Fake News and Strat. Disinformation
summary
Panel counts 4,600 fake‑news panels as background and cites specific fixes: The New York Times adds 300,000 Q1 subscribers as evidence people will pay, Google pledges quality signals (Ben Gomes), Facebook experiments with demotion, and publishers use hacks like the Guardian’s Facebook overlay to assert source. Storyful traces viral memes from 8chan/Reddit, a pro‑truth bot gets rate‑limited on Twitter, and advertisers face a roughly 50% premium for verified, brand‑safe buys.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Fake news crisis intro
- 1:08Who should act
- 3:38User responsibility
- 6:07Advertisers' role
- 7:51Google's algorithm flaws
- 10:03Media trust and polarization
- 13:53Quality in algorithms
- 17:42Institutional trust vs revolution
- 21:18Russian disinformation tactics
- 24:11Journalistic responsibility
- 28:07Open internet challenges
- 30:13Media-tech partnerships
- 31:21Twitter’s role in spread
- 34:55Ad economics and journalism
- 36:20Closing remarks
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