Biggest Global Risk in 2024 is Misinformation

The number 1 risk in WEF's Global Risk Report 2024 is misinformation. Impacts and countermeasures to AI propaganda, synthetic media and deepfakes, and the urgent need for more boredom.

This is a meme of Donald Trump (depicted in green, instead of orange) and Pepe the Frog standing right behind with an ambiguous, thoughtful smile. Pepe the Frog symbolizes the power of 4chan and the raw effectiveness of misinformation on social media in Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. To learn more, I highly recommend watching the documentary Feels …