Sheldon Himelfarb featured in Foreign Press Correspondents USA : The Global Information Environment is at Risk. These Two Experts Are Leading Efforts to Protect It.

At a time of significant uncertainty regarding the health of our Global Information Environment (GIE)—defined as “the aggregate of individuals, organizations, and systems that collect, process, disseminate, or act on information”—one organization has taken a scientific consensus-building approach to combat the proliferation of mis- and disinformation around the globe. Thanks to their effort, we now have a clearer understanding of the largest threats facing our information environment.

ZeluisSeptember 12, 2023Comment

Sheldon Himelfarb featured in TechSequences: Scientists Confronting the Disinformation Ecosystem

With the advances in AI and increasing sophistication in creating misleading content such as deepfakes, there is growing concern, especially amongst academics and researchers, about the threat mis- and dis-information pose, not only for the 2024 election cycle and democracy, but also for pressing concerns such as public health and climate change. How can we address a polluted information ecosystem at a time of significant social divide and erosion of trust? How can scientific principles and approaches inform policy?

ZeluisAugust 23, 2023Comment

IPIE featured on Channels Television: IPIE Highlights Countermeasures to Mitigate Existential Threat

Sebastián Valenzuela, leader of the IPIE’s research panel, spoke to Channels Television about the IPIE’s work to assess the information environment.

ZeluisAugust 14, 2023Comment

IPIE featured by National Academies: Nobel Prize Summit Fuels Initiatives to Combat Misinformation and Disinformation and Build Trust in Science

An explosion of misinformation and disinformation have weakened public deliberation and undermined confidence in science, even as the world faces interconnecting crises such as war, climate change, and the pandemic and other health emergencies. To take on this “misinfodemic,” the Nobel Foundation and the National Academy of Sciences hosted the Nobel Prize Summit Truth, Trust and Hope, bringing together Nobel Prize laureates, researchers, policymakers, and citizens for an in-depth exploration of how to combat misinformation and build trust in science, scientists, and the institutions they serve.

ZeluisJune 22, 2023Comment

IPIE featured in Axios: Worries mount about misinformation in science

Misinformation and disinformation are diminishing public trust in science and becoming an existential threat to the planet, researchers warned this week.

The big picture: False information about vaccines and climate change — runs rampant on social media, where Americans are increasingly getting their news and information.

ZeluisMay 28, 2023Comment

IPIE featured in Forbes: The Nobel Prize Takes Aim Against Disinformation, Lies And Fakes

In the most extraordinary instance of public thought leadership most of us have ever witnessed, this week the Nobel Prize (Nobel Foundation) joined forces with the US National Academy of Sciences to mount a 3-day Summit targeting the disinformation, lies, fakes, and deep fakes that are flooding the globe.

ZeluisMay 26, 2023Comment

IPIE featured in The New York Times: With Climate Panel as a Beacon, Global Group Takes On Misinformation

A group of scholars introduced an international panel to study the digital information landscape, inspired by those who had been warning of the effect of global warming.

ZeluisMay 24, 2023Comment

IPIE featured in The Guardian Nigeria: Global disinformation experts launch Int’l Panel on Information Environment

A group of experts have introduced the concept of an International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE), with a view to addressing existential threat of misinformation.

ZeluisMay 22, 2023Comment

PTL programming featured in Crux: Church, state join forces in Cameroon in fight against hate speech

YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – Ahead of celebrations to mark Cameroon’s 51st National Day, the government, NGOs and the Catholic Church have stepped up their fight against hate speech which, according to them, threatens the very existence of the Central African country.

ZeluisMay 20, 2023Comment

PTL programming featured in Tech Policy Press: "Can Tech Promote Social Cohesion?"

There is arguably a broad consensus that social media presents a challenge to democracy and social cohesion, even if the degree and precise mechanics of that challenge are still contested. An emerging community of engineers and thinkers is also invested in the idea that the power of tech platforms to stoke division might instead be used to promote social cohesion, if the design of their systems can be re-engineered with that goal. If platforms such as Facebook and Twitter have contributed to phenomena such as polarization, the thinking goes, then perhaps they or their successors can do the opposite.

ZeluisApril 23, 2023Comment

PTL programming featured in The Flat Hat: English department hosts guest lecture on misinformation in relation to modern peacebuilding

Tuesday, March 21, President and CEO of PeaceTech Lab Dr. Sheldon Himelfarb presented a guest lecture titled “Misinformation: How to Manage the Greatest Threat to Peacebuilding Today” in Tucker Theater. The English Department, the Arts and Sciences Faculty Grants Fund and the Judaic Studies program sponsored the lecture.

ZeluisMarch 28, 2023Comment

Hogan Lovells completes three-year partnership with PeaceTech Lab

Washington, D.C. 10 February 2023 – Hogan Lovells has completed its three-year global partnership with PeaceTech Lab, a global nonprofit organization created to use the power of technology, data, and media to save lives and promote peace around the world.

ZeluisFebruary 10, 2023Comment

PTL programming featured in allAfrica: Nigerians Urged to Shun Hate Speech, Divisive Comments

Carefronting Nigeria in collaboration with Peacetech Lab has admonished Nigerians to shun hate speech and divisive comments ahead of the forthcoming general election.

ZeluisJanuary 6, 2023Comment