Gregory's ServerEvery one of these "disinformation" projects is connected to some kind of governmental security agency -- don't cooperate. Why would anyone need to "have this image of a political rally you want to verify" if they weren't police surveilling protestors?
|
10 comments
@dw_innovation @RichPuchalsky How will it even stop misinformation when someone or something can make up stuff. This is why AI should not be used, all anyone needs is a pattern to understand how AI will respond and next thing you know, AI thinks that information is truth. How does it even stop older misinformation or languages not in English.  @firecat @dw_innovation @RichPuchalsky In this case: If you use "AI" to interpret the input and try to find a location that matches it, the worst thing that can happen is a result that's plainly wrong. Which actually sounds like a great application for those models, assuming the result is e.g. a set of locations on the map. As with all sources, one should of course not blindly believe it or try to use the absence of a "good" search result as evidence for anything. Deutsche Welle is a government owned news agency equivalent to the US Voice of America or the Russian RT. State owned journalism is routinely used for the purposes of the state, and no one except cops needs a special tool to estimate the size of a crowd at a protest. What all governmental "disinformation" projects come down to is the idea that there are good governments whose propaganda is truth, and bad governments whose propaganda is disinformation. @RichPuchalsky @dw_innovation I don‘t think it helps to lump together two obviously very different broadcasting houses like RT and DW. Even if you are right (and I think that you are not when describing DW as a governmental disinformation project), these things should be teased apart. Things are not always black and white.  @sascha_wolfer @RichPuchalsky @dw_innovation both of the above posts have validity. In my opinion, we should be suspicious of all governments, but more convinced of the malign intent of some than of others. Anyone – and any corporate body – that has power, requires scrutiny.  I'd rather trust DW than some corporate media orgs. By the way, DW was banned or sanctioned in Russia, Iran, and Turkey. |
@RichPuchalsky
Sorry, but this isn't about surveillance – it's about journalism.
Answering the "w" questions – especially in connection with a public (!) event – is just standard procedure in a world where people frequently claim just about anything and also invent/fake sources to "prove" their take.