What We’re Thinking
Integrity Institute members and staff are leading voices in the integrity field and bring years of technical expertise to tackling these problems. These posts represent their individual thoughts, analysis, and ideas about contemporary issues in the integrity space.
When AI Systems Fail: The Toll on the Vulnerable Amidst Global Crisis
Reactive measures to address biased AI features and the spread of misinformation on social media platforms are not enough, says Nadah Feteih, an Employee Fellow with the Institute for Rebooting Social Media at the Berkman Klein Center and a Tech Policy Fellow with the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley.
How Generative AI Makes Content Moderation Both Harder and Easier
By Numa Dhamani and Maggie Engler
Content moderation was already an extremely difficult and thankless job, and with generative AI potentially increasing the quantity, quality, and personalization of adversarial content, is it borderline impossible for social media platforms to moderate content now?
Why Disinformation Campaigns are the Most Lethal Form of Modern Warfare
Disinformation campaigns aren’t new. In fact, before the era of social media, yellow journalism swayed citizen opinions on wars, politics, and the economic states of various nations. Disinformation campaigns led to the communist witch hunts of the 1950s and, post 9/11, to the unjust targeting of Sikhs and Muslims due to mistaken associations between Al-Qaeda and all Muslims. These campaigns have been present in every major election…
Diagnosing Networked Harassment in its Connection to Online Violence Against Women in Politics
By Theodora Skeadas and Hallie Stern
During the 2019 Indian general elections, researchers studied how organizers used a network of WhatsApp groups to manipulate Twitter trends through coordinated mass postings. The researchers joined 600 WhatsApp groups and found evidence of 75 hashtag manipulation campaigns in the form of mobilization messages with lists of pre-written tweets. During the election period, these campaigns produced hundreds of nationwide Twitter trends with the goal of influencing outcomes…
Election Deepfakes: What To Do About Political Media That Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means
Integrity Institute members Eric Davis, Diane Chang, Lucia Gamboa, Amari Cowan, Swapneel Mehta, Nichole Sessego, and David Evan Harris submitted comments to the FEC in October 2023, requesting it to address the anticipated onslaught of deepfakes in 2024 US campaign advertising.
Reflection from 2023 DEF CON
Integrity Institute visiting fellows Rebecca Thein, Theodora Skeadas, and Sarah Amos share their reflections from attending 2023 DEF CON alongside Institute members.
Technology Companies Must Make Platforms Safer for Women in Politics
Integrity Institute visiting fellow Theodora Skeadas co-authored this piece that first appeared in Tech Policy Press.