Misinformation lives everywhere. False accounts of events, doctored photos, and purposely misleading news stories are quickly shared and passed around on social media, usually by well-meaning people who don’t know they’re sharing incorrect information. It's a big problem in the best of times, but the stakes become much higher during a heated crisis like the ... Show More
Oct 2023
Some People Still Believe in Crypto
Gideon Lichfield and Lauren Goode talk to Michael Casey, Chief Content Officer of the cryptocurrency news site, CoinDesk. Almost a year after a CoinDesk report kicked off a series of events that led to the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX, is there anyone who still believes in ... Show More
42m 14s
Oct 2023
Social Media In Wartime + Betting on the Future + A.I. Passes the Smell Test
<p>As the Israel-Hamas war broke out, misinformation and fake imagery surged on X, the platform formerly known at Twitter. Can Meta’s Threads fill the real-time news hole that X created? Should it?</p><p>Then, Kevin debriefs us on his reporting on Manifold Markets, where Silicon ... Show More
1h 6m
Oct 2023
The 'algorithmic fog of war' with Israel and Hamas
Avi Asher-Schapiro, tech reporter with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, takes us through some of the reasons fake news or misleading content about the fight between Israel and Hamas is being amplified on social media feeds. For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://ww ... Show More
26m 1s