Christo Grozev (twitter 17 Feb) features in the film, Navalny, based on plan to poison Kremlin critic and nominated at the awards
NSW MP Damien Tudehope resigns from ministerial roles after failing to disclose Transurban shares
Tax system of the Faroe Islands.
When do bureaucrats die prematurely?
There is also Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner, How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors that Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration, and Everything in Between.
Three men allegedly running a dial-a-dealer drug syndicate in Sydney's Inner West have been arrested and charged.
The drug ring allegedly supplied at least 375 200-gram bags of cocaine while operating out of a Marrickville cafe and motor service business
Alleged directors of Sydney dial-a-dealer cocaine syndicate charged
The Russian fleet of spy balloons.
Medibank class action launched after massive hack put private information of millions on dark web
Study shows ‘striking’ number who believe news misinforms AP
Misinformation on Misinformation: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges Social Media + Society. The Abstract:
Alarmist narratives about online misinformation continue to gain traction despite evidence that its prevalence and impact are overstated. Drawing on research examining the use of big data in social science and reception studies, we identify six misconceptions about misinformation and highlight the conceptual and methodological challenges they raise. The first set of misconceptions concerns the prevalence and circulation of misinformation. First, scientists focus on social media because it is methodologically convenient, but misinformation is not just a social media problem. Second, the internet is not rife with misinformation or news, but with memes and entertaining content. Third, falsehoods do not spread faster than the truth; how we define (mis)information influences our results and their practical implications. The second set of misconceptions concerns the impact and the reception of misinformation. Fourth, people do not believe everything they see on the internet: the sheer volume of engagement should not be conflated with belief. Fifth, people are more likely to be uninformed than misinformed; surveys overestimate misperceptions and say little about the causal influence of misinformation. Sixth, the influence of misinformation on people’s behavior is overblown as misinformation often “preaches to the choir.” To appropriately understand and fight misinformation, future research needs to address these challenges.
