dr.disinfo

What is cyberterrorism and why are definitions important in this domain? Does the mainstream media contribute to the spread of terrorist propaganda by mislabelling cyber incidents as terrorism? What does the law have to do with it?

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has revolutionised the world with the capability to effortlessly produce highly-tailorable text, images, audio, and video en masse. This has provided many with a significant boost to both their productivity and creativity, but unfortunately the same can be said for malicious threat actors. Tools such as ChatGPT have provided these anti-democratic organisations with the sudden capability to rapidly produce highly convincing deepfakes and manipulated content that sways public opinion and narratives towards the actor's ideology. This episode explores the impact these new and rapidly evolving technologies have on society; most notably our collective sense of 'truth'; and provides some handy tips for spotting AI generated fake news.

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Social media has a lot to answer for. The world has witnessed a seriously concerning rise in online radicalisation since COVID-19, and particularly noticeably since the Israel-Gaza war broke out on 07 Oct 23. This episode explores the crisis democratic societies are facing in the fight against violent extremism, political polarisation, and social division.

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Welcome to the dr.disinfo podcast! This episode provides an overview of the podcast, the host, and the topics to be covered in future episodes.

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