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Understanding and Measuring Hype Around Emergent Technologies

The authors of this paper discuss the harms associated with inaccurate or excessive hype about emerging technologies and describe an approach to analyzing such hype.
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A Foreign Government, Oprah, and Fires in Maui: The Impact of Misinformation on Community Resiliency

Crises and disasters are opportunities to undermine the national unity that forms in response to tragedy: U.S. adversaries may gain an advantage when there is discord among the American public. But even if information operations are cheap for foreign governments to execute, they also can be simple to counteract effectively through routine emergency management preparedness activities.
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Social Media Posts Have Power, and So Do You: Stop the Spread of False and Misleading Information During Voting Season

This tool and its accompanying informational videos walk through strategies to help U.S. adults — in particular, those aged 55 years and older — identify and resist false and misleading information, especially with the 2024 election season underway.
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PLA Social Media Warfare and the Cognitive Domain

The article explores how the Chinese military has come to recognize the important role of social media in modern conflict and peacetime operations through its discussions of "social media warfare."
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Dec 19, 2023

Deepfakes Aren't the Disinformation Threat They're Made Out to Be

Concerns over generative AI too often stray into alarmism, of hypothetical dystopias where fact is indistinguishable from fiction. That has distorted the picture. To really understand deepfakes, it is better to look at how they are being used today.
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New report focuses on the challenge of moderating online hate speech

RAND Europe led a consortium to research the characteristics of online hatred, and to consider the challenges associated with online content moderation.
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Terror and the Secondary Trauma of Social Media

As graphic images from Israel and Gaza proliferate on social media, it is likely that these images are having significant negative impacts on the mental health and well-being of many. Mitigating their impact on global mental health might require making hard choices and doing the work to forge community bonds that prioritize everyone's well-being.
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Moving Enough People Enough: Assessing the Effectiveness of Disinformation Through the Adoption of Disinformation Rhetoric

Assesses the effects of COVID-19 disinformation narratives on behavioral outcomes, particularly vaccine uptake and ivermectin consumption.
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Oct 20, 2023

Protecting Free Speech Compels Some Form of Social Media Regulation

Given the profound challenges posed by social media, corrective measures need to go beyond “deplatforming” bad apples. But how can the United States make such a structural change without compromising the democratic tradition of free speech?
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Oct 18, 2023

RAND Experts to Discuss Surge in Misinformation/Disinformation Amid Israel-Hamas War

RAND experts will discuss the rapidly degrading environment for authentic information about the Israel-Hamas war, amplified by the proliferation of generative AI. They'll discuss the roles and responsibilities of social media platforms as well as the implications of widespread disinformation on both national security and violence in the United States.
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Oct 17, 2023

Dismantling the Disinformation Business of Chinese Influence Operations

Some commercial actors benefit from involvement in Chinese influence operations. What steps could the U.S. government take to address this?
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Sep 19, 2023

Young Adult Relationship Dynamics on Instagram: An Emerging Identity Perspective

Investigates the effects of Instagram on its users, specifically focusing on potential dynamics leading to negative mental health impacts.

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