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📢 A Filipino reporter exposed a massive disinformation network spreading false claims defending ex-President Duterte after his ICC arrest. Using manual data sleuthing, she uncovered 200+ identical posts framing the arrest as “kidnapping.” A crucial fight against fake news & coordinated influence ops! 🕵️‍♀️🇵🇭 #Disinformation #Philippines #JournalismMatters #FactCheck #MediaLiteracy gijn.org/stories/exposing-disi #newz

gijn.orgHow a Filipino Reporter Exposed Disinformation Networks Defending an Ex-President After His ArrestPhilippine reporter Cristina Chi  uncovered an orchestrated disinformation campaign on Facebook to falsely portray the arrest of the country's ex-president.

I keep seeing tiktoks talking about the issues people travelli to the US are having, and in the comments there are Australians who respond with some form of "Australia is now saying not to travel to the USA because it isn't safe"

..except that Australia isn't saying any such thing, and the US is still listed as green with the advisory "Exercise normal safety precautions".

So I've started asking these people commenting where they found that information, and they're all talking about news stories they've seen and heard in the media... so I asked more questions..

These people believe that the news media is run by the government.

I am not joking. I've had multiple people in the last week explaining to me that the news media is literally the government informing the population - not in a "we're reporting on this official statement given by the Australian government" way, but in a "this story is written by the government" way.

Media literacy is dead.

CONF: On May 8, 2025, the University of Fribourg hosts „The (Ab)use of AI-Generated Images“, a conference exploring the ethical, legal, and societal implications of synthetic visuals in journalism, law, and art.
How do we legislate images that blur authorship, reality, and intent?
#AIArt #Ethics #MediaLiteracy
arthist.net/archive/47197

arthist.netThe (ab)use of AI generated images (Fribourg, 8 May 25)Julia Gelshorn, Université de Fribourg. University of Fribourg (CH), May 08, 2025
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The surge of ai and its ignorance of taste, making things better by adding more, and so on, is correlating with the average lack of consideration for #creation, #art and #artists and global #antiintellectualism ; highlighting global reluctance to partake into any activity requiring to think by oneself. #literacy #criticalthinking #CriticalLiteracy #literacyMatters #ai #artificialintelligence #medialiteracy #populism #facism

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When evaluating some random claim someone makes on the Internet, you can ask yourself:

- Do they say *how they know this*? Do they have a link to an article or mention a book or person you can look up?

- For claims about a historical event, is any date and place given?

Now, of course, any random person can write a blog post or article saying anything they want. There are many ways to evaluate how trustworthy an article is—including asking the questions above. But let's take small steps for now!

(P. S. the original clip: youtube.com/watch?v=iHrZRJR4ig )

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Do more of that, and we’ll see far less baseless speculation and controversy bait posted online.

And while you should get better at identifying reliable sources as your knowledge of a field grows, still be skeptical if a story sounds too ‘convenient’. After all, there’s no better way to trick someone that tell them exactly what they want (or expect) to hear…