I recently participated in a meeting of computer scientists where the topic was “fake news”. The implicit assumption was that “we will do this tool x that will show people what is false information, and they will become informed.” However, after the meeting I realized this might not be enough, and in fact be naïve thinking. It may not matter…
Associate Professor (tenure track) at the University of Vaasa, and Adjunct Professor at the Turku School of Economics. Based in Finland.