Shayoni Lynn
@shayonislynn.bsky.social
CEO @ lynn.global #BehaviouralScience & fighting #Misinformation. Chair, Co-founder Asian Communications Network. PowerBook; Most Influential Women in UK PR; Top 10 Agency Leaders outside London; Mark Mellor; #innovator25 EMEA; Global 15; IoD #DOTYA
Timely reflections from @emma-briant.co.uk on #democracy and what it stands for.
Just Published: America Once Sold ‘Democracy’ to the World—Now It’s Undermining Its Own Message
Read my latest for USC Center on Public Diplomacy blog
dremmalbriant.substack.com
NEW: @matteowong.bsky.social profiles Anthropic, the AI company of the moment, the one that seems especially preoccupied with the possibility that its technology might—for example—aid in the creation of bioweapons, the one with the CEO who actually made a public statement against the administration.
Anthropic Is at War With Itself
The AI company shouting about AI’s dangers can’t quite bring itself to slow down.
theatlantic.com
Not only is our information environment increasingly polluted, volatile, and artificial, we are now tackling mainstream influence campaigns that are directly aimed towards disrupting our democratic processes at scale and pace. Expect this disruptive threat. #Misinformation
Experts warn of threat to democracy from ‘AI bot swarms’ infesting social media
Misinformation technology could be deployed at scale to disrupt 2028 US presidential election, AI researchers say
theguardian.com
Impersonating Western media outlets, pro-Kremlin sources are suggesting that European aid to Ukraine weakens Europe’s ability to protect Greenland from annexation threats by President Trump. Read the details in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/russian-fa...
Russian Fakes Make the Most of Europe’s Greenland Anxieties
Sources aligned with the Kremlin are impersonating Western media outlets to suggest that European aid to Ukraine weakens Greenland’s protections against Trump’s threats.
newsguardrealitycheck.com
More details of UK crime suspects may be released to stop #Misinformation
More details of UK crime suspects may be released to stop misinformation
Information such as age and nationality will generally not constitute contempt of court under proposed laws
theguardian.com
Is #Misinformation as a term becoming tainted? Good reflections from @matthewfacciani.bsky.social 👇
Why This Misinformation Researcher Doesn't Use the Word “Misinformation” in Everyday Conversations
The word we often use to fight falsehoods might be the very thing keeping us from connecting.
matthewfacciani.substack.com
"When we talk about #BehaviouralScience interventions, we often need to simplify complex concepts such as ‘context’. We might reference nudges w/o fully explaining what they entail in practice. But such simplification can hinder understanding & limit the ability to learn from tested interventions."
META BI: A Comprehensive Framework for Behavioral Interventions
Explore the META BI framework to enhance understanding and collaboration in behavioral interventions, for effective nudging.
bppblog.com
How is self-control defined? Does self-control early in life predict later success? If you show high self-control at work, will you exhibit high self-control everywhere? Learn the answers from @angeladuckworth.bsky.social on a new episode of the #Choiceology podcast 🦻 www.schwab.com/learn/story/...
Charles Schwab
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How contagious is social media? From Zoizner & Levy: "This study advances understanding of how toxicity becomes contagious by distinguishing between exposure to toxicity by ingroup vs outgroup members and separating toxicity into impolite style and intolerant substance." #Misinformation
Validate User
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New research finds that anti-vaccine networks on Facebook were smaller but more tightly coordinated, spreading emotionally charged misinformation faster, while pro-vaccine networks were larger and more institutional, sharing accurate info but with less engagement. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The spread of pro- and anti-vaccine views by coordinated communities on facebook during COVID-19 pandemic - Journal of Computational Social Science
The widespread dissemination of problematic vaccine-related content during the COVID-19 pandemic has posed serious challenges to public health and eroded institutional trust. This study investigates t...
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New neuroscience research shows that when people try to persuade, their brains sync less and cover fewer ideas. But when they enter a discussion to learn or compromise, their brains diverge in ways that foster creativity, understanding, & shared solutions. www.scientificamerican.com/article/good...
Good Conversations Don’t Require Everybody to Agree, Neuroscience Shows
Brain imaging is illuminating the patterns linked to productive, positive dialogue, and those insights could help people connect with others
scientificamerican.com
A good overview on the Science and Technology Select Committee on concerns around social media regulatory complacency #Misinformation
UK MPs warn of repeat of 2024 riots unless online misinformation is tackled
Science and technology select committee says complacency over social media content puts public at risk
theguardian.com
Ofcom has fined 4Chan £20k for ignoring information requests, specifically around the risks of illegal content.
4Chan fined by Ofcom for ignoring requests for online safety information
The online forum has been fined £20,000 by the watchdog for breaching its information requests.
independent.co.uk
"When we talk about behavioural interventions, we often need to simplify complex concepts such as ‘context’... But such simplification can hinder understanding and limit the ability to learn from tested interventions." Malte Dewies clear, shared terminology #BehaviouralScience
META BI: A Comprehensive Framework for Behavioral Interventions
Explore the META BI framework to enhance understanding and collaboration in behavioral interventions, for effective nudging.
bppblog.com
A good overview of how Starbuck got the role in the first place #AI #Misinformation
Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people
Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’
theguardian.com
Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize
Leader of country’s opposition receives award after scrutiny surrounding committee and comments by Donald Trump
theguardian.com
Maybe we should ask: how do we rebuild trust when our audiences no longer believe the idea of truth itself? #Misinformation #BehaviouralScience
Trust in Media at New Low of 28% in U.S.
Americans' trust in newspapers, television and radio to report the news fully, accurately and fairly is at a new low of 28%.
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"Why we struggle to protect the young from conspiracy theorist parents" - great and timely work from @mariannaspringbbc.bsky.social #Misinformation
The struggle to protect children from conspiracy theorist parents
The inquest following the death of Paloma Shemirani raises the question of how to prevent young people from health misinformation
bbc.co.uk
How are bot networks dragging brands into culture wars? #Misinformation #PR #Comms
Bot Networks Are Helping Drag Consumer Brands Into the Culture Wars
AI tools have made coordinated attacks targeting corporations much more common, researchers say.
wsj.com
#AI powered #Misinformation campaigns have never been easier to develop and execute. How do small language models produce political messaging, and can these be automatically evaluated without human raters? This study finds two key behavioural insights.
AI Propaganda factories with language models
AI-powered influence operations can now be executed end-to-end on commodity hardware. We show that small language models produce coherent, persona-driven political messaging and can be evaluated autom...
arxiv.org
Very timely and important investigation from @theguardian.com covering everything from distrust to global conspiracy theories and how these proliferate on mainstream social media. Featuring excellent insights from @profsanderlinden.bsky.social #Misinformation #BehaviouralScience
Inside the everyday Facebook networks where far-right ideas grow
The Guardian spent a year studying an online community trading in anti-immigration sentiment and misinformation. Experts say such spaces can play a role in radicalisation
theguardian.com
How does #Misinformation impact perceptions and attitudes towards climate change? Logemann, H.T., @profsanderlinden.bsky.social et al. explore the Gateway (mis)Belief Model "which assumes that misinformation affects perceived scientific consensus negatively", impacting public support and action.
<em>British Journal of Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
Climate change is one of the greatest threats to humanity, necessitating immediate action to combat its consequences. Although there is a nearly unanimous scientific consensus that climate change is ....
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New study finds that AI chatbot "DeepSeek favors Western leaders but rates Xi Jinping of China higher relative to other models, especially in simplified Chinese." misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/do-l...
Do language models favor their home countries? Asymmetric propagation of positive misinformation and foreign influence audits | HKS Misinformation Review
As language models (LMs) continue to develop, concerns over foreign misinformation through models developed in authoritarian countries have emerged. Do LMs favor their home countries? This study audit...
misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu
How does the data on anti-migrant hate on X stack up? #Misinformation
My X feed tells me I’m a Tommy Robinson fan – what’s going on?
As data reveals anti-migrant hate on X is spiking, an investigation by The i Paper shows how a new account on the platform is pushed far-right content from the start
inews.co.uk