gutenberg printing press down the “elements” of information disorder into “the in 1493 dramatically amplified the dissemination agent, message, and interpreter” and emphasize the of disinformation and misinformation, and it three different “phases”: creation, (re)production, and ultimately delivered the first-large scale news hoax distribution. [...] Crux This forthcoming article offers an overview of how “deep- fake technology” will worsen the current information Crux and media ecosystem, leading to a state of “truth decay.” This paper from cybersecurity company Trend Micro The authors discuss the technologies available now and explores the tactics and technologies used to propagate the ones that are likely to come in the near future, the onl [...] The authors define the core components of online • The harms, however, include exploitation and disinformation campaigns as the “three legs of the sabotage of individuals, distortion of democratic fake news triangle,” which are the social networks, discourse, election manipulation, exacerbating motivation, and tools and services. [...] In analyzing these tactics and technologies, the report highlights three key conditions that have led to “weaponization of the DIM”: Google Serves Fake News Ads in an the decline of professional journalism; the growth of Unlikely Place: Fact-Checking Sites financial resources devoted to political influence; and Daisuke Wakabayashi and Linda Qiu the expansion of targeted advertising in the absence [...] The report then continues to operation.” cover the role of Twitter during Brexit, fake news on Syria, • In discussing the role of information warfare in China’s approach to influence operations, the impact of Chechnya, the author highlights the Russians’ social networks in the Philippines, disinformation in systematic campaign to capture Russian hearts Ukraine, and the profit motive behind fake ne
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