Laura Zommer
General Director at Chequeado
Madre, idealista, yogi. Periodista y abogada. @Ashoka y @ICFJKnight Fellow. CEO y co-founder @Factchequeado, creadora @LatamChequea y ex directora @Chequeado
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Jan 16, 2025 |
techpolicy.press | Laura Zommer |Carlos Hernández-Echevarría |Justin Hendrix
Read the report, Platform Response to Disinformation during the US Election 2024, in English or in Spanish. A Spanish language version of this post follows the English text.
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Jan 8, 2025 |
factchequeado.com | Laura Zommer
As the U.S. awaits Donald Trump'sreturn to the White House, uncertainty prevails with respect to his statements about mass deportations, cuts to social services, and drastic modifications to education and health policies. Given the context, it’s no wonder that some members of Hispanic and Latino communities in the country are feeling anxious. There is evidence — which became clear during the COVID-19 pandemic — that disinformation is designed to take advantage of our emotions.
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Jan 5, 2025 |
ijnet.org | Laura Zommer
If you have just a few minutes, here are the key points addressed in the article: Mis- and disinformation tend to spread more frequently and rapidly during times of uncertainty and change. The uptick in the spread of mis- and disinformation happens, in part, because we humans have an aversion to ambiguity and are trying to find answers. To communicate effectively in times of uncertainty, it is helpful to be transparent about what we know and what we don't.
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Oct 29, 2024 |
ijnet.org | Laura Zommer
Many predicted a revolution in the world of disinformation during the 2024 U.S. election due to the emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI). But it hasn’t come to pass – at least not yet. It is true that AI has increased the amount of false and misleading political and electoral content, and that this information has gone viral quickly.
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Oct 18, 2024 |
ijnet.org | Laura Zommer
Para las primeras elecciones en Estados Unidos con inteligencia artificial (IA) generativa en el mercado, muchos pronosticaban una revolución en el mundo de la desinformación. Pero no llegó, al menos, no aún.
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