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Security and Online Harms - Understanding and reducing online Disinformation and Misinformation
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Security and Online Harms - Understanding and reducing online Disinformation and Misinformation
What emerging and external factors present a risk to the sector’s ability to develop effective solutions? What are the risks around Age Assurance technology and how might they be mitigated?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Security and Online Harms - Understanding and reducing online Disinformation and Misinformation
How would a shift towards interoperable / decentralised social media (aka ‘the fediverse’) alter how disinformation spreads, and the ability to be able to address it?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Security and Online Harms - Understanding and reducing online Disinformation and Misinformation
In what ways will AI exacerbate the spread of mis/disinformation and is mis/disinformation spread by AI likely to be more effective in influencing UK audiences?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Security and Online Harms - Understanding and reducing online Disinformation and Misinformation
What is the overlap between inauthentic content and mis/disinformation and, what role is inauthentic content playing in wider mis/disinformation narratives?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Security and Online Harms - Understanding and reducing online Disinformation and Misinformation
How does mis/disinformation spread between social media platforms, particularly primary and secondary platforms? How can it be identified and contained?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Security and Online Harms - Understanding and reducing online Disinformation and Misinformation
How do online bystanders respond to viewing perceived online mis/disinformation (e.g. report, share, ignore), and how could their behaviours be influenced?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Security and Online Harms - Understanding and reducing online Disinformation and Misinformation
What are the direct impacts of the harms of online mis/disinformation and what types of online mis/disinformation are most harmful? How do these impact individuals, wider society and the democratic process (whether physical, psychological health, civil unrest, UK security, elections)?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
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