In our first two chapters, we explored how online life shapes the way we think and connect. Content showed how repetition turns misinformation into belief, while Contact revealed how digital relationships blur the lines between strangers and trust. Both reminded us that cybersecurity isn’t about code — it’s about people. Now we turn to Commerce, […]
From Falsehood to Familiar Faces In Part One of this series, we explored how false information no longer looks false — how content that once stood out as suspicious now blends into the everyday. But what happens when that believable content talks back? When it stops being something we read — and becomes someone we […]
It used to be easy to spot false information. Grainy photos, strange links, and outlandish headlines gave the game away. But today, technology has changed the rules. Artificial intelligence can create realistic images, convincing videos, and entire news stories that never happened. What we see online no longer guarantees what’s true — and that shift […]
Most people know someone who has been caught out by a social media scam. It might have been a friend who clicked on a fake delivery message after commenting on a parcel delay. A parent who believed a cloned profile was genuinely someone they knew. A small business owner who nearly lost access to their […]
