Too Much (dis)Information

Too Much (dis)Information

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  • AI & Machine Learning: Opportunities or Threats to OSINT?

    Episode #2

    AI & Machine Learning - Opportunities or Threats to OSINT?

    Matt is a Hacker by nature who spent 21 years at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security he trained thousands of people across the Department of Defense, Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, on topics including OSINT and cyber security.

    Matt is the Principal Instructor for the Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Course at the SANS Institute. He also spends his time nowadays as the founder of Argelius Labs. 


    Topics covered:

    • The amazing changes that Matt has seen taking place in the OSINT world
    • Why the conversation around his dinner table is more exciting than most households!
    • The opportunities that OSINT analysts should be thinking about when it comes to new AI models - from sentiment improvements, automation, summarization, and more
    • Where Matt sits on the debate about opening up vs. restricting generative AI development


      • Too Much (dis)Information

      The podcast that explores everything related to disinformation and online networks. To help us make sense of the global town square that is social media, in every episode, our host speaks to a fresh voice to uncover the good, bad, and fake online.

      This podcast believes that we are at a pivotal moment in the fight against disinformation. Many people apply the word disinformation to everything from fake news, bot networks, malicious actors, influence operations, manipulation, inauthentic accounts, social media imposters, OSINT threat intelligence, and much more.

      So do we...

      From the trends to the tools, Too Much (dis)Information brings you the experts on the front line fighting disinformation, and all its forms, across the public sector, brands, cyber security professionals, and academia.


      Brought to you by Cyabra

      34 min
    • Is the Decline in Local Journalism a Cause for Increasing Misinformation?

      Episode #1

      The link between local journalism and disinformation

      Theodora Skeadas recently left Twitter’s public policy team. Earlier in her career, she worked at Booz Allen Hamilton, where she worked closely with defense institutions. More recently, Theodora has been consulting for civil society organizations working toward combatting disinformation.

      Topics covered:

      Her experience combatting disinformation from all angles - the public sector, private sector, and from within social media platforms 

      The link between disinformation and the decline of local and regional journalism

      How nudge behavior can work on social media platforms to help raise awareness of the content we are interacting with 


      Here are the links mentioned during the episode: 

      • PEN America's Hard News: Journalists and the Threat of Disinformation
        • Twitter Moderation Research Consortium: 
          1. Unheard Voice --> Initial reporting & Pentagon
          2. My Heart Belongs to Kashmir
          3. Assessing Inauthentic Networks Commenting on the US Midterms --> Washington Post and on Twitter by the author


            • Twitter's misinformation-focused policies are:
              1. Crisis misinformation
              2. Covid misinformation (recently removed)
              3. Synthetic and manipulated media
              4. Civic integrity


                • Twitter's efforts to combat misleading information include:  
                  1. Labels, Prompts with context, Debunks
                  2. Moments


                    • Twitter's efforts to combat and mitigate abuse include: 
                      1. @Mention Controls: The ability to remove oneself from a Tweet which one doesn’t want to be associated with. 
                      2. Reply Prompts: Prompts that encourage people to pause and reconsider a potentially harmful or offensive reply before Tweeting.
                      3. Safety Mode: Feature that detects and blocks potentially abusive or spammy accounts.


                        • NYT opinion piece: Disinformation Is Not the Real Problem With Democracy

                          • Too Much (dis)Information

                          The podcast that explores everything related to disinformation and online networks. To help us make sense of the global town square that is social media, in every episode, our host speaks to a fresh voice to uncover the good, bad, and fake online.

                          This podcast believes that we are at a pivotal moment in the fight against disinformation. Many people apply the word disinformation to everything from fake news, bot networks, malicious actors, influence operations, manipulation, inauthentic accounts, social media imposters, OSINT threat intelligence, and much more.

                          So do we...

                          From the trends to the tools, Too Much (dis)Information brings you the experts on the front line fighting disinformation, and all its forms, across the public sector, brands, cyber security professionals, and academia.


                          Brought to you by Cyabra


                          32 min
                        • Trailer: TMI Podcast

                          Hi, I'm Rafi Mendelsohn, the host of Too Much (dis)Information, the podcast that explores everything related to disinformation and online networks. To help us make sense of the global town square that is social media, in every episode, our host speaks to a fresh voice to uncover the good, bad, and fake online.

                          This podcast believes that we are at a pivotal moment in the fight against disinformation. Many people apply the word disinformation to everything from fake news, bot networks, malicious actors, influence operations, manipulation, inauthentic accounts, social media imposters, OSINT threat intelligence, and much more.

                          So do we...

                          From the trends to the tools, Too Much (dis)Information brings you the experts on the front line fighting disinformation, and all its forms, across the public sector, brands, cyber security professionals, and academia.

                          Thanks for listening.

                          Brought to you by Cyabra

                          1 min

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                        The podcast that explores everything related to disinformation and online networks. To help us make sense of the global town square that is social media, in every episode, our host speaks to a fresh voice to uncover the good, bad, and fake online.