Without truth in political advertising laws, Australians will continue to be fed disinformation with impunity. AI-driven bots on social media now have the widest reach, but AI is also being used to fight back. The UN now recognises information integrity in climate and energy as a major barrier to effective climate action. Resilience to disinformation can be built through education, as in Finland, where schoolchildren are taught to identify and assess manipulative content. References Resilience https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/03/how-cognitive-manipulation-and-ai-will-shape-disinformation-in-2026/ Finland https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/28/fact-from-fiction-finlands-new-lessons-in-combating-fake-news

Source: The Guardian April 07, 2026 06:36 UTC