Catriona Bonfiglioli
@catbonfiglioli.bsky.social
UTS senior lecturer in media studies, journalism educator, media studies researcher. Research focus: health & the news media. #publichealth; #healthcommunication #ethics. BA Hons UEA, PG Dip J.Stud. Cardiff, PhD Sydney. #JERAA/ANZCA Anne Dunn Scholar 2021
#surveillance - some details of what's up www.politifact.com/article/2025...
Are tech companies training their AI with private data?
Social media users are warning about the use of private data by tech companies such as Google, LinkedIn and Meta to train their AI models. We sought clarity. Here’s what we learned.
www.politifact.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
#surveillance - some details of what's up www.politifact.com/article/2025...
AI and the news - news outlets offer you the chance to discover things you were not looking for plus other insightful reflections from: @margaretsimons.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
AI is changing the relationship between journalist and audience. There is much at stake | Margaret Simons
There is no point pretending that change is not happening, or that it can be avoided. But these are the risks we must address
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
AI and the news - news outlets offer you the chance to discover things you were not looking for plus other insightful reflections from: @margaretsimons.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Information pollution is unethical and can be deadly. Sad.
This is one of the clearest examples of a disordered counterpublic capturing an institution I've seen. It's nice to have your work proven on a regular basis, but also very bad.
demos.co.uk/research/ver...
demos.co.uk/research/ver...
November 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Information pollution is unethical and can be deadly. Sad.
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📣 New AFP online course on artificial intelligence!
💻 AI is changing how digital content is created and shared. How do journalists know if what they see is real? Learn how to detect and verify AI-generated content at no cost➡️https://u.afp.com/AIdetection
💻 AI is changing how digital content is created and shared. How do journalists know if what they see is real? Learn how to detect and verify AI-generated content at no cost➡️https://u.afp.com/AIdetection
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
📣 New AFP online course on artificial intelligence!
💻 AI is changing how digital content is created and shared. How do journalists know if what they see is real? Learn how to detect and verify AI-generated content at no cost➡️https://u.afp.com/AIdetection
💻 AI is changing how digital content is created and shared. How do journalists know if what they see is real? Learn how to detect and verify AI-generated content at no cost➡️https://u.afp.com/AIdetection
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
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"The transit system is one of the greatest tools communities have to combat climate change and reduce emissions. “You can make a pretty immediate impact.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"The transit system is one of the greatest tools communities have to combat climate change and reduce emissions. “You can make a pretty immediate impact.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Wicked scammers strike elderly woman: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
A shocking alarm on her computer sent Dorothy into crypto scam hell
A pensioner tells her nightmarish story as the financial crimes regulator takes action against a second Australian player in the booming crypto ATM business linked to lucrative scams and money launder...
www.abc.net.au
October 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Wicked scammers strike elderly woman: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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South Carolina schools recently sent home unvaccinated kids to stem a growing measles outbreak. It turned out 5 of them were infected and, if they'd been at school, could've unwittingly spread it to their classmates for days.
That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.
That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.
Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country.
The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” ...
www.propublica.org
October 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
South Carolina schools recently sent home unvaccinated kids to stem a growing measles outbreak. It turned out 5 of them were infected and, if they'd been at school, could've unwittingly spread it to their classmates for days.
That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.
That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.
Why our information diet matters #journalismmatters
"Those who regularly access news and are informed are much less likely to be vulnerable to misinformation" - quote from The Conversation ICYMI
theconversation.com/misinformati...
"Those who regularly access news and are informed are much less likely to be vulnerable to misinformation" - quote from The Conversation ICYMI
theconversation.com/misinformati...
Misinformation was rife during the 2025 election. New research shows many people were unable to identify it
Many Australians are concerned about misinformation, and as a result some choose to disengage from the democratic process altogether.
theconversation.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Why our information diet matters #journalismmatters
"Those who regularly access news and are informed are much less likely to be vulnerable to misinformation" - quote from The Conversation ICYMI
theconversation.com/misinformati...
"Those who regularly access news and are informed are much less likely to be vulnerable to misinformation" - quote from The Conversation ICYMI
theconversation.com/misinformati...
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BREAKING: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has bought access to a surveillance tool that is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data from hundreds of millions of mobile phones, according to ICE documents reviewed by 404 Media.
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day
Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.
www.404media.co
September 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
BREAKING: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has bought access to a surveillance tool that is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data from hundreds of millions of mobile phones, according to ICE documents reviewed by 404 Media.
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
The price of sowing doubt about vaccines is high: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Eroding trust and misinformation at the heart of declining vaccination rates
A new report finds out-of-pocket costs and eroding trust are contributing to a "concerning" decline in childhood vaccination rates.
www.abc.net.au
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The price of sowing doubt about vaccines is high: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
Why Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban Abortion
Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their ou...
www.propublica.org
September 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
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For decades the program has supported writers who would become big names – Alice Walker, Michael Cunningham, Louise Erdrich and more. Last week, applicants got an email saying the program would be no more.
NEA cancels decades-long creative writing fellowship
For decades the program has supported writers who would become big names – Alice Walker, Michael Cunningham, Louise Erdrich and more. Last week, applicants got an email saying the program would be no more.
n.pr
August 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
For decades the program has supported writers who would become big names – Alice Walker, Michael Cunningham, Louise Erdrich and more. Last week, applicants got an email saying the program would be no more.
Gambling insights www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
How one of Australia's richest families is rewriting its pokies legacy
Len Ainsworth built an empire on poker machines — devices that changed gambling forever. Over the last few decades, he's quietly shifted his attention, and power, towards philanthropy.
www.abc.net.au
August 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Gambling insights www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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Trump buys more than $100 million in bonds since inauguration, disclosure shows reut.rs/4oFgNI9
Trump buys more than $100 million in bonds since inauguration, disclosure shows
U.S. President Donald Trump has bought more than $100 million in company, state and municipal bonds since taking office in January, according to new disclosures which shed further light on the vast holdings of America’s billionaire president.
reut.rs
August 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Trump buys more than $100 million in bonds since inauguration, disclosure shows reut.rs/4oFgNI9
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More than 750 current and former HHS employees signed a letter to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demanding he stop spreading inaccurate information and guarantee the safety of the workforce. n.pr/4fL6a2l
After the CDC shooting, federal workers pressure RFK Jr. for more protections
More than 750 current and former HHS employees signed a letter to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. demanding he stop spreading inaccurate information and guarantee the safety of the workforce.
n.pr
August 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
More than 750 current and former HHS employees signed a letter to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demanding he stop spreading inaccurate information and guarantee the safety of the workforce. n.pr/4fL6a2l
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"There's nothing like this before."
Donald Trump and his family have made at least $3.4 billion from the presidency, according to New Yorker staff writer David Kirkpatrick.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/20/trump_profit
Donald Trump and his family have made at least $3.4 billion from the presidency, according to New Yorker staff writer David Kirkpatrick.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/20/trump_profit
August 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"There's nothing like this before."
Donald Trump and his family have made at least $3.4 billion from the presidency, according to New Yorker staff writer David Kirkpatrick.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/20/trump_profit
Donald Trump and his family have made at least $3.4 billion from the presidency, according to New Yorker staff writer David Kirkpatrick.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/20/trump_profit
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Some 2 in 5 of all the local officials who administered the 2020 election left their jobs before the 2024 cycle, new research has found.
Voting officials are leaving their jobs at the highest rate in decades
Some 2 in 5 of all the local officials who administered the 2020 election left their jobs before the 2024 cycle, new research has found.
n.pr
August 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Some 2 in 5 of all the local officials who administered the 2020 election left their jobs before the 2024 cycle, new research has found.
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The Office of National Intelligence will dramatically reduce its workforce and cut its budget by more than $700 million annually, the Trump administration announced.
Gabbard slashing intelligence office workforce by 40%, cutting budget by more than $700 million
The Office of National Intelligence says it will dramatically reduce its workforce and cut its budget by more than $700 million annually.
bit.ly
August 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The Office of National Intelligence will dramatically reduce its workforce and cut its budget by more than $700 million annually, the Trump administration announced.
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More than 750 current and former HHS employees signed a letter to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. insisting he stop spreading inaccurate information and guarantee the safety of the workforce.
After the CDC shooting, federal workers demand more protections from RFK Jr.
More than 750 current and former HHS employees signed a letter to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. insisting he stop spreading inaccurate information and guarantee the safety of the workforce.
n.pr
August 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
More than 750 current and former HHS employees signed a letter to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. insisting he stop spreading inaccurate information and guarantee the safety of the workforce.
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Trump called for a new census that incorporates 2024 election data and excludes noncitizens, marking another unconstitutional move from the President, as Congress — not the executive — is granted apportionment powers.
Trump Calls for New Census, Sans Noncitizens, Based On ‘Presidential Election of 2024’
Trump Calls for New Census, Sans Noncitizens, Based On ‘Presidential Election of 2024’
www.democracydocket.com
August 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Trump called for a new census that incorporates 2024 election data and excludes noncitizens, marking another unconstitutional move from the President, as Congress — not the executive — is granted apportionment powers.
A whole new way to be medically misinformed. Sad. #AIforgood please. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Man develops rare condition after ChatGPT query over stopping eating salt
US medical journal article about 60-year-old with bromism warns against using AI app for health information
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A whole new way to be medically misinformed. Sad. #AIforgood please. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
We do need leadership and responsible health communication - the price gets higher the longer we tolerate anti-science leadership. www.statnews.com/2025/08/09/c...
Former surgeon general: The CDC shooting must be a wakeup call
“When influential figures amplify falsehoods, they legitimize the anger that leads to violence,” writes former Surgeon General Jerome Adams.
www.statnews.com
August 10, 2025 at 4:28 AM
We do need leadership and responsible health communication - the price gets higher the longer we tolerate anti-science leadership. www.statnews.com/2025/08/09/c...