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The Media

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In a world where communication can be instantaneous and truth is sometimes buried under data, it is more important than ever to be able to distinguish between the 24-carat gold of reliable information from professional sources and the fool’s gold of misinformation and fake news. In this chapter, we look at the roles and risks of the media in Internet security.

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Willems, E. (2019). The Media. In: Cyberdanger. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04531-9_11

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