Misinformation, outright lies, conspiracy theories, and fringe movements have always had real-world consequences. Fascists in Italy and Germany, once a small band of pariahs and gadflies who sported funny looking hats and mustaches, managed to hijack those countries’ political systems after World War I, putting them on a collision course with the globe’s liberal democracies. […]
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AI Weekly: The election
In the United States, there was nothing else this week except for the presidential election. More people voted in this election than in any other previous U.S. presidential election — a total of 143,518,226 votes and counting. As we close out a long, stressful week, it appears all but a formality that Joe Biden and […]
LeBron James’ More Than a Vote Group Addresses Racial Issues in NBA 2K
With the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election just around the corner, a new two-part series called Uninterrupted by the voting rights group More Than a Vote has launched in the NBA 2K21 game. Led by Lebron James along with other Black athletes, the initiative aims to appeal to the millennials and Gen Z voters who log […]
Twitter expands election misinformation rules to include posts that claim victory prematurely
(Reuters) — Twitter said on Thursday it would label or remove misinformation aiming to undermine confidence in the U.S. election, including posts claiming victory before results have been certified or inciting unlawful conduct to prevent a peaceful transfer of power. Twitter said in a blog post it was updating its rules to recognize the changes […]