dataandsociety
Latest
Can hackers stop trolls from manipulating the media?
In the past few years conversations about the media have evolved into heated debates about collusion, lies, ethics, confirmation bias, gatekeepers and, of course, the stupidest of all phrases, "fake news." What's rarely mentioned in these conversations is that the media is being hacked/manipulated on an ongoing basis. So could security researchers and hackers patch its "vulnerabilities?" It's an idea floated by Matt Goerzen and Dr. Jeanna Matthews of research institute Data and Society.
