Ring True explores the role of politics, psychology, and tech giants in the spread of misinformation in science. The six-part miniseries will also examine how research, policymaking, and journalism help or hurt the spread of misinformation. In this episode, we look at the business models of tech giants – Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google – and their role in the mainstreaming of misinformation.

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Cannot wait for the next episode? Read, watch or listen to some of the resources quoted in today's podcast.


Read Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Product, a book by Nir Eyal.


Also watch the documentary AlphaGo on Netflix about Google DeepMind's artificial intelligence algorithm that plays the board game Go.

Ring True explores the role of politics, psychology, and tech giants in the spread of misinformation in science. The six-part miniseries will also examine how research, policymaking, and journalism help or hurt the spread of misinformation. In this episode, we look at the business models of tech giants &ndash; Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google &ndash; and their role in the mainstreaming of misinformation.
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Cannot wait for the <a href="https://www.bfm.my/podcast/the-bigger-picture/live-learn/ring-true-4-for-facts-sake">next episode</a>? Read, watch or listen to some of the resources quoted in today's podcast.
 Read <a href="https://www.nirandfar.com/hooked/">Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Product</a>, a book by Nir Eyal.
 Also watch the documentary <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80190844">AlphaGo</a> on Netflix about Google DeepMind's artificial intelligence algorithm that plays the board game Go.

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