The witch hunts of 1400-1780 and today's #misinformation crisis have striking parallels. Both were fueled by new #media technologies that allowed false information to spread rapidly and widely #news #witchhunt
The Conversation
From printing presses to Facebook feeds: What yesterday’s witch hunts have in common with today’s misinformation crisis
Who bears responsibility when false information leads to real harm?
#Israel isn’t the first country to target nuclear scientists to keep its enemies from getting the bomb. Two political scientists who have documented more than 100 cases say that, in addition to the ethical issues, it’s not clear that this is an effective strategy
The Conversation
Nuclear scientists have long been targets in covert ops – Israel has brought that policy out of the shadows
Close to 100 scientists have been killed or abducted to stymie foreign nations’ nuclear programs since World War II. But the tactic has serious d...
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