Anthony Judge: Towards a Science of Misinformation and Deception

Towards a Science of Misinformation and Deception the challenge of an information pandemic — a COVID-19 infodemic Contents: Information theory and cognitive bias? Game theory, hypergames and the role of deception Naivety in acquisition of truth from accredited sources? Identifying information specifically held to be misinformation Misuse of information by authorities — as neglected “misinformation”? Pandemic …

Stephen E. Arnold: New Warning System for Detecting False Information?

New Warning System For False Information Science Magazine explores one way to fight false information in the article, “Researchers Develop Early Warning System To Fight Disinformation Online.” The team collected over two million images and other content about the Indonesian 2019 general election from Instagram and Twitter. They discovered that there were spontaneous and coordinated …