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Studying information disorder in the Arab world: Drivers and fact-checking response

Snapshot from the AFCN Community Regional Meeting in Amman – December 2, 2023. By ARIJ’s AFCN The ARIJ’s AFCN’s inaugural …

In the ongoing battle against information disorder in the Global South, researchers and media practitioners are entering a critical phase …

by Scott Timcke & Zara Schroeder This working paper examines the intersection of social media, generative AI (GenAI), and gender-based …

by Scott Timcke & Andrew Rens The growing concentration of power in the hands of tech giants like Meta and …

by ARIJ’s AFCN team In 2022, fifty-three fact-checking initiatives and organisations, active and inactive, have been identified across sixteen Arab …

Image: ARIJ’s AFCN Workshop: Fact-Checking Basics – Methodologies and Tools. 27 May 2024. by ARIJ’s AFCN team. The definition of fact-checking …

by Zara Schroeder, Scott Timcke, and Sandra Makumbirofa On 16 May 2024, researchers from Research ICT Africa (RIA) participated in …

Herman Wasserman was recently invited to the launch of the Global Technology for Social Justice Lab at the University of …

Herman Wasserman gave a presentation on ‘Disinformation and Elections in South Africa’ at the conference of the Organization of News …

by Scott Timcke 1. Introduction AI systems will likely reshape global social and economic relations. Sensing this, several AI governance paradigms …