“We’ve got to fight back:” Energy industry urged to step up against fossil-funded disinformation
Outgoing Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson wants to see the renewable energy industry get more active in the halls…
Google pulls AI image tool from Earth after disinformation fears
Google has just pulled a new feature only 24 hours after launching it. The ‘Create Image’ feature allowed…
More Australian parents refusing vitamin K for newborns amidst online misinformation
More Australian parents are refusing to give their babies vitamin K at birth because of misinformation peddled by…
Australian influencer Lily Jay’s tangled web of AI manipulation
Influencer Lily Jay’s content is being brought into question regarding the use of AI and video manipulation.(ABC NEWS…
Bitdefender launches RealCheck app to spot deepfakes
Bitdefender has launched RealCheck, a mobile app that analyses videos for signs of deepfake manipulation and deceptive intent.…
West Papuan activists raise alarm over AI-generated deepfake videos
When Koteka Wenda stumbled across an AI-generated video of her circulating on social media, she was shocked. In…
EU trumpets its reliability on global health as US slashes foreign aid – POLITICO
The strategy also condemns the “instrumentalization” of health and says closing “the emerging gaps in global health resilience”…
#IFJBlog: The Heat Is On: Australia’s misinformation maelstrom
In January 2020, at the height of Australia’s worst bushfires, the hashtag #ArsonEmergency went viral on social media.…
Wind energy dis- and misinformation undermine Europe’s security and competitiveness
Wind energy dis- and misinformation have evolved into a systemic risk to Europe’s security, competitiveness and ability to…
Elon Musk faces Paris investigators over child abuse image allegations
PARIS (AP) — Elon Musk has been summoned to Paris on Monday, where investigators are looking into allegations…
Experts explore vaccine hesitancy at public forum
Vaccine hesitancy and public confidence in immunisation will be the subject of a public policy discussion this Wednesday…
This man went viral after surviving Bondi. Then the internet took a dark turn
In less than a day, Arsen Ostrovsky went from Bondi terror attack survivor to online conspiracy fodder.(Photo illustration:…