The Integrity Project
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Pursuing research, publication and education related to Arizona's communication ecosystem. Fighting mis- and disinformation. See https://www.tipaz.org/
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We go beyond the stories of #misinformation and #disinformation to explain the 'why,' 'how,' and its impacts on every one of us. Learn more 👉 www.tipaz.org/latest-news
Increasingly sophisticated #AI tools now allow state and non-state actors to craft convincing fake texts, images, and videos at unprecedented speed and scale, reducing the cost and expertise once required for #disinformation campaigns, new @foreignaffairs.com reporting shows.
AI Is Supercharging Disinformation Warfare — The Integrity Project
In June, the secure Signal account of a European foreign minister pinged with a text message. The sender claimed to be U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio with an urgent request. A short time later, t...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Increasingly sophisticated #AI tools now allow state and non-state actors to craft convincing fake texts, images, and videos at unprecedented speed and scale, reducing the cost and expertise once required for #disinformation campaigns, new @foreignaffairs.com reporting shows.
The #EU seeks increased cooperation from big tech platforms, along with social media influencers, to combat bots and fake profiles, #disinformation, and foreign interference. Under the Digital Services Act and Code of Conduct, platforms are expected to better identify and label AI-generated content.
EU looks to Big Tech, influencers to fight hybrid threats, fake news — The Integrity Project
Europe is looking to online platforms and influencers to help fight disinformation and promote democracy according to a European Commission strategy presented on Wednesday amid concerns over interfere...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The #EU seeks increased cooperation from big tech platforms, along with social media influencers, to combat bots and fake profiles, #disinformation, and foreign interference. Under the Digital Services Act and Code of Conduct, platforms are expected to better identify and label AI-generated content.
A new @calpolyslo.bsky.social course explores how #misinformation spreads in online spaces, why people believe it, and impacts on society and democracy, providing students with essential media literacy and critical thinking skills to help them recognize and respond to misleading content online. 👇
Cal Poly course explores the psychology of misinformation in the digital age — The Integrity Project
The Innovation Incubator at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, is launching a new pop-up course this upcoming spring titled, Drowning in BS: Conspiracies, Urban Legends and AI ...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
A new @calpolyslo.bsky.social course explores how #misinformation spreads in online spaces, why people believe it, and impacts on society and democracy, providing students with essential media literacy and critical thinking skills to help them recognize and respond to misleading content online. 👇
MIT @technologyreview.com and @profsanderlinden.bsky.social provide suggestions for helping to bridge the communication gap among friends and family when experiencing social media fueled conspiracy theory thinking, which involves listening and empathy skills - and more. 👇
How to help friends and family dig out of a conspiracy theory black hole — The Integrity Project
Someone I know became a conspiracy theorist seemingly overnight. It was during the pandemic, and out of nowhere, they suddenly started posting daily on Facebook about the dangers of covid vaccines and...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
MIT @technologyreview.com and @profsanderlinden.bsky.social provide suggestions for helping to bridge the communication gap among friends and family when experiencing social media fueled conspiracy theory thinking, which involves listening and empathy skills - and more. 👇
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We've added @universitypress.cambridge.org's The Power of the Crowd to our Books section dedicated to the study of mis- and #disinformation. The book highlights the impact of user comments and how they shape how others judge content. www.tipaz.org/books-1
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We've added @universitypress.cambridge.org's The Power of the Crowd to our Books section dedicated to the study of mis- and #disinformation. The book highlights the impact of user comments and how they shape how others judge content. www.tipaz.org/books-1
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@barbmcquade.bsky.social, law professor and author of Attack from Within posted in our Books section, spoke of the growing dangers of mis- and disinformation on social media and its destabilizing impacts to our society during the recent 'Democracy Summit' hosted by the University of Illinois.
Barbara McQuade discusses threat of misinformation at Democracy Summit — The Integrity Project
At the University of Illinois Office of Civic Life’s Democracy Summit last month, author Barbara McQuade of the University of Michigan addressed the growing threat of misinformation and its impacts on...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
@barbmcquade.bsky.social, law professor and author of Attack from Within posted in our Books section, spoke of the growing dangers of mis- and disinformation on social media and its destabilizing impacts to our society during the recent 'Democracy Summit' hosted by the University of Illinois.
We've added @universitypress.cambridge.org's The Power of the Crowd to our Books section dedicated to the study of mis- and #disinformation. The book highlights the impact of user comments and how they shape how others judge content. www.tipaz.org/books-1
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We've added @universitypress.cambridge.org's The Power of the Crowd to our Books section dedicated to the study of mis- and #disinformation. The book highlights the impact of user comments and how they shape how others judge content. www.tipaz.org/books-1
@barbmcquade.bsky.social, law professor and author of Attack from Within posted in our Books section, spoke of the growing dangers of mis- and disinformation on social media and its destabilizing impacts to our society during the recent 'Democracy Summit' hosted by the University of Illinois.
Barbara McQuade discusses threat of misinformation at Democracy Summit — The Integrity Project
At the University of Illinois Office of Civic Life’s Democracy Summit last month, author Barbara McQuade of the University of Michigan addressed the growing threat of misinformation and its impacts on...
www.tipaz.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
@barbmcquade.bsky.social, law professor and author of Attack from Within posted in our Books section, spoke of the growing dangers of mis- and disinformation on social media and its destabilizing impacts to our society during the recent 'Democracy Summit' hosted by the University of Illinois.
A study by @exeter.ac.uk Prof. Florian Stöckel who put the findings in a new book, The Power of the Crowd, highlights the impact of user comments and how they shape how others judge content. Accurate comments help identify #misinformation, while misleading ones erode trust in information.
Social media comments can act as 'quick warning signals' against misinformation, study shows — The Integrity Project
Comments from ordinary users on social media platforms can be a force for good, helping others identify false information and navigate what is accurate, new research shows. Science X / Phys.org
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November 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A study by @exeter.ac.uk Prof. Florian Stöckel who put the findings in a new book, The Power of the Crowd, highlights the impact of user comments and how they shape how others judge content. Accurate comments help identify #misinformation, while misleading ones erode trust in information.
The attached @psychologytoday.com article explains that belief in false health claims stems from a mix of psychological, emotional, and social factors, often spread by charismatic communicators who use emotion to make their message seem trustworthy compared to nuanced scientific explanations.
6 Reasons Why People Believe Health Misinformation — The Integrity Project
Michael Miller, MD, helps us understand misinformed people and their sources of misinformation, which research shows begins with bad health care experiences that leads people to mistrust the health ca...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:35 AM
The attached @psychologytoday.com article explains that belief in false health claims stems from a mix of psychological, emotional, and social factors, often spread by charismatic communicators who use emotion to make their message seem trustworthy compared to nuanced scientific explanations.
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social explores how new technology makes it easier to create convincing and realistic false narratives that challenge traditional methods of verifying information, and also takes advantage of the social and psychological factors that make people more likely to share false content.
The next wave of disinformation: AI, fact-checks, and the fight for truth — The Integrity Project
Falsehoods, fabrications, fake news – disinformation is nothing new. For centuries, people have taken deliberate action to mislead the public. In medieval Europe, Jewish communities were persecuted be...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social explores how new technology makes it easier to create convincing and realistic false narratives that challenge traditional methods of verifying information, and also takes advantage of the social and psychological factors that make people more likely to share false content.
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Zohran Mamdani: 'Trump's worst nightmare' could be about to show how to take the fight to the president
Zohran Mamdani: 'Trump's worst nightmare' could be about to show how to take the fight to the president
Zohran Mamdani calls himself "Donald Trump's worst nightmare". They are the words of a man living the dream.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Zohran Mamdani: 'Trump's worst nightmare' could be about to show how to take the fight to the president
A recent @newsguard.bsky.social review of #OpenAI's new text-to-video generator, Sora 2, showed that the state-of-the-art consumer technology posed significant ethical challenges and possibility for abuse due to its ability to produce realistic but entirely false videos 80 percent of the time.
OpenAI’s Sora: When Seeing Should Not Be Believing — The Integrity Project
OpenAI’s new text-to-video AI generator Sora 2 produced realistic videos advancing provably false claims 80 percent of the time (16 out of 20) when prompted to do so, a NewsGuard analysis found, Ne...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:15 AM
A recent @newsguard.bsky.social review of #OpenAI's new text-to-video generator, Sora 2, showed that the state-of-the-art consumer technology posed significant ethical challenges and possibility for abuse due to its ability to produce realistic but entirely false videos 80 percent of the time.
Russia has denied accusations that it spread conspiracy theories after the murder of activist Charlie Kirk, dismissing reports of Kremlin-linked #disinformation campaigns as 'anti-Russian hysteria.' @apnews.com
reported that bots linked to Russia amplified false claims about Kirk’s killing.
reported that bots linked to Russia amplified false claims about Kirk’s killing.
Foreign reps respond to Kirk disinformation accusations as 'anti-Russian hysteria' — The Integrity Project
Russia has dismissed claims that it had pushed conspiracy theories following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on September 10 at Utah Valley University. A report by The Associat...
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October 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Russia has denied accusations that it spread conspiracy theories after the murder of activist Charlie Kirk, dismissing reports of Kremlin-linked #disinformation campaigns as 'anti-Russian hysteria.' @apnews.com
reported that bots linked to Russia amplified false claims about Kirk’s killing.
reported that bots linked to Russia amplified false claims about Kirk’s killing.
Russian drone incursions into Polish airspace last month were accompanied by a coordinated Kremlin #disinformation campaign, highlighting Moscow’s use of hybrid warfare combining physical attacks with information operations, @themoscowtimes.com reports.
Russia Is Testing NATO With Drones and Disinformation. Here’s How the West Should Respond. — The Integrity Project
The violation of Polish airspace with Russian drones on the night of Sept. 9-10 is one of the most straightforward examples of how the West is already experiencing direct Russian aggression. At the sa...
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October 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Russian drone incursions into Polish airspace last month were accompanied by a coordinated Kremlin #disinformation campaign, highlighting Moscow’s use of hybrid warfare combining physical attacks with information operations, @themoscowtimes.com reports.
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Experts at the @lshtm.bsky.social warn that a surge of health #misinformation could leave the UK 'sicker and less productive.'
Pictured, now-deceased Cambridge graduate Paloma Shemirani, whose brother says was the victim of medical misinformation and conspiracy theories.
Pictured, now-deceased Cambridge graduate Paloma Shemirani, whose brother says was the victim of medical misinformation and conspiracy theories.
Health misinformation on social media could lead to a ‘sicker UK’, experts warn — The Integrity Project
Social media is swarming with false and misleading health advice on topics such as vaccines, reproductive health and disease outbreaks, experts have warned. They say the surge of misinformation online...
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September 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Experts at the @lshtm.bsky.social warn that a surge of health #misinformation could leave the UK 'sicker and less productive.'
Pictured, now-deceased Cambridge graduate Paloma Shemirani, whose brother says was the victim of medical misinformation and conspiracy theories.
Pictured, now-deceased Cambridge graduate Paloma Shemirani, whose brother says was the victim of medical misinformation and conspiracy theories.
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@upenn.edu experts say Charlie Kirk’s murder highlights how political violence now spreads further and faster through today’s media environment, fueling polarization, distrust, and radicalization. While few Americans endorse violence, professors warned that algorithms amplify extremist voices. 👇
Penn experts link political violence to misinformation, polarization after Charlie Kirk assassination — The Integrity Project
Following the murder of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, University of Pennsylvania experts spoke to The Daily Pennsylvanian about the role of political violence in American life — both past and ...
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September 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
@upenn.edu experts say Charlie Kirk’s murder highlights how political violence now spreads further and faster through today’s media environment, fueling polarization, distrust, and radicalization. While few Americans endorse violence, professors warned that algorithms amplify extremist voices. 👇
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor urged stronger civic education during a recent New York Law School event, warning that #misinformation and a lack of civics knowledge threaten #democracy. 👇
Sotomayor urges better civic education so people know difference between presidents and kings — The Integrity Project
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, questioning whether Americans understand the difference between a king and a president, told a New York Law School crowd Tuesday that improved civic education ac...
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September 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor urged stronger civic education during a recent New York Law School event, warning that #misinformation and a lack of civics knowledge threaten #democracy. 👇
Apolitical, unbiased and explanatory are how we approach #misinformation and #disinformation. Learn more 👇
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October 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Apolitical, unbiased and explanatory are how we approach #misinformation and #disinformation. Learn more 👇
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The #BBC and other UK public broadcasters are urging new regulations to ensure their content is given more prominence on platforms like #YouTube, warning that the rise of #misinformation online threatens trusted journalism and the country’s 'shared social fabric,' @theguardian.com reports.
UK’s public sector broadcasters demand more prominence on YouTube to combat misinformation — The Integrity Project
The BBC and Britain’s other public sector broadcasters have united to demand new regulations to force platforms such as YouTube to give them a fairer deal and more prominence, warning that failing to ...
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September 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The #BBC and other UK public broadcasters are urging new regulations to ensure their content is given more prominence on platforms like #YouTube, warning that the rise of #misinformation online threatens trusted journalism and the country’s 'shared social fabric,' @theguardian.com reports.
UK TV personality Danielle Lloyd’s melanoma diagnosis spotlights the problem of influencers pushing dangerous #misinformation about sunscreen, which thrives on fear, loss aversion, and negativity bias — then gets amplified by social platforms and profit-seeking promoters offering simple 'cures.'
How cancer misinformation exploits the way we think — The Integrity Project
When British TV personality Danielle Lloyd was diagnosed with melanoma earlier this year, she faced not only the anxiety of cancer treatment but also a disturbing reality: influencers spreading danger...
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September 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
UK TV personality Danielle Lloyd’s melanoma diagnosis spotlights the problem of influencers pushing dangerous #misinformation about sunscreen, which thrives on fear, loss aversion, and negativity bias — then gets amplified by social platforms and profit-seeking promoters offering simple 'cures.'
We go beyond the stories of #misinformation and #disinformation to explain the 'why,' 'how,' and its impacts on every one of us. Learn more 👉 www.tipaz.org/latest-news
September 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
We go beyond the stories of #misinformation and #disinformation to explain the 'why,' 'how,' and its impacts on every one of us. Learn more 👉 www.tipaz.org/latest-news
Experts at the @lshtm.bsky.social warn that a surge of health #misinformation could leave the UK 'sicker and less productive.'
Pictured, now-deceased Cambridge graduate Paloma Shemirani, whose brother says was the victim of medical misinformation and conspiracy theories.
Pictured, now-deceased Cambridge graduate Paloma Shemirani, whose brother says was the victim of medical misinformation and conspiracy theories.
Health misinformation on social media could lead to a ‘sicker UK’, experts warn — The Integrity Project
Social media is swarming with false and misleading health advice on topics such as vaccines, reproductive health and disease outbreaks, experts have warned. They say the surge of misinformation online...
www.tipaz.org
September 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Experts at the @lshtm.bsky.social warn that a surge of health #misinformation could leave the UK 'sicker and less productive.'
Pictured, now-deceased Cambridge graduate Paloma Shemirani, whose brother says was the victim of medical misinformation and conspiracy theories.
Pictured, now-deceased Cambridge graduate Paloma Shemirani, whose brother says was the victim of medical misinformation and conspiracy theories.
@upenn.edu experts say Charlie Kirk’s murder highlights how political violence now spreads further and faster through today’s media environment, fueling polarization, distrust, and radicalization. While few Americans endorse violence, professors warned that algorithms amplify extremist voices. 👇
Penn experts link political violence to misinformation, polarization after Charlie Kirk assassination — The Integrity Project
Following the murder of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, University of Pennsylvania experts spoke to The Daily Pennsylvanian about the role of political violence in American life — both past and ...
www.tipaz.org
September 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
@upenn.edu experts say Charlie Kirk’s murder highlights how political violence now spreads further and faster through today’s media environment, fueling polarization, distrust, and radicalization. While few Americans endorse violence, professors warned that algorithms amplify extremist voices. 👇
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor urged stronger civic education during a recent New York Law School event, warning that #misinformation and a lack of civics knowledge threaten #democracy. 👇
Sotomayor urges better civic education so people know difference between presidents and kings — The Integrity Project
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, questioning whether Americans understand the difference between a king and a president, told a New York Law School crowd Tuesday that improved civic education ac...
www.tipaz.org
September 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor urged stronger civic education during a recent New York Law School event, warning that #misinformation and a lack of civics knowledge threaten #democracy. 👇