Artificial Intelligence (AI in abbreviation) is a technique of machine imitating human intelligence. In the 50’s, there were scientists suggesting…
Misinformation refers to false information, which is deliberately created and spread to cause harm to individuals or the society. Such information
Identifying fake information
Have you heard about the following misinformation?
“Hong Kong’s supply of toilet paper would be affected by the epidemic spreading in Mainland.”
“Mask can be sanitised in a microwave.”
Misinformation refers to false information, which is deliberately created and spread to cause harm to individuals or the society. Such information may be totally fabricated, partially fabricated or misleading. In the past, misinformation often appears in propaganda. In the era of social media, misinformation is easily packaged as fake news to reach political purposes.
At the same time, many “content farms” appear on the Internet, which copy and edit other news with an exaggerated title to boost their page views and advertising revenue.
