https://www.404media.co/meta-users-feel-less-safe-since-it-weakened-hateful-conduct-policy-survey-finds/

Filing this under "No one is surprised by this"

A survey of 7,000 #Facebook, #Instagram, and #Threads users found that most people feel less safe on Meta’s platforms since CEO Mark Zuckerberg abandoned fact-checking in January.

2015: #Netanyahu claims #Iran will have nuclear weapons within a year.

2012: Netanyahu claims Iran will have nuclear weapons within a year.
2012: The Guardian: "Leaked cables show Netanyahu’s Iran bomb claim contradicted by Mossad"

"Ah yes, see, computers are made up of lots of parts, but the most important one is the GPU, the General Processing Unit, which often shares memory with the CPU, the Control-Flow Processing Unit—"

If you believe what you see on social media, the entirety of Los Angeles is overwhelmed by violence. In fact, the protests have been largely peaceful and small — and much of the false information has been fueled by misleading videos and false claims. @CBSNews breaks down the misinformation that's circulating, from a video game clip purporting to be news footage to conspiracy theories about George Soros supplying protesters with bricks.

https://flip.it/G_w012
#SocialMedia #Misinformation #ConspiracyTheories #LosAngeles #Protests #Tech #Technology

**AI Hallucinations in Medicine and Mental Health**

“_Whatever we call them, AI hallucinations are just a new form of misinformation._”

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psych-unseen/202506/ai-hallucinations-in-medicine-and-mental-health.

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech #Misinformation #Psychology #MentalHealth @ai @psychology

"Republican lawmakers in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and West Virginia have also proposed bills to make ivermectin available over the counter.

Nearly all would simply permit health care providers and pharmacists to distribute ivermectin without a prescription."

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/ivermectin-over-counter-pharmacy-states-rfk-jr-rcna205616

Apparently there are some influencers who are now advising *against* wearing sunscreen. There's a conspiracy born every minute. Don't fall for this one, either. Ask skin cancer survivors, those who now have wrinkly skin from too much exposure without sunscreen and trained medical personnel — doctors. Whether you're protesting, gardening, exercising or on the beach, wear sunscreen.
https://people.com/sun-exposure-expert-sets-record-straight-11749358
h/t @cambskeptics
https://mastodonapp.uk/@cambskeptics/114648106520580903
#sunscreen #disinformation #misinformation

For all my academic colleagues who now work at the University of Bums on Seats - or if you are in the US and dont speak English, the University of Butts in Seats (they share BS in common)

https://futureu.education/uncategorized/commentary-by-a-j-lenardic-when-bums-on-seats-meets-misinformation/

@academicchatter #academics #universities #bumsonseats #buttsinseats #misinformation #pressreleases #advertising #sciencecommunication #science #astrobiology.

"EPA has a new generative artificial intelligence tool. And it believes climate change is dangerous.

That puts it at odds with the trump administration, which aims to sideline climate change research and data to make it easier to repeal regulations..."

Finally, AI that gets it right!
https://www.eenews.net/articles/epas-new-ai-tool-disagrees-with-zeldin-on-climate-change/
h/t @petersuber
https://fediscience.org/@petersuber/114636771833705552
#AI #EPA #misinformation #disinformation #ClimateChange

There were two approaches to dealing with the outbreak of measles that spread through the rural community of Gaines County, Texas earlier this year. Dr. Ben Edwards — himself sick with the virus — handed out cod liver oil and prescribed inhalers, neither of which can prevent or cure measles. Meanwhile the waiting room at the only hospital in Seminole, the county's largest town, was virtually empty. On one recent weekday, just four people had come by Gaines County's free vaccine clinic. NBC's Brandy Zadrozny reports on the spread of misinformation, a child's death that brought anti-vaccine activists to town, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s involvement, and the situation now that the outbreak has run its course.

https://flip.it/yJzQee

Fact check: How credible is Russian fact-check site GFCN?

Russia's new "Global Fact-Checking Network" (GFCN) claims to fight fake news — but experts criticise it as propaganda in fact-checking clothes.

Who's behind GFCN and why does it not meet global fact-checking standards?

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250604-fact-check-how-credible-is-russian-fact-check-site-gfcn?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

Google recently launched Veo 3, an AI video-generation tool. What could possibly go wrong? The team at @time was able to use the tool to create realistic videos, "including a Pakistani crowd setting fire to a Hindu temple; Chinese researchers handling a bat in a wet lab; an election worker shredding ballots; and Palestinians gratefully accepting U.S. aid in Gaza." While there were inaccuracies in each video, experts said they could potentially fuel social unrest or violence if shared on social media during a breaking news event. After TIME contacted Google, the company has added a visible watermark to Veo 3-generated videos, however it is small and relatively easy to crop out. Here's more.

https://flip.it/T_FdY8

How the Liverpool car-ramming sparked the spread of misinformation.

False claims about the identity of the driver swirled online despite Merseyside Police swiftly disclosing the suspect's ethnicity and nationality in a bid to stamp out speculation.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250602-how-the-liverpool-car-ramming-sparked-the-spread-of-misinformation?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

Festinger, Riecken, Schachter - When Prophecy Fails

Na książkę “When Prophecy Fails” Festingera, Rieckena i Schachtera trafiłem w “Quit” Annie Duke. Miała dotyczyć dysonansu poznawczego. Nie spodziewałem się, że ta niepozorna lektura może być tak niepokojąca.

Link do wpisu
https://xiegozbior.pl/zajawki/2025/06/02/festinger-riecken-schachter-when-prophecy-fails.html

#whenprophecyfails #misinformation #echochamber #fediksiazki #bookstagram #bookstodon #psychologia #ksiazki
@ksiazki

Pełny wpis w wątku poniżej!

With the country set to vote on Tuesday for a new leader to replace ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol, there has been an explosion of false claims online ranging from fake videos to bogus endorsements. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/02/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-election-misinformation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #leejaemyung #yoonsukyeol #handucksoo #kimmoonsoo #misinformation