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TEC Talks – Misinformation and Disinformation

Conspiracy theories and other false claims have always been part of our discourse, even (and perhaps especially) our politics. But modern technologies seem to have changed the...

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Science and Technology

On Good Science and Ignoring the Noise

Timothy Caulfield is a faculty member at the University of Alberta, where he is a Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy, a professor in the Faculty of Law and the School...

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Technology Ethics Center Conference – Algorithmic Bias: Sources and Responses

The Technology Ethics Center at the University of Notre Dame convenes global thought leaders in academia, industry, non-profit organizations, and governmental agencies to develop...

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Health and Society

On Misinformation and Truth Sandwiches

Lisa Fazio is an assistant professor of psychology and human development at Vanderbilt University. She and her team in the Building Knowledge Lab study how children and adults...

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Science and Technology

Numbers Can Lie: When algorithms work perfectly but fail miserably

The famous saying, “numbers don’t lie,” might work when reporting the score of a football game, but even then, the numbers don’t tell the whole story. In the three...

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Science and Technology

Researchers Develop Early Warning System to Fight Disinformation Online

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are using artificial intelligence to develop an early warning system that will identify manipulated images, deepfake videos and...

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Deepfake Conference Panel I: Deepfakes as a Technical Problem

How can truth emerge in a deep-fake ridden marketplace of ideas? Are we ready for the looming challenges to national security, elections, privacy, and reputation? What role will...

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Science and Technology

Deepfake Conference Panel II: Impact of National Security and Democratic Self-Governance

How can truth emerge in a deep-fake ridden marketplace of ideas? Are we ready for the looming challenges to national security, elections, privacy, and reputation? What role will...

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Science and Technology

Deepfake Conference Panel III: Marginalized Populations

How can truth emerge in a deep-fake ridden marketplace of ideas? Are we ready for the looming challenges to national security, elections, privacy, and reputation? What role will...

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Business

On ‘How Charts Lie’ and Increasing Graphicacy

Alberto Cairo is an associate professor and the Knight Chair in Visual Journalism at the University of Miami’s School of Communication. The former director for infographics and...

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Law and Politics

The Case Against Idealising Control

With growing concerns over data breaches and privacy, some argue that control over one’s data is necessary, but that might not be the most practical solution, argues Professor...

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