On with Kara Swisher The Fog of War: Navigating Disinformation Now
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Oct 23, 2023 
Renée DiResta, a research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory, and Katie Harbath, a former public policy director at Facebook, dive deep into the world of disinformation during conflicts. They discuss the chaos of social media narratives amid the Israel-Hamas war and the challenges of verifying online content. With insights into how platforms handle misinformation and the emotional toll on content moderators, they emphasize the importance of credible journalism and critically assessing information sources in a fogged landscape.
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Information Warfare
- The Israel-Hamas war, like other modern conflicts, presents an intense information war alongside the physical one.
- Disinformation floods social media, creating difficulty in discerning truth and opportunistic monetization.
Measuring Disinformation
- Measuring disinformation volume is difficult without tools like Twitter's API access.
- Elon Musk significantly changed Twitter curation, impacting visibility and quality of information.
Viral Disinformation Examples
- Viral disinformation includes repurposed video game footage, old TikToks, and out-of-context clips.
- These are viewed millions of times, highlighting the scale of the problem.