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"Meta’s enforcement of its manipulated media policy is inconsistent. It must prioritize investing in technology to identify and label manipulated audio and video at scale in order that users are properly informed." www.oversightboard.com/news/identif...

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“This is something students have a right to; it’s key to their civic empowerment.” - @peteradams.bsky.social A podcast for the weekend: On Unpacking Education, NLP's Kim Bowman & Peter Adams discuss our "News Literacy in America" report & why students want #MediaLiteracy go.newslit.org/UnpackEdNLP

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1/ The phrase “ #Doyourownresearch” has become one of the most polarizing phrases in public health, exposing deep divides in how people approach health info and trust experts. YLE contributor @kmpanthagani.bsky.social breaks it down in her most recent health (mis)communication post 🧵

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Artificial intelligence is working overtime to produce a plethora of fake images from the Israel-Iran conflict. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/so...

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❌ NO: This is not a legit photo of #TaylorSwift & #TravisKelce at a “No Kings” protest. It's AI-generated. Fabricating a celeb endorsement (especially one with Swift) is a widely used tactic to spread misinfo & often involves doctored photos, fake quotes, & AI fakes. 🔗 go.newslit.org/SwiftKelceAI

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"There’s more footage of conflict than there’s ever been, but a lot of it is fake." 👇🏾 An important read & a reminder to be discerning about what you share online - especially during breaking news events. #NewsLiteracy

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Stellar piece by @kmpanthagani.bsky.social exploring why non-experts "do their own research" & the epistemic pitfalls that await them. An astute observation: assuming "real" truth always opposes the consensus creates bias & enables misinfo. yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/how-should...

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“Viral #misinformation expresses patterns over time, and we can learn how to recognize those patterns and inoculate ourselves to a whole swath of viral rumors.” - NLP’s @peteradams.bsky.social #NewsLiteracy

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Some thoughts on perennial pitfalls in news coverage of social media manipulation that frequently result in reporting on fake accounts/bots/etc being far less accurate and informative than it ought to be... www.conspirator0.com/p/journalism...

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"It’s precisely because AI is prone to errors that newsrooms must maintain the 'fundamental standards & values that have long guided their work,'" says NLP's @peteradams.bsky.social in this @unbonfromage.bsky.social @cnn.com piece #AI #EdTech

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What #NewsLiteracy skill does NLP's @peteradams.bsky.social use most often? 👀 "I guess fundamentally … trying to be mindful when I’m on social media but really paying attention to my emotions, observing the ways my personal biases are targeted & triggered & being aware of my assumptions."

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"I also think it’s important to consciously set aside time to seek out quality, standards-based news … not just let news find you through the algorithms that determine your social media feeds." Just 1 piece of #NewsLiteracy advice from @peteradams.bsky.social in our NLPeople profile. Read more ⤵️

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1/ @peteradams.bsky.social has been with NLP since our 1st birthday in 2009 when he oversaw our classroom program in Chicago & managed local journalist volunteers. Over 16 years, he's been integral to NLP's growth - & the work has never gotten stale for him. Get to know Peter ⤵️ #AcademicSky

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🤔 What is the 1st thing you should do upon seeing a claim you're not sure about? "Do a web search for the claim & hold off liking or sharing it on social media." - NLP's @peteradams.bsky.social says in this @critikid.bsky.social piece Adams also discusses judging a site's reliability, AI & more!

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Hey there, Bluesky! We are excited to share our data and insights here with you, and so are our researchers: go.bsky.app/3QzdR9p What would you like to see from us? Drop suggestions below!

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Spain's government approved a bill imposing massive fines on companies that use content generated by AI without properly labelling it as such, in a bid to curb the use of so-called "deepfakes" www.reuters.com/technology/a...

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WaPo's Ron Charles, in his Book Club newsletter, on Meta's repeated questions about his plans to review Sarah Wynn-Williams's "Careless People": "In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me."

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Reminder: teaching #newsliteracy #medialiteracy effectively means spotlighting positive examples of quality journalism at least as often as focusing on coverage you think is problematic. Excellent example of the impact of the watchdog role & the importance of a free press to democracy here 👇

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If your school isn't using these resources, you're missing out! Great for information literacy mini-lessons that could be integrated into science, history, social studies, etc. #EduSky #ISED

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🚩 How good are your students at spotting red flags that often accompany viral misinformation? Take our fact-checking quiz, which comes with #NewsLiteracy explanations for each answer. See a preview ⤵️ Check it out in this week's edition of The Sift: bit.ly/Sift3March2025

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📢 Tell your students: We're looking for a summer communications #intern! This position is ideal for students pursuing a degree or professionals beginning a career in marketing or communications, & will provide a range of #nonprofit experience. 🔗 Learn more / share / apply: bit.ly/CommsIntern25

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Update for the purveyors of this most recent conspiracy theory: Texas DOH confirms genomic testing shows no vaccine strain in its collected measles samples. www.nbcnews.com/news/texas-m...

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A pro-Russia content aggregation network is churning out at least 3 MILLION pieces of propaganda per year, all on sites that are virtually unusable by humans. So what's the goal? We explore the idea that it might be to flood LLMs with pro-Russia content: static1.squarespace.com/static/6612c... 1/

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Thread: A viral clip of Donald Trump Jr saying on his Triggered podcast that "the US should have been sending weapons to Russia" instead of Ukraine is AI-generated and fake. Worryingly, the fake AI audio sounds near identical to Don Jr's real voice. Let's see how we can verify that it's fake.

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📲 As false claims of immigration raids spread online and spark fear, NLP's @peteradams.bsky.social speaks to @michiganpublic.bsky.social about the importance of distinguishing fact from rumor, and how to fact-check posts, videos and images yourself. #NewsLiteracy

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When people explain — in great detail, citing many facts and specifics — what “the media” is failing to report/make clear to the public, it always begs the question: if the press isn’t covering this, then how did you learn so much about it?

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