Pitt Cyber Blog

Pitt Cyber has nearly 100 affiliate scholars drawn from across the University. Affiliate scholars are Pitt faculty working on cyber-related transdisciplinary research. Every so often we catch up with one of them on the blog to learn more about what they’re working on.

This week, we spoke with Pitt Cyber Research and Academic Director and Associate Professor at the School of Computing and Information, Yu-Ru Lin.

Despair Underlies Our Misinformation Crisis: Introducing an Interactive Tool | Brookings

The Brookings data interactive argues for a vulnerability-based approach to responding to misinformation. Noting that "The U.S. … has a crisis of despair-related death on a scale large enough to reduce our average life expectancy," the data probes the linkage between despair and vulnerability to misinformation. 

Appeals Court Temporarily Blocks order that restricts feds' contact with social media firms

Following up on last week's reading list, we're noting the temporary administrative stay issued this week regarding U.S. District Court Judge Terry Doughty's injunction that would severely restrict government communication with social media companies. A request for a longer-term stay will now go to another appeals panel.