Liquid Forms of AI-infused Disinformation: Improving Information Resilience in the Finnish News Ecosystem

Liquid Forms of AI-infused Disinformation: Improving Information Resilience in the Finnish News Ecosystem

Grant €180,000

University of Helsinki and Aalto University, tutkijatohtori Minttu Tikka, D.Soc.Sci

The project examines information influence and resilience in Finnish news media. Liquid forms of AI-infused disinformation require socio-technical frameworks for identifying novel types of influence campaigns to support journalistic practices. Our aim is to enable the Finnish news media to preemptively counter disinformation by leveraging both existing tools and devising novel practices and methods. This project employs a mixed methods approach while translating the findings to best practices.