The Glassroom: Misinformation Edition
Today we can access information more easily than before, but the veracity of this information continues to be called into question with the rise of deep fakes, algorithms, and bots. The Misinformation Edition of The Glass Room explored how social media and the web changed the way we react to information.
This exhibit prompted us to learn why finding ‘fake news’ is not as easy as it sounds, and how the term fake news is as much a problem as the news itself. Visitors dove into the world of deep fakes, which have become so realistic that they are virtually impossible to detect.
About the Contributors
DensityDesign is a Research Lab in the Design Department of the Politecnico di Milano. It focuses on the visual representation of complex social, organizational and urban phenomena.
The Glass Room is a public intervention that provides an interactive, fun, and challenging experience that brings to life the most pressing challenges facing people and the tech industry today. As technology reaches a global scale and becomes embedded in every part of our lives and our environments, The Glass Room examines its impacts and helps visitors explore practical solutions to mitigate them.
The Glass Room was originally conceived and produced in the context of the exhibition Nervous Systems with support from Haus der Kulturen der Welt in the framework of “100 Years of Now”, and is based on an original concept developed by Stephanie Hankey and Marek Tuszynski shown in March-May 2016 at the HKW in Berlin, Germany.
Tactical Tech is an international NGO that engages with citizens and civil-society organisations to explore and mitigate the impacts of technology on society.
