Recently Joan Donovan visited NZ. She is the head of the Technology and Social Change Project at Harvard University, the co-author of a book on the digital underworld that led to the January 6, 2021 storming of the US Capitol. She is reported as saying in Newsroom that: “harmful … [Read more...]
The Rise and Rise of Disinformation : The Challenges of an Internet Age
No Tuesday Club on 30 May, but next Tuesday 6 June we have Paul Spoonley on Zoom. ZOOM LINK 5 to gather and 5.30 to start Tuesday 6 June The Rise and Rise of Disinformation : The Challenges of an Internet Age Since 2015-16, there has been an escalation in mis- and disinformation and, as a … [Read more...]