Introduction
Truth, Untruth and Technology
by Jesse Emspak
Section 1: The Digital Mind
1.1 Are Digital Devices Altering Our Brains?
by Elena Pasquinelli
1.2 Your Brain on Google Maps
by Zeynep Tufekci
Section 2: The Enemy Is Us: How Social Media Manipulates Human Behavior
2.1 Why We Trust Lies
by Cailin O’Connor and James Owen Weatherall
2.2 A New World Disorder
by Claire Wardle
2.3 Inside the Echo Chamber
by Walter Quattrociocchi
2.4 How Fake News Goes Viral—Here’s the Math
by Madhusree Mukerjee
2.5 Social Media’s Stepped-Up Crackdown on Terrorists Still Falls Short
by Larry Greenemeier
2.6 When “Like” Is a Weapon
by the Editors
Section 3: Online Deception
3.1 Clicks, Lies and Videotape
by Brooke Borel
3.2 Could AI Be the Future of Fake News and Product Reviews
by Larry Greenemeier
3.3 Don’t Believe Your Eyes
by Larry Greenemeier
3.4 AI-Generated Deepfakes and the Challenge of Detection
by Siwei Lyu
3.5 Why Are Deepfakes So Effective?
by Martijn Rasser
Section 4: AI, Bias, and the Human Face
4.1 How a Machine Learns Prejudice
by Jesse Emspak
4.2 Expression of Doubt
by Douglas Heaven
4.3 How NIST Tested Facial Recognition Algorithms for Racial Bias
by Craig Watson & Sophie Bushwick
4.4 Bias Detectives: The Researchers Striving to Make Algorithms Fair
by Rachel Courtland
4.5 Facial-Recognition Technology Needs More Regulation
by the Editors
Section 5: Your Democracy Has Been Hacked
5.1 How to Defraud Democracy
by J. Alex Halderman & Jen Schwartz
5.2 “Fake News” Web Sites May Not Have a Major Effect on Elections
by Karen Weintraub
5.3 The Facebook Controversy: Privacy Is Not the Issue
by Peter Bruce