Imagine trying to hear a clear, honest voice in a crowded, chaotic room where someone is shouting lies at full volume. That is the challenge facing modern journalism, and it is exactly the challenge the BBC World Service set out to understand in its new research project, Global Signals. The study, produced in partnership with the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media (CASM Technology), is a deep and unprecedented look at how the BBC’s journalism actually moves through the online information space, and what happens when disinformation tries to fill the same airwaves. The researchers examined more than 100,000…

The opening of the Festival of Regions is normally a celebration of local identity, shared heritage, and the quiet pride that comes from cooperation between different parts of Italy. But this year, President Sergio Mattarella used the occasion not only to celebrate, but to warn. Standing before governors, mayors, and public officials, he spoke about artificial intelligence in a way that was neither distant nor impersonal. He talked about the need to act quickly and effectively, before the uncontrolled growth of this technology slips beyond our grasp. There was no doom in his voice, but there was urgency. He made…