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Digital Humanities/Digital Scholarship Special Interest Group calling for participation in their open session at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Dublin

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In this session, “Deepfakes: Manipulating realities, misinformation, detection, legal and ethical matters, and professional responsibility,” we will explore the technology behind deep fakes and other digital forms of fake news. Invited speakers will discuss these topics, their ethical and legal implications, and how these technologies can be detected and uncovered. The theme for this call

Disinformation and Digital Literacy

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It’s almost three years since “fake news” became a major talking point and the problem seems more intractable than ever. The major online platforms are awash with conspiracy theories, disinformation, and extremist propaganda. The alarming implications are evident across the world. Disinformation about vaccines is linked to a global rise in preventable diseases. Ireland had

Conference of the Centre for Critical Media Literacy

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A vision of media literacy that is inclusive, active and hopeful – but also realistic, informed by scientific and social understanding of emerging technologies, how we use them and the corporations that foist them on us: that was the vision on offer at the third annual conference of the Centre for Critical Media Literacy in