The overwhelming amount of information, both accurate and erroneous, that is disseminated via social media, blogs, podcasts, videos, websites and cable TV. Starting in the 21st century, the amount of information that has become available is astronomical.
Add AI to the Mix
Nobel Prize Laureate Geoffrey Hinton said "we've always had propaganda, but never this automated, never this personalized." AI systems, he warned, can now generate misinformation at a scale and speed that outpaces any attempt to correct it. See
disinformation and
social media.