If the US wants to protect young people from misinformation and foreign influence, focusing on TikTok is barking up the wrong tree.
Low tech or hi-tech, the next year will determine how much action nations take on election interference.
Scientists estimate that for every 100,000 people targeted with specific political ads, several thousand can be persuaded.
Most studies suggests that fake news is more likely to enhance existing beliefs and views rather than radically change voting intentions of those who are undecided.
There are many ideas about how to regulate AI, but not all of them are technologically feasible, and some of those that are won’t fly economically.
People who are suspicious of science often assume they are understand it well – and that others agree with them.
Social media is designed to keep you engaged by getting a rise out of you, not help you think critically or take effective action on political issues.
Theranos was dissolved years ago, and its CEO, Elizabeth Holmes, is in prison, but the company’s patents based on bad science live on – a stark example of the persistence of faulty information.
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