In a divisive election campaign blighted by fears of unrest if far-right President Jair Bolsonaro refuses to accept defeat, Brazil is waging an uphill battle against disinformation wielded as a…
Social media is being flooded by digitally created “deepfake” videos using the trusted identities of famous doctors to promote dangerous miracle cures for serious health problems, experts warn. Videos on…
For someone who never held a single press conference in his two terms in prime ministerial office and did not present himself for an interview with any bona fide journalist,…
A couple of years ago, a clip from an Indian soap went viral on social media. The clip shows the ‘ideal’ Indian bahu washing her husband’s laptop (literally) with a…
Divyendra Singh Jadoun was busy making artificial intelligence-based visual effects and voice clones for film and television in India, when he began getting calls from politicians: could he create AI…
The situation in Palestine is horrifying. But at home there is considerable confusion about precisely what is happening and what should be said or done. In the first place our…
In today’s constantly changing world, even as the print media somewhat sadly fades away, the media in all its other forms has become a more and more powerful entity. We…
A fake image of Donald Trump’s arrest. A dystopian video of a dark future in the event of Joe Biden’s reelection. An audio deepfake of both men slinging insults. Fast-evolving…
A ‘fake revolution’ typically refers to a situation or event that gives the appearance or illusion of a significant uprising or transformative movement, but lacks genuine or meaningful change. It…
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages, lets inject a dose of reality into it. So far, only 1 lakh deaths. Last year, there were 1.5 million deaths in the USA through…
