Disinformation is the 'threat of a generation,' but Canada is struggling to deal with it: National security adviser - eviltoast
Advances in AI have pushed disinformation and misinformation campaigns to a new level of effectiveness and covertness, says Jody Thomas.

AI-powered misinformation and disinformation campaigns are a “threat of a generation” but the government’s ability to do anything about it is “quite limited,” says the prime minister’s national security adviser. Article content

Jody Thomas delivered a bleak picture about the growing fight against distorted or false information worldwide during a speech at a Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) event Friday.

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  • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
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    11 months ago

    There’s no need to create a ministry of truth … just a ministry of information technology.

    And all it does is heavily regulate any company that handles large amounts of people’s data and communications.

    There shouldn’t be an argument of what people say on the internet … there should be a serious conversation about whether we should freely allow private companies to handle, process or manage so much personal data without regulation or public control.

    Not having this conversation means that we are giving up the freedom and management of the internet and by extension our democratic society to private corporations.