Tag Archives: media literacy

Stop Treating AI Like It’s Only a “User Problem”

There’s a growing pattern in how people talk about AI, and it feels familiar in a frustrating way. Whenever something goes wrong—misinformation, bad outputs, misuse, unethical content—the conversation quickly shifts toward individual users. As if the core issue is just people using the tool incorrectly, and if everyone “used it responsibly,” the problem would basicallyContinue reading “Stop Treating AI Like It’s Only a “User Problem””

The Danger of Inflated Numbers, The Reality of Online Abuse, And Why Accuracy Still Matters

There are certain stories that immediately generate horror, anger, disgust, and fear the moment people hear about them. Stories involving abuse, exploitation, SA, coercion, predatory behavior, and online communities centered around harming others understandably trigger intense emotional reactions. They should. Some subjects deserve public outrage. Some topics deserve scrutiny. Some spaces deserve exposure and consequences.Continue reading “The Danger of Inflated Numbers, The Reality of Online Abuse, And Why Accuracy Still Matters”

The Dangerous Comfort of False Endings: Misinformation, Moral Consistency, and the Rumors Around Benjamin Netanyahu

There is something deeply revealing about the way people react to rumors in times of war, especially when those rumors involve the supposed death of a widely disliked figure. In moments of heightened tension, when conflict dominates headlines and emotions run high, truth often becomes secondary to feeling. Recently, in the midst of escalating tensionsContinue reading “The Dangerous Comfort of False Endings: Misinformation, Moral Consistency, and the Rumors Around Benjamin Netanyahu”

The Rise of “Experts” in Times of Chaos

In moments of global instability, something interesting—and sometimes dangerous—tends to happen in the public discourse. As the war involving the United States, Iran, and Israel continues to dominate the news cycle in 2026, a number of voices have started circulating across social media claiming to have predicted everything that is happening right now. One ofContinue reading “The Rise of “Experts” in Times of Chaos”