Pluralistic: Hypothetical AI election disinformation risks vs real AI harms (27 Feb 2024)

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Hypothetical AI election disinformation risks vs real AI harms: And those real AI harms are priming people to believe disinformation.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023
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Pluralistic: A media literacy handbook for Israel-Gaza (28 Oct 2023)

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A media literacy handbook for Israel-Gaza: A new "breaking news consumer handbook" from On The Media.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
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Pluralistic: Google makes millions on paid abortion disinformation (15 June 2023)

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Google makes millions on paid abortion disinformation: The real secret of "dark SEO" is "pay for an ad."
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
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Pluralistic: 11 Aug 2022

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A dark money group is lying about Medicare cuts: Who the fuck are the "American Prosperity Alliance?"
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 06 Aug 2021

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Scammers sell griefers social media banning services: And charge their victims 100x more to get un-banned.
Facebook's official disinformation research portal is a bad joke: Especially compared with the independent Ad Obervatory, which the company wants to destroy.
This day in history: 2001, 2011, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 05 Aug 2021

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Meet the new generation of pro-abortion activists: No more Mx Nice Intersectionalist.
Anti-vaxers cool the mark: Using sociology to understand the con.
Drone delivery crashes: What do AI, self-driving cars and Amazon drones have in common?
Facebook escalates war on accountability: Privacywashing vs Ad Observer.
This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 07 Jun 2021

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Podcasting "I Quit": My essay on smoking cessation, doubt, denial, and the worst corporations on Earth.
New York to revolutionize antitrust: "Consumer Welfare" is bad for your welfare.
New York to revolutionize voting: The SAFE Act and PAVE Act ride again!
Competition tames ISPs: How living on the wrong side of the street can cost you thousands of dollars.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016
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Pluralistic: 20 Nov 2020

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Little Revolutions: Bethany C Morrow and Tochi Onyebuchi on the Attack Surface Lectures.
Russian Cyberpunk Farm: Superb comedy-dystopia in a russo-futuristic vein.
We're already (badly) forgiving student debt: Debts that can't be paid won't be paid.
Facebook bullies watchdog: My Wired op-ed on the Ad Observer scandal.
Google's monopoly rigged the ad market: Dina Srinivasan is on fire.
This day in history: 2015, 2019
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Pluralistic: 07 Sep 2020

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Facebook's foreseeable election consequences: Incompetence AND malice?
David Graeber on Spectre TV: Rest in power, David.
This day in history: 2005, 2019
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