Fakes: Not an Internet Thing, a Human Thing

Every day, as the Internet becomes more indispensable to modern life, the drawbacks of deep engagement with the virtual realm capture as much attention as the wide-ranging benefits. On the Internet, of course, anyone can in all too many forums pretty much say anything—regardless of whether the facts are on their side or not.

University of Notre Dame computer science professor WalterJ. Scheirer has come at this core problem of online speech from an unconventional direction. Scheirer doesn’t blame the …

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