Rebuilding Trust - ISTARI Spotlight
“The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.” – Stephen King
Imagine this: It’s a perfectly normal day, and you’re at home. Your phone rings. On the line is the president of your country, encouraging you not to vote in an upcoming election.
Exactly this scenario happened this week in the US - but it was a deepfake voice of the US president, encouraging voters not to vote in the Republican primary election.
It comes as no surprise that the recently released global risk report from the World Economic Forum ranks misinformation and disinformation as the greatest risks over the next two years. That’s important because 2024 will be the biggest election year in history: countries home to more than half of the world’s population will send their citizens to the polls.?
So, in this Spotlight, let’s unpick some of the themes of the World Economic Forum. What are the WEF’s top cybersecurity risks? How is AI shaping cybersecurity? But perhaps it’s not all doom and gloom – maybe foreign influence campaigns and misinformation might not sway an election??
A stark divide is emerging between organisations that are cyber-resilient, and those that are not. As long as this gap exists, every business will remain vulnerable. What are the top cybersecurity risks over the next few years, according to the WEF?
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AI is supercharging the spread of disinformation. And with so many elections taking place this year, deepfakes’ potential to manipulate voters is deeply concerning. Can we even do something about deepfakes???
This in-depth research piece investigated how misinformation campaigns on Twitter influenced the 2016 US presidential election. The results might surprise you – did the misinformation campaigns have any real influence??
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