3. 6
What is ”disinformation” (aka Fake
News)?
What are some current examples?
What caused an increase in
disinformation across the globe?
What dangers does disinformation pose?
How can you spot disinformation?
What can we do to stem the rising tide of
disinformation?
QUESTIONS:
5. Started by Russians in 1923
”Psychological Warfare”
Examples of Russia campaigns:
• 1980 - US supports apartheid
• 1982 - US would use nuclear
weapons against NATO allies
• 1985 – US invented AIDS
6. Q2
What is ”disinformation” (aka Fake
News)?
What are some current examples?
What caused an increase in
disinformation across the globe?
What dangers does disinformation pose?
How can you spot disinformation?
What can we do to stem the rising tide of
disinformation?
16. Q3
What is ”disinformation” (aka Fake
News)?
What are some current examples?
What caused an increase in
disinformation across the globe?
What dangers does disinformation pose?
How can you spot disinformation?
What can we do to stem the rising tide of
disinformation?
18. Digitally Connected World
• 3.4 billion internet users (and
growing).
• 500M tweets are sent each day.
• 7 hours of YouTube uploaded
every second
• With 2 billion active users,
Facebook is the largest “country”
in the world.
23. Example of Multiplier Effect
All ”multipliers” are not equal when it comes to amplifying social media messages.
24. Q4
What is ”disinformation” (aka Fake
News)?
What are some current examples?
What caused an increase in
disinformation across the globe?
What dangers does disinformation
pose?
How can you spot disinformation?
What can we do to stem the rising tide of
disinformation?
25.
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28. Highly coordinated disinformation campaign:
Fake screenshots from Twitter on CNN
Fake LA TV stations, newspapers,websites
Fake YouTube videos
Wikipedia page created for the disaster
Bogus text messages to residents
9/11/14 Columbian Chemical Plant
(Louisiana) Fake Disaster
Dress rehearsal for something
much bigger in the future?
29.
30. Q5
What is ”disinformation” (aka Fake
News)?
What are some current examples?
What caused an increase in
disinformation across the globe?
What dangers does disinformation pose?
How can you spot disinformation?
What can we do to stem the rising tide of
disinformation?
31. 7 TIPS ON
HOW TO
SPOT FAKE
NEWS
THINK LIKE A JOURNALIST!
42. Q6
What is ”disinformation” (aka Fake
News)?
What are some current examples?
What caused an increase in
disinformation across the globe?
What dangers does disinformation pose?
How can you spot disinformation?
What can we do to stem the rising tide
of disinformation?
50. Other Ways To Counter Fake News
1) On-going review of web
content (by humans as well as
algorithms) by platform hosts
(such as Facebook)
2) Hold Google more
accountable for Adsense
3) Make it easier for users to flag
offensive content
4) Educate the public on what
”fake news” is and what to do
51. Summary
Communication revolution underway
Important interests and values at risk
Urgent need to educate public
Need to act on these threats now!