Disinformation in Nepal: Example case studies; Types of misinformation campaigns; Challenges of mapping misinformation; Learnings from mapping misinformation in Nepal
Sharecast Initiative Nepal's National Media Landscape Wave II was conducted among 5555 sample in January-February 2017. This report compiles the toppling finding of the survey focusing on access to traditional and new media in Nepal. Please contact info@sharecast.org.np if you need further information or want to collaborate on the next survey which is planned in February 2018.
Influence of Social Media and Mainstream Media in IndonesiaIsmail Fahmi
Overview of internet and social media penetration in Indonesia.
Applications, websites or social media pages that Indonesia people use for news consumption.
Overview Indonesia people attitudes in using social media: what factor matters? How user-generated content is created? To what extent user-generated content influence Indonesian people’s belief? Examples.
Infodemic and disinformation on social media: Intention, stakeholder responds, cyber law (management of criticism on social media, crisis management).
Digital identity: conclusion of social media influence on Indonesia people.
Sharecast Initiative Nepal's National Media Landscape Wave II was conducted among 5555 sample in January-February 2017. This report compiles the toppling finding of the survey focusing on access to traditional and new media in Nepal. Please contact info@sharecast.org.np if you need further information or want to collaborate on the next survey which is planned in February 2018.
Influence of Social Media and Mainstream Media in IndonesiaIsmail Fahmi
Overview of internet and social media penetration in Indonesia.
Applications, websites or social media pages that Indonesia people use for news consumption.
Overview Indonesia people attitudes in using social media: what factor matters? How user-generated content is created? To what extent user-generated content influence Indonesian people’s belief? Examples.
Infodemic and disinformation on social media: Intention, stakeholder responds, cyber law (management of criticism on social media, crisis management).
Digital identity: conclusion of social media influence on Indonesia people.
Media and Information Literacy (MIL) 2. The Evolution of Traditional to New M...Arniel Ping
ERRATUM In my PowerPoint Presentation “2.MIL 2. The Evolution of Traditional to New Media (Part 2)- Functions of Communication and Media, Issues in Philippine Media”, the word “PLATFORM” was incorrectly written as “FLATFORM”. The correct sentence should read: “PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR PUBLIC DISCOURSE”. -Arniel Ping
Learning Competencies
1. discuss the functions of communication and media (SSHS);
2. editorialize the roles and functions of media in democratic society (MIL11/12EMIL-IIIb-6); and
3. discuss issues in Philippine Media (SSHS).
Topic Outline
I- THE EVOLUTION OF TRADITIONAL TO NEW MEDIA (Part 2)
A. Functions of Communication and Media
B. Issues in Philippine Media
Fake news detection for Arabic headlines-articles news data using deep learningIJECEIAES
Fake news has become increasingly prevalent in recent years. The evolution of social websites has spurred the expansion of fake news causing it to a mixture with truthful information. English fake news detection had the largest share of studies, unlike Arabic fake news detection, which is still very limited. Fake news phenomenon has changed people and social perspectives through revolts in several Arab countries. False news results in the distortion of reality ignite chaos and stir public judgments. This paper provides an Arabic fake news detection approach using different deep learning models including long short-term memory and convolutional neural network based on article-headline pairs to differentiate if a news headline is in fact related or unrelated to the parallel news article. In this paper, a dataset created about the war in Syria and related to the Middle East political issues is utilized. The whole data comprises 422 claims and 3,042 articles. The models yield promising results.
Analysis of sources and effect of fake news on society Arpit Khurana
This report reviews the relevant literature to provide a definition of fake news, its potential impact and recent responses to this phenomenon. Finally, the report provides a summary of the research and important findings concerning fake news in the conclusion.
Educational Strategies for the Prevention of Violent ExtremismRenee Hobbs
Professor Renee Hobbs identifies five instructional strategies for addressing the prevention of violent extremism based on the practice of digital and media literacy education.
Emerging impact of Nigeria’s Open Budget Data: Unilorin oddc poster 3rd jul...Open Data Research Network
A research poster presented as part of the Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries project at the Research Sharing Event in Berlin, 15th July 2014. For more see http://www.opendataresearch.org/emergingimpacts/"
Identifying & Combating Misinformation w/ Fact Checking Tools is a presentation I prepared for US Embassy Youth Council 2024 members in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Media and Information Literacy (MIL) 2. The Evolution of Traditional to New M...Arniel Ping
ERRATUM In my PowerPoint Presentation “2.MIL 2. The Evolution of Traditional to New Media (Part 2)- Functions of Communication and Media, Issues in Philippine Media”, the word “PLATFORM” was incorrectly written as “FLATFORM”. The correct sentence should read: “PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR PUBLIC DISCOURSE”. -Arniel Ping
Learning Competencies
1. discuss the functions of communication and media (SSHS);
2. editorialize the roles and functions of media in democratic society (MIL11/12EMIL-IIIb-6); and
3. discuss issues in Philippine Media (SSHS).
Topic Outline
I- THE EVOLUTION OF TRADITIONAL TO NEW MEDIA (Part 2)
A. Functions of Communication and Media
B. Issues in Philippine Media
Fake news detection for Arabic headlines-articles news data using deep learningIJECEIAES
Fake news has become increasingly prevalent in recent years. The evolution of social websites has spurred the expansion of fake news causing it to a mixture with truthful information. English fake news detection had the largest share of studies, unlike Arabic fake news detection, which is still very limited. Fake news phenomenon has changed people and social perspectives through revolts in several Arab countries. False news results in the distortion of reality ignite chaos and stir public judgments. This paper provides an Arabic fake news detection approach using different deep learning models including long short-term memory and convolutional neural network based on article-headline pairs to differentiate if a news headline is in fact related or unrelated to the parallel news article. In this paper, a dataset created about the war in Syria and related to the Middle East political issues is utilized. The whole data comprises 422 claims and 3,042 articles. The models yield promising results.
Analysis of sources and effect of fake news on society Arpit Khurana
This report reviews the relevant literature to provide a definition of fake news, its potential impact and recent responses to this phenomenon. Finally, the report provides a summary of the research and important findings concerning fake news in the conclusion.
Educational Strategies for the Prevention of Violent ExtremismRenee Hobbs
Professor Renee Hobbs identifies five instructional strategies for addressing the prevention of violent extremism based on the practice of digital and media literacy education.
Emerging impact of Nigeria’s Open Budget Data: Unilorin oddc poster 3rd jul...Open Data Research Network
A research poster presented as part of the Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries project at the Research Sharing Event in Berlin, 15th July 2014. For more see http://www.opendataresearch.org/emergingimpacts/"
Identifying & Combating Misinformation w/ Fact Checking Tools is a presentation I prepared for US Embassy Youth Council 2024 members in Kathmandu, Nepal.
[Nepali] Digital Security for Journalist WomenUjjwal Acharya
My presentation from training sessions on digital safety to journalist women in Nagarkot and Bhairahawa (in July 2017) organized by the Sancharika Samuha.
Nepal Media Status Report presented to the International Mission to Nepal for Promoting Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists 2015 at the Hotel Summit, April 19, 2015.
An introduction to Center for International Media Ethics' (CIME) an innovative approach that combines journalism, ethics and economics to guide towards use of media ethics to help improve the society and, more importantly, sustain the media business in an age where media is fast losing public trust and advertising.
Please note that the presentation was for a session in CIME Forum 2013 Islamabad, Pakistan and I just rephrased and made the original idea concise because of the time constrain. Also note the copyright of it is with CIME.
role of women and girls in various terror groupssadiakorobi2
Women have three distinct types of involvement: direct involvement in terrorist acts; enabling of others to commit such acts; and facilitating the disengagement of others from violent or extremist groups.
In a May 9, 2024 paper, Juri Opitz from the University of Zurich, along with Shira Wein and Nathan Schneider form Georgetown University, discussed the importance of linguistic expertise in natural language processing (NLP) in an era dominated by large language models (LLMs).
The authors explained that while machine translation (MT) previously relied heavily on linguists, the landscape has shifted. “Linguistics is no longer front and center in the way we build NLP systems,” they said. With the emergence of LLMs, which can generate fluent text without the need for specialized modules to handle grammar or semantic coherence, the need for linguistic expertise in NLP is being questioned.
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हम आग्रह करते हैं कि जो भी सत्ता में आए, वह संविधान का पालन करे, उसकी रक्षा करे और उसे बनाए रखे।" प्रस्ताव में कुल तीन प्रमुख हस्तक्षेप और उनके तंत्र भी प्रस्तुत किए गए। पहला हस्तक्षेप स्वतंत्र मीडिया को प्रोत्साहित करके, वास्तविकता पर आधारित काउंटर नैरेटिव का निर्माण करके और सत्तारूढ़ सरकार द्वारा नियोजित मनोवैज्ञानिक हेरफेर की रणनीति का मुकाबला करके लोगों द्वारा निर्धारित कथा को बनाए रखना और उस पर कार्यकरना था।
2. 97.8% SOCIAL MEDIA USERS
THINK MISINFORMATION IS
ALREADY OR WILL BE A
PROBLEM TO OUR POLITICS
AND SOCIETY.
91% of Nepal's social media users said they saw misinformation online in last seven days.
Nepal Social Media Users Survey 2021. n=403
3. AGENDA
1. My introduction
2. Example case studies
3. Types of misinformation
campaigns
4. Challenges of mapping
misinformation
5. Learnings from mapping
misinformation in Nepal
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6. MCC COMPACT
Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact is
USA's $500 million grant to Nepal that needed
parliamentary approval. Contested and debated issue,
mass protests in February until it was ratified.
China Radio International (CRI) Nepali service's
Facebook page (2.7 million likes) published 6
opinionated and one-sided videos in a week when it
was at parliament.
An influence operation.
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7. ABCDE ANALYSIS
Actor: Foreign Media
Behavior: Transparent, aspersive intent
Content: Video in Nepali, inflammatory messages
Degree: Targeted to Nepali citizens
Effect: Fueled divided public opinion that saw
violent protests
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8. CORONA-VIRAL
During early days of Covid Pandemic, there were many
videos about it that went viral. Four videos in this
case studies are from YouTube channels, national tv
and regional tv. They all contain multiple
misinformation ranging from outright false claims
prove points by irrelevant experts.
Misinformation.
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9. ABCDE ANALYSIS
Actor: YouTube Channels, televisions stations
Behavior: Transparent, non-aspersive intent
Content: Video in Nepali, outright lies and false
claims and suggestions
Degree: Targeted to Nepali citizens
Effect: Misguided public encouraging them to change
habits or underestimate dangers of Covid
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10. CHINA BORDER
In 2020, when Nepal-India relationship was at worse
due to border dispute (Lipulekh), top newspaper
Kantipur published a front page report with title:
China also encroached border in 7 districts. The
report was based on the non-existent report by
Ministry of Agriculture.
Misinformation.
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11. ABCDE ANALYSIS
Actor: National newspaper
Behavior: Transparent, non-aspersive intent
Content: Text in Nepali, unverified content and
misinformation mixed with valid data/context
Degree: Targeted to Nepali citizens
Effect: Impact on public opinion about China at the
time when Nepal's relationship with neighbors were
hotly debated.
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12. COVID MASTERMIND
On April 10, 2020, Indian television channels 'broke'
a news that a Nepali citizen was mastermind behind
attempt to spread covid in India, buy sending 200
covid infected people across open border as directed
by ISI Pakistan. For four days, various news about
him was broadcast based on unverified facts using
inflammatory language establishing him as a criminal.
Disinformation.
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13. ABCDE ANALYSIS
Actor: Foreign Media (TV9 Bharatvarsh & TV24)
Behavior: Transparent, aspersive intent
Content: Video in Hindi, inflammatory accusations
Degree: Targeted to Indian and Nepali citizens
Effect: Social / political / psychological cost for
Jalim Miya, waste of public funds
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14. MCC COMPACT
On January 23, 2021, ekantipur.com - one of Nepal's
largest online media with Kantipur's masthead,
published a news with title: "We are digging files
collecting dusts in CIAA: Foreign Minister Gyawali".
His quotes to fabricated adding a couple of words
that made the whole meaning different at the time
when Nepal's politics were very divided and no one
knew what's going to happen.
Misinformation.
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15. ABCDE ANALYSIS
Actor: National online media
Behavior: Transparent, non-aspersive intent
Content: Text in Nepali, outrageous statement
Degree: Targeted to Nepali citizens
Effect: Fueled anger against minister, fueled hotly
debated political issue
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16. COVID WOMEN
On April 16, 2020, many media carried news
saying that police was searching for two Muslim
women who threw banknotes on the street of
Janakpur in suspicion of trying spread
coronavirus through spitted bills.
Police arrested both, put them in custody in
quarantine facility before releasing them on
April 19 after both were tested negative.
Misinformation.
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17. ABCDE ANALYSIS
Actor: Police, news agency, news portals
Behavior: Transparent, non-aspersive intent
Content: Text and photo in Nepali, messages huring
religious sentiments
Degree: Targeted to Nepali citizens
Effect: Fueled hatred to Muslim population, created
fear among Janakpur locals and waste of public
funds
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19. WHAT IS SEEN?
1. Foreign actors: Indian and Chinese media trying to
create space, and influence operation
2. Misinformation: Unintentional and public service motive
yet lacks professional procedures
3. Disinformation: Giving space to un-relevant experts and
false claims for attracting audience, for viewership and
money
4. Political disinformation: During elections to promote a
party, demote opposition
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21. WHY SO HARD?
1. Many tools by social media platforms and others NOT
available for Nepal.
2. No coordinated effort against misinformation (some
sporadic non-systemic efforts).
3. Lack of systemic monitoring by CSOs, state or media
means non-avaibility of primary data / resources.
4. Lack of resources and skills.
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23. ICEBERG
1. What we have seen or thought was just a tip of iceberg.
The misinformation problem is already massive and there are
coordinated campaigns and unseen actors.
2. The first step to fight misinformation: Systemic
monitoring is urgently needed.
3. In-depth research is needed to understand misinformation
and its impact in Nepal's society and politics.
4. Somehow misinformation seems to be on the way to create
big problem yet still at the stage it could be tackled.
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