“In 2024 about two thirds of democracies will have elections, something we won't see again for over two decades,” Carmo Braga da Costa writes in her recent blog post, “Searching for the Truth in the Age of Social Media & AI.” She sits down with NewsGuard CEO, Steven Brill, to discuss how the combined power of social media algorithms, programmatic advertising, and demagogues has the potential to erode those very democracies. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eQRGf9BA
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NewsGuard counters #misinformation on behalf of news consumers, brands and democracies.
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NewsGuard counters #misinformation on behalf of news consumers, brands and democracies--including with trust ratings for news sites, in your browser.
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Tomorrow, July 17 at 11am, NewsGuard CEO, Steven Brill, will sit down with the Co-Founder of Accountable Tech, Nicole Gill, and the Co-Founder of Issue One, Nick Penniman, to chat about Brill’s book, “The Death of Truth,” and how social media, generative AI, and digital advertising have exacerbated misinformation. Register for the event here: https://lnkd.in/gnh42kfc
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New partnership alert! NewsGuard and BLOOM Social Analytics are joining forces to produce groundbreaking custom investigative reports on the origins, spread and evolution of disinformation campaigns targeting Western democracies. Through this partnership, governments and public sector analysts can now get unique insights that merge NewsGuard’s meticulously curated source reliability ratings and human analysis of false narratives with Bloom’s expansive analysis of social network data in over 40 languages. A first report merging the expertise of both companies was presented this month at no cost to representatives of the European Union, NATO and the French army. It traces the origins and dissemination pathways of the false narrative that NATO troops are being secretly repatriated from Ukraine in coffins. To read the report, click here: https://lnkd.in/drwuFWeD Interested in getting a report of your own? Does your team have a specific narrative it would like explored in a similar fashion? Contact NewsGuard’s Chine Labbe or Bloom’s Jeremy A. for more details.
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Yesterday, the UN Secretary General urged the ad industry to do more to stop unintentionally funding disinformation. Secretary General António Guterres’ remarks came during a speech to the General Assembly about the launch of the Global Principles for Information Integrity, a framework urging advertisers, tech companies, and governments to take action to reduce the spread of misinformation online. “At a time when billions of people are exposed to false narratives, distortions and lies, these principles lay out a clear path forward, firmly rooted in human rights, including the rights to freedom of expression and opinion,” Guterres stated. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eueXaZkU
UN secretary-general: Ad industry needs to do more to combat disinformation
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The COVID-19 pandemic spurred a wide breadth of false narratives related to the vaccine, some stories even going so far as to claim the vaccines had microchips in them to spy on us. Read Steven Brill’s book, “The Death of Truth” to learn more. https://lnkd.in/ePNzQVgd
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On Wednesday, June 5, we celebrated the launch of “The Death of Truth,” a book written by NewsGuard’s co-founder Steven Brill that examines the forces that have led to the proliferation of misinformation globally. Thank you to The Paley Center for Media for hosting and to all the attendees for helping us celebrate. Pick up a copy of Brill’s book today. https://lnkd.in/ePNzQVgd
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NewsGuard’s co-founder and co-CEO, Steven Brill, writes about “The Death of Truth” in his recently released book, covering the many ways misinformation has pervaded society, including: • Social media algorithms that put profit over accuracy • Automated advertising systems that reward misinformation • Foreign adversaries that sow division through sophisticated disinformation campaigns • Artificial intelligence technologies that create alternate realities and division over what’s real Pick up a copy of Brill’s book today to learn more about the forces deepening polarization in our society — and what we can do to fix it. https://lnkd.in/ePNzQVgd
The Death of Truth by Steven Brill: 9780525658313 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
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Only 20% of ad execs think their ads wind up on misinformation websites... But 67% of brands advertise on misinformation❗ That's according to new research in Nature from Stanford University and Carnegie Mellon University Mellon, led by Wajeeha Ahmad. Read coverage by AdExchanger here: https://lnkd.in/d48x3wWN
Advertisers Are Misinformed About The Ad Industry’s Misinformation Problem | AdExchanger
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In today's #RealityCheck newsletter: - Fake local news sites outnumber real local newspapers in U.S. - AI-generated website earns programmatic ads revenue by plagiarizing NewsGuard co-CEO’s book chapter about programmatic ads - Image does not show Trump’s probation officer Read more: https://lnkd.in/e55xcABT
Sad Milestone: Fake Local News Sites Now Outnumber Real Local Newspaper Sites in U.S.
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Join us next week to hear McKenzie Sadeghi, our editor of AI and Foreign Influence, share her perspective on "who's actually using AI" -- especially, which bad actors are actually using AI to spread false information. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gXFw5Wx6
The future has arrived. But who’s actually using AI? 🤔 In this webinar, we explore: • How industries are utilizing AI in areas such as education, journalism, legislation and technology • What effect audience reactions have on the uptake of AI • How AI has implications for audiences, the workplace, communities and even planet earth through the lens of How AI Ate the World • Why AI is impacting all conversations even when seemingly unrelated SIGN UP TODAY https://lnkd.in/gXFw5Wx6
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