#rumorsandmisinformation — Public Fediverse posts

Why Democrats’ Version of ‘Stop the Steal’ Isn’t Taking Off - A movement by some Democratic voters to investigate the results of the 2024 presidential ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/technology/democrats-election-denial-trump.html #cybersecurityandinfrastructuresecurityagency #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #electionassistancecommission #presidentialelectionof2024 #rumorsandmisinformation #pollsandpublicopinion #conspiracytheories #newsandnewsmedia #computersecurity

OpenAI Says It Has Begun Training a New Flagship A.I. Model - The advanced A.I. system would succeed GPT-4, which powers ChatGPT. The company has also ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/28/technology/openai-gpt4-new-model.html #copyrightsandcopyrightviolations #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #artificialintelligence #boardsofdirectors #computersecurity #altmansamuelh #sutskeverilya #dangeloadam #openailabs #start-ups #chatgpt

How A Rare Myocarditis Death Caught the Attention of the Anti-Vaccine Movement - A 24-year-old’s sudden death devastated his family — and caught the attention of the move... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/13/technology/covid-anti-vaccine.html #centersfordiseasecontrolandprevention #vaccinationandimmunization #fringegroupsandmovements #rumorsandmisinformation #coronavirus(2019-ncov) #childrensdefensefund #internal-great-read #deaths(fatalities) #conspiracytheories #autopsies

From ‘Data Dumping’ to ‘Webbing’: How Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Sells Misleading Ideas - The candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination uses logical leaps and rhetorica... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/technology/robert-f-kennedy-jr-antivaccine-rhetoric.html #ethicsandofficialmisconduct #vaccinationandimmunization #presidentialelectionof2024 #rumorsandmisinformation #brookingsinstitution #conspiracytheories #kennedyrobertfjr

Facebook’s Algorithm Is ‘Influential’ but Doesn’t Necessarily Change Beliefs, Researchers Say - In four new studies, researchers found complicated results from experiments on Facebook’s... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/27/technology/facebook-instagram-algorithms.html #corporatesocialresponsibility #nationalopinionresearchcenter #universityoftexasataustin #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #princetonuniversity #mobileapplications #newyorkuniversity #instagraminc

‘Chernobyl 2.0’? Ohio Train Derailment Spurs Wild Speculation. - For many influencers across the political spectrum, claims about the environmental effect... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/ohio-train-derailment-chernobyl.html #right-wingextremismandalt-right #environmentalprotectionagency #hazardousandtoxicsubstances #railroadaccidentsandsafety #fringegroupsandmovements #disastersandemergencies #rumorsandmisinformation #firesandfirefighters #buttigiegpete(1982-) #water

Carmakers Are Pushing Autonomous Tech. This Engineer Wants Limits. - Missy Cummings, who spent more than a year at the federal auto safety agency, said that d... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/15/business/missy-cummings-tesla-autopilot.html #regulationandderegulationofindustry #driverlessandsemiautonomousvehicles #automobilesafetyfeaturesanddefects #electricandhybridvehicles #trafficaccidentsandsafety #rumorsandmisinformation #speedlimitsandspeeding #deaths(fatalities) #roadsandtraffic

Steve Bannon’s Podcast Is Top Misinformation Spreader, Study Says - A large podcast study found that Mr. Bannon’s “War Room” had more falsehoods and unsubsta... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/technology/podcasts-steve-bannon-war-room-misinformation.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #vaccinationandimmunization #rumorsandmisinformation #computersandtheinternet #brookingsinstitution #conspiracytheories #bannonstephenk #limbaughrush #beckglenn #googleinc #spotify

F.D.A. Warning on NyQuil Chicken Alerts Many to Existence of NyQuil Chicken - Cooking poultry in cold medicine is a bad, dangerous idea that few people seemed to be aw... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/21/technology/nyquil-chicken-tiktok-fda.html #videorecordingsdownloadsandstreaming #hazardousandtoxicsubstances #foodanddrugadministration #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #drugs(pharmaceuticals) #tiktok(bytedance) #newsandnewsmedia #unitedstates #socialmedia #4chan

What Texas Gains by Investigating Twitter’s Fake Accounts - For Ken Paxton, the state attorney general, there are positives. Aligning with Elon Musk?... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/08/technology/texas-twitter-ken-paxton.html #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #stormingoftheuscapitol(jan2021) #electionsattorneysgeneral #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #politicsandgovernment #teslamotorsinc #trumpdonaldj #socialmedia #paxtonken #texas

Election Falsehoods Surged on Podcasts Before Capitol Riots, Researchers Find - A new study analyzed nearly 1,500 episodes, showing the extent to which podcasts pushed m... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/technology/apple-google-spotify-podcast-election-misinformation.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #stormingoftheuscapitol(jan2021) #presidentialelectionof2020 #voterfraud(electionfraud) #rumorsandmisinformation #brookingsinstitution #conspiracytheories #bannonstephenk #spotify

Election Falsehoods Surged on Podcasts Before Capitol Riots, Researchers Find - A new study analyzed nearly 1,500 episodes, showing the extent to which podcasts pushed m... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/technology/podcast-election-misinformation.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #stormingoftheuscapitol(jan2021) #presidentialelectionof2020 #voterfraud(electionfraud) #rumorsandmisinformation #brookingsinstitution #conspiracytheories #bannonstephenk #absenteevoting #trumpdonaldj

‘Birtherism’ Lies About Kamala Harris Exceed Those About Obama - Mentions of the racist theory about Ms. Harris spiked higher than the peak of similar lies about P... - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/technology/birtherism-lies-kamala-harris.html #vicepresidentsandvicepresidency(us) #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #presidentialelectionof2020 #rumorsandmisinformation #harriskamalad #obamabarack

Awash in Disinformation Before Vote, Taiwan Points Finger at China - The self-governing island is on high alert for digital-age trickery and deception that Beijing mig... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/technology/taiwan-election-china-disinformation.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #democraticprogressiveparty(taiwan) #chinesenationalistparty(taiwan) #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #politicsandgovernment #votingandvoters #socialmedia #tsaiing-wen #propaganda #elections

In New Facebook Effort, Humans Will Help Curate Your News Stories - A news section inside Facebook’s mobile app will be run by journalists and not just algorithms, th... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/20/technology/facebook-news-humans.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #data-mininganddatabasemarketing #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #mobileapplications #newsandnewsmedia #browncampbell #socialmedia #facebookinc