How much more chaos and murder would ensue if doctored images and deepfakes were proliferating on social media rather than radio, and radicalizing even more of the public? Low levels of digital literacy, fragile politics, and limited online safety systems render the continent ripe for hate speech and violence. Adversarial AI blows up this paradigm by allowing attackers to side-step safety systems based on content,” Haugen told Foreign Policy. As the tools of disinformation grow more sophisticated, old safety systems are becoming defunct. “Investors need to understand that allowing social media companies to continue to operate without oversight places systemic risk across their portfolios.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 22, 2024 02:40 UTC