About last week… An AI Glossary related to disinformation issues

As I stay indoors today to get rest, it was a busy week. Let me recount some of the activities: I served as a facilitator at the EELISA Student-led Bootcamp held at İstanbul Technical University. I prepared a glossary for the participants: Term Definition (Simple + Precise) Synthetic Media Media (text, image, audio, video) generated … Read more

Our Report is online at TechPolicy: “Policy Directions on Encrypted Messaging and Extreme Speech”

I am glad to be part of this project. Our report is authored by Anmol Alphonso, Sérgio Barbosa, Cayley Clifford, Kiran Garimella, Elonnai Hickok, Martin Riedl, Erkan Saka, Herman Wasserman, Sahana Udupa.  The full policy report is available here. The book, WhatsApp in the World: Disinformation, Encryption and Extreme Speech (New York University Press, 2025), … Read more

As of June, 14- Misinformation During the Israel-Iran Conflict: AI-Generated Videos, Fake News, and Social Media Manipulation

At Bluesky, I have a list of fact-checkers. Not all content is about the Israel-Iran conflict, but you will find a lot. Here is a curation I made with Perplexity: Major Categories of Misinformation Identified AI-Generated and Manipulated Video Content Viral TikTok Video Claims A prominent example of AI-generated misinformation emerged on TikTok, where a … Read more