Tag: misinformation

Disinformation: What Can You Do About It?

Jul 6, 2018

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Wendy Gilbert

in Data Driven Decision Making

In the first post in this series on disinformation, I asked what we could do as a society to prevent or manage disinformation — false information that is intended to mislead its consumers. The solution isn’t easy, but we can start here…
Disinformation: Do you know when you’re being had?

Jun 15, 2018

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Wendy Gilbert

in Data Driven Decision Making

A few days ago, Abijeet Nath and Nilopal Das were killed when they stopped in a village in Assam state in India to ask for directions. They were attacked by a mob that suspected they may be child abductors. Abijeet and Nilopal were the latest victims in a series of deaths in India related to…