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Fox Corp must face Smartmatic $2.7 billion defamation claim
By Jonathan Stempel
January 10, 202510:02 AM GMT+11Updated 7 days ago
A view of the signage outside the News Corporation building, after it was announced that Rupert Murdoch would step down as chairman of News Corp and Fox in favour of his son Lachlan Murdoch, in New York, U.S., September... See more
By Jonathan Stempel
January 10, 202510:02 AM GMT+11Updated 7 days ago
A view of the signage outside the News Corporation building, after it was announced that Rupert Murdoch would step down as chairman of News Corp and Fox in favour of his son Lachlan Murdoch, in New York, U.S., September... See more
Fox Corp must face Smartmatic $2.7 billion defamation claim
A verified Twitter account (thanks Elon) purporting to be related to the well-respected Bloomberg news empire, shared a photo of plumes of smoke billowing over a large white building with the words, “Large explosion near The Pentagon Complex in Washington D.C - Initial Report”.
The image and Twitter account was fake. The image was likely generated... See more
The image and Twitter account was fake. The image was likely generated... See more
Deepfakes spell deep trouble for markets
A study released Sunday by The Global Disinformation Index, a UK nonprofit that rates sites’ trustworthiness, found that 70% of roughly 1,700 disinformation sites it analyzed were getting so-called “programmatic ads” — ads placed automatically — from Google, putting brand names such as Audi and Sprint next to junk content.
Here's How Google Sends Advertising Dollars to Fake News Sites
Bots Riding the Waves of a Trending Hashtag
19% of the profiles in the conversation were identified as fake accounts . On January 28, the most active day in the conversation, when #BoycottRipCurl was on X’s top trending hashtags, inauthentic profiles were responsible for over 30% of the discourse .
19% of the profiles in the conversation were identified as fake accounts . On January 28, the most active day in the conversation, when #BoycottRipCurl was on X’s top trending hashtags, inauthentic profiles were responsible for over 30% of the discourse .
Rotem Baruchin • Rip Curl Caught in a Vortex of Fake Profiles
Disinformation
Difference between ability to inform and ability to persuade
Diffeeent forms of media geared towards visuals and shortcuts without words - populist politics
Trillions how to drive news coverage and people liked him andbyenrodenitnapl the way to the Whitehouse
People don’t care about white papers. They carenifnirnon their side. Measured... See more
Difference between ability to inform and ability to persuade
Diffeeent forms of media geared towards visuals and shortcuts without words - populist politics
Trillions how to drive news coverage and people liked him andbyenrodenitnapl the way to the Whitehouse
People don’t care about white papers. They carenifnirnon their side. Measured... See more
Disinformation aims to confuse, paralyse and polarise society at large for political, military, or commercial purposes through orchestrated campaigns to strategically spread deceptive or manipulative media content. On social media, disinformation tools include bots, deep fakes, fake news and conspiracy theories.