🤖 AI Against Disinformation: Challenges and Strategies

This episode discusses excerpts from a report titled "Countering Disinformation Effectively: An Evidence-Based Policy Guide," which examines various strategies to combat disinformation. This report analyzes ten distinct policy interventions, such as supporting local journalism, media literacy education, and fact-checking, assessing their known effectiveness and ease of implementation. It also considers the role of labeling social media content, counter-messaging, cybersecurity for elections, and statecraft against foreign influence. Furthermore, the report explores the impact of removing inauthentic online networks, reducing data collection for targeted ads, and modifying recommendation algorithms, concluding with a look at the implications of generative AI for disinformation efforts. A brief mention of "AI and the Future of Disinformation Campaigns" suggests an additional, though less extensive, focus on the evolving role of artificial intelligence in this domain.