Commentary In June, the Albanese Labor government released an exposure draft of a dystopian proposed legislation that will empower a government body, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), to police online “misinformation” and “disinformation.” The “Mis/Dis Bill” is accompanied by a guidance note with little transparency and an invitation to make a submission by…
New ‘Misinformation’ Law Gets the Balance of Power All Wrong
July 24, 2023
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Politicians Risk AI Dependency
Commentary Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more common, including in politics. Images of Donald Trump getting violently arrested in New York or of the Pope wearing a puffy white coat are deepfakes that many believed, or wanted to believe, when they went viral. On June 26, former Alphabet CEO Eric Schmidt warned of AI’s…
Twitter Faces Millions in Fines After New ‘Disinformation’ Laws Released in Australia
June 25, 2023
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Elon Musk’s Twitter and other social media giants face the prospect of billions in fines after the Australian government released new laws targeting “misinformation and disinformation.” Following a months-long process, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland released the draft legislation that will grant the country’s media regulatory body, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), greater powers…
Musk’s Twitter Faces Millions in Fines After New ‘Disinformation’ Laws Released in Australia
June 25, 2023
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Elon Musk’s Twitter and other social media giants face the prospect of billions in fines after the Australian government released new laws targeting “misinformation and disinformation.” Following a months-long process, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland released the draft legislation that will grant the country’s media regulatory body, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), greater powers…
‘Trust/Distrust’ Buttons Might Reduce Misinformation Spread On Social Media
June 15, 2023
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Analysis To trust or not to trust—that is the question many of us ask when it comes to choosing our information today. Our choices can be so overwhelming that science wants to come to the rescue by adding extra buttons on social media postings. This comes after researchers from the University College London (UCL) conducted…
Stop Scaring Our Kids to Death
Commentary As nearly every standardized test is showing, our schools are doing an abysmal job teaching kids how to read or do math. In some cases, kids graduating from high school can barely read their diplomas. But the schools are wildly succeeding with their climate change indoctrination program. When I speak to kids on high…
National Citizen’s Inquiry Suspended by YouTube
The National Citizen’s Inquiry (NCI), a non-government public inquiry into COVID-19 being organized by Canadians, said it had been suspended by YouTube for a two-week period. The temporary suspension, announced by NCI on April 26, means the Alberta hearings, being held in Red Deer, will not be broadcast or livestreamed on the organization’s YouTube channel….
Trudeau Defends COVID Vaccination Record, But Says Some ‘Probably Got Very Sick’ From Jabs
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his COVID-19 vaccination policy helped Canada get through the pandemic and criticized related “misinformation and disinformation,” but he also said some people experienced side effects from the shots. “The challenge that we have now is that increasingly, misinformation and disinformation [are] carrying people to believe things that are untrue. Vaccinations…
TikTok in the Crosshairs of Congress
March 24, 2023
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Commentary Ask the average youth about what he watches on TikTok and he is most likely to mention funny videos of animals, pranks, dancing, experiments, and food. The top posts on TikTok get hundreds of millions of views. But ask an average member of the U.S. House of Representatives, though none are really average, and…
Technology Cannot Resolve Political Polarization, ‘Can’t Blame AI’ for Jan. 6: Bill Gates
February 13, 2023
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Bill Gates has rejected the notion that technology would somehow help end “political polarization,” insisting that AI is not to be blamed for the Jan. 6 incident, and stated that AI-fuelled misinformation could become a problem in the future. During an interview with German news media outlet Handelsblatt, the Microsoft co-founder was asked about the…
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