While always a problem, misinformation has become one of the biggest issues facing civic society today. The internet, increasingly polarised and decentralised information ecosystem and, now, generative AI have made it easier than ever before to create and distribute misinformation.

So, what's it like at the coal face? For this month's Hacks/Hackers, Cam Wilson will explain the 7 lessons that they have learned from spending too much time in group chats, conversations and marches with people who — knowingly or not — are challenging and undermining our ability to find shared truths.

Speaker information: Cam Wilson is a reporter who covers the online dystopia beat in Australia. He is Crikey's associate editor and previously has worked at the ABC, Business Insider, Gizmodo and BuzzFeed News.

This event is generously sponsored by QUT Digital Media Research Centre

Image: Misinformation Mines - prompted by Daniel Angus using Midjourney AI

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