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100	1		_aBrill, Steven, _d1950- _942535
245	1	4	_aThe death of truth : _bhow social media and the internet gave snake oil salesmen and demagogues the weapons to destroy trust and polarize the world - and what we can do about it / _cSteven Brill.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bAlfred A. Knopf, _c2024.
300			_aviii, 317 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aSeven times seven is not forty-one -- The liberation of the good samaritans -- "What's up with your recommendation engine" -- "We're sorry" -- Millions of papers flying around -- ER doctors or tobacco company shills? -- Buying blind -- A vaster wasteland -- Attacking the referees -- Infodemic -- Down the rabbit hole -- America's shameful export -- We are going to burn you down" -- When you can't believe your own eyes -- Resurrecting truth-what you can do.
520			_a"As the cofounder of NewsGuard, a company that tracks online misinformation, Steven Brill has observed the rise of fake news from a front-row seat. In The Death of Truth, with startling, often terrifying clarity, he explains how we got here--and how we can get back to a world where truth matters. None of this--conspiracy theories embraced, expertise ridiculed, empirical evidence ignored--has happened by accident. Brill takes us inside the decisions made by executives in Silicon Valley to code the algorithms embedded in their social media platforms to maximize profits by pushing divisive content. He unravels the ingenious creation of automated advertising buying systems that reward that click-baiting content and penalize reliable news publishers, and describes how the use of these ad-financed, misinformation platforms by politicians, hucksters, and conspiracy theorists deceives ordinary citizens. He documents how the most powerful adversaries of America have used American-made social media and advertising tools against us with massive disinformation campaigns--and how, with the development of generative artificial intelligence, everything could get exponentially worse unless we act. The stakes are high for all of us, including Brill himself, whose company's role in exposing Russian disinformation operations resulted in a Russian agent targeting him and his family. Crucially, Brill lays out a series of provocative but realistic prescriptions for what we can do now to reverse course--proposals certain to stir debate and even action that could curb the power of big tech to profit from division and chaos, tamp down polarization, and restore the trust necessary to bring us together"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aMisinformation _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aTruthfulness and falsehood _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aSocial media and society _zUnited States.
650		4	_aDesinformación _xAspectos sociales _zEstados Unidos _942652
650		4	_aFalsedad y veracidad _94404
650		4	_aRedes sociales _xAspectos sociales _916331
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aBrill, Steven, 1950- _tDeath of truth. _bFirst edition _dNew York : Knopf, 2024 _z9780525658320 _w(DLC) 2023054428
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