
A flood of misinformation and fake news.
Hacking Humans
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The Evolution of Social Media
We have to trust the people around us and that pretty much all the time everybody was telling us the truth. Unfortunately, it's always been the case in politics, but it's now reached a new level with actors out on social media who are disseminating messages that are politically motivated but have no basis in fact. There is fairly good evidence to suggest that if I have access to about 300 of your Facebook likes, that I can infer your personality with greater accuracy than your own spouse.
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