Six times fake news made the world a worse place

‘Fake news’, as misinformation is often known, can have real-world impacts (Picture: AFP)‘The truth is going to help you live longer.’This is what journalist and broadcaster Emily Maitlis said at a recent panel discussion that asked a simple-sounding question: ‘Can truth survive?’For Maitlis, ensuring the truth survives during an age of AI-generated images and high-definition deepfakes is about ‘prolonging life’.She told the Sir Harry Evans Invest