Name
On the Design of a Misinformation Widget (MsW) Against Cloaked Science
Authors
David Arroyo, Sara Degli-Esposti, Alberto Gómez-Espés, Santiago Palmero-Muñoz1, and Luis Pérez Miguel
Abstract
Amongst all types of fabricated information travelling on open social networks, scientific disinformation, or cloaked science, is both insidious and challenging to be investigated. Here we present the design of the TRESCA misinformation widget (MsW), which is both a methodology and a toolbox for investigating disinformation operations leveraging scientific communications. In developing MsW we adopt a human-in-charge approach to AI: the automated tools included in MsW REST API are meant to support, not to substitute or undermine, users’ decision-making capacity. On the journey toward information verification, MsW AI toolbox helps users test both the veracity of claims and the reliability of sources. While the toolbox integrates open source intelligence solutions, MsW methodology fosters users’ critical thinking.
BibTeX
@InProceedings{10.1007/978-3-031-39828-5_21,
author="Arroyo, David
and Degli-Esposti, Sara
and G{\\o}mez-Esp{\\e}s, Alberto
and Palmero-Mu{~{n}}oz, Santiago
and P{\\e}rez-Miguel, Luis",
editor="Li, Shujun
and Manulis, Mark
and Miyaji, Atsuko",
title="On the Design of a Misinformation Widget (MsW) Against Cloaked Science",
booktitle="Network and System Security",
year="2023",
publisher="Springer Nature Switzerland",
address="Cham",
pages="385--396",
abstract="Amongst all types of fabricated information travelling on open social networks, scientific disinformation, or cloaked science, is both insidious and challenging to be investigated. Here we present the design of the TRESCA misinformation widget (MsW), which is both a methodology and a toolbox for investigating disinformation operations leveraging scientific communications. In developing MsW we adopt a human-in-charge approach to AI: the automated tools included in MsW REST API are meant to support, not to substitute or undermine, users' decision-making capacity. On the journey toward information verification, MsW AI toolbox helps users test both the veracity of claims and the reliability of sources. While the toolbox integrates open source intelligence solutions, MsW methodology fosters users' critical thinking.",
isbn="978-3-031-39828-5"
}