Voters need to become better at questioning what they see, without automatically disbelieving it.
- Associate Professor of Journalism, University of the Sunshine Coast
Labels alone won’t be enough to tackle the rise of deepfakes.
If left unchallenged, political deep fake videos could have profound impacts on Australian elections.
We all love random act of kindness. But before you ‘like’ or share that heartwarming video, ask yourself if it’s an authentic feel-good moment or an act of exploitation.
We should celebrate the ‘deplatforming’ of the 8chan message board, linked to the El Paso shootings, as a win for the fight against online hate speech. But its removal does not mean the fight is over.
Eliminating anonymity is often touted as a solution to hostile online behaviour, but research shows that agreeable people who are more likely to leave positive comments prefer to do it anonymously.
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