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In my previous post<\/a> I took a deep look at the research group Forensic Architecture<\/a>, and their high-tech endeavour to pursue the answers at what really happened when Halit Yozgat<\/a> was killed in Kassel, Germany, and when hundreds of migrants drowned<\/a> off the Greek coast. The first case involved meddling of various German state organizations, the second case seriously implicated the Greek Coast Guard.

In basic terms the role of Forensic Architecture in these cases (and plenty of others<\/a>) is the pursuit of truth. And more specifically, separating the truth from media and online manipulation, as well as from political half-truths. This prompted me to consider something that underlines not only any further deliberation on using technology and media communication for social change, but also makes one take a long, hard look at the future of the humankind. Namely what is the truth, can there be one truth, and how truth is being viewed by variety of people?

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In my search for answers, I stumbled upon a series of interdisciplinary workshops organized by Harvard University: A Right to Truth? Information, Communication and Democracy in the 21st Century<\/em>.<\/a> The workshops delved into the topics of misinformation, disinformation, fake news, loss of trust in political and scientific elites, the future of democratic governance. And binding it all together was the question of place of truth in the digital age. Although the workshops happened over a year ago (May 2022), its topics and discussions have not aged at all.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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