I was quoted in this piece: Hey Grok bu doğru mu? Here is the full interview translated into English: 1 – As of February 2026, during escalating conflicts between the US, Israel, and Iran, we witnessed social media overflowing with countless pieces of content produced or manipulated by artificial intelligence. How do the ‘echo chambers’ of … Read more
Turkey blocks 41 social media accounts over ‘disinformation’ on Iran war Disinformation in the Iran-Israel-US War (2026): Major Cases and Patterns Overview Since the joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran began on February 28, 2026, an unprecedented wave of disinformation has flooded social media platforms. Fact-checkers, media watchdogs, and verification teams at BBC Verify, AFP, Reuters, … Read more
I guess there is no doubt about the state of human rights in Iran. However, I am increasingly irritated with the fact that relatively reliable international media outlets, which we frequently cite as good examples of journalism, have explicitly become instruments of war-making. I hope Iranian citizens will have better days to witness. In the … Read more
The Global Fact-Check Chatbot (GFC) has been officially constituted, launching with 38 founding members (the list is available below). This initiative, which originated during the convening in Bosnia in June 2024, was developed to address the urgent need for innovation in the field. Since then, the team has focused on engineering a multilingual, easy-to-use tool designed … Read more
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
A few days ago, I was invited to serve as a panelist at a RESAID project (“Creating Societal Cognitive Resilience Against Information Disorders – RESAID”) event. This EU-funded project has substantive online course content and has developed a few online games related to disinformation issues. The panel was reported by AA as well. Here are … Read more
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
🧠 What is “AI Slop”? Oliver coins the term “AI Slop” to describe the flood of low-quality, AI-generated content—images, videos, articles—that’s overwhelming the internet (opentools.ai). Key Concerns Highlighted Misinformation & Deepfakes Oliver showcases misleading content—fake disasters, political misrepresentation—that blurs the line between reality and fiction (opentools.ai). Platform Amplification Social media giants, notably Meta, are … Read more
In May 2025, a video clip of French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on a diplomatic train journey to Kyiv became the centerpiece of a viral disinformation campaign. The claim: the leaders were caught with cocaine on the table, attempting to hide evidence of drug use. … Read more
How to Prevent Information Pollution About Artificial Intelligence? – Digital Brain, April 17, 2025 Time Interval: 00:00:00 – 00:26:28 Summary 🧠 What Is AI Literacy and Why It Matters The interview explores the growing importance of AI literacy, emphasizing that with the proliferation of AI applications, societies need to understand, use, and manage these tools … Read more
I have never been to Yozgat, but a full day of training on media literacy and countering disinformation allowed me to visit. The Bozok University Communication School hosted us, and I appreciated my colleagues’ efforts to be useful to their students. I did not have time to visit the downtown, but I stayed in a … Read more
This GitHub repository corresponds to the dataset used for our research article titled Dataset for 2023 Israel–Hamas war. The repository contains fact-checked articles and social media posts about the 2023 Israel–Hamas war. The data is extracted through the AMUSED framework. The data is collected from 52 fact-checking websites in 26 languages. The sources used in this dataset (whose article count is more … Read more
UNESCO needs volunteer translators to get this important handbook into as many languages as possible: “Journalism, Fake News & Disinformation” (https://en.unesco.org/fightfakenews) If you can donate time, please contact Sara Guglielmi <s.guglielmi@unesco.org> indicating availability to support translation, to peer-review a translation, and/or to promote the handbook As disinformation escalates amid the pandemic, so too does the … Read more
Fighting Disinformation Online A Database of Web Tools Last updated November 12, 2019 The rise of the internet and the advent of social media have fundamentally changed the information ecosystem, giving the public direct access to more information than ever before. But it’s often nearly impossible to distinguish accurate information from low-quality or false content. … Read more