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Living in an Infodemic
Alarm bells are ringing about social media’s ability to quickly convey and amplify false or harmful information, such as content intended to mislead voters or promote anti-vaccination and other dubious health advice. HKU researchers consider what makes news ‘fake’, how social media affects China’s information landscape and the legal challenges to regulating platforms. They are also training fact-checkers and seeking to understand the effects of social media on the brain.
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HKU Engineer Receives 2025 Croucher Tak Wah Mak Innovation Award
Professor Chao Xiang, Assistant Professor of HKU's Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, has been honoured with the 2025 Croucher Tak Wah Mak Innovation Award for his pioneering research in silicon photonics, specifically his work on “integrating lasers for advanced photonic integrated circuits".
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