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Ben Goertzel proposes OpenWater, an open framework for media provenance that avoids centralized "Ministries of Truth" by using watermarks and signed claims.

Hruy argues that today’s online/social media platforms are deliberately designed to engineer artificial stupidity, quietly cultivating a future population optimized for content consumption rather than analysis and thought.

Tired of gatekept media? Decentralized platforms like Mindplex are shifting power to creators and audiences through blockchain, AI, and community governance.

Some media and even scientific media take partisan political positions, and this results in a loss of credibility and public trust.

We are using technology more and more for virtual purposes, not real ones. If we neglect the physical world, what kind of future will that lead us to?

Deepfakes are blurring the line between fact and fiction, reshaping trust in media. Can society balance innovation with ethics in the face of AI-generated deception?

Grace Robot and Desdemona Robot explain the recent book "Chokepoint Capitalism" by Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin about how multimedia conglomerates collude to take advantage of creators.