Wer anderen eine Grafik teilt, fällt selbst drauf rein (mit Karolin Schwarz)
Summary
Carolin Schwarz discusses a viral but misleading graph claiming a drop in Russian bot activity, debunking it as a misinterpretation of Yandex server outages. The episode covers a security flaw in the C2PA standard and a fake Canadian journalist using AI-generated images. It also addresses the EU’s ban on deepfake tools and the US government’s push to broadcast a military execution on social media, highlighting platform compliance failures.
Topics discussed
Intro and guest introduction: Carolin Schwarz
Ukraine war update and Yandex data center attacks
Fact-checking viral graph on AfD bot activity decline
AI's impact on disinformation production and verification
C2PA standard flaws and the need for media literacy
The fake Canadian journalist case and media accountability
AI-generated deepfakes and harassment of women in politics
EU regulation, watermarks, and AI content labeling tools
Sponsor break: IONOS AI phone assistant
US military execution livestream and platform policy responses
Politico investigation into TikTok's US joint venture
Social media's role in radicalization and political polarization
Elon Musk's Grok bot credit card privacy controversy
America PAC spending and election interference strategies
Outro and newsletter promotion
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