DisinfoDocket 12 April
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* US classfied document leak risks fuelling disinformation
* Twitter causes controversy with state-affiliated media labels for NPR and BBC, 'no longer polices' Chinese and Russian state accounts and reaches uneasy truce with Substack
* Russia spreads disinformation in the Middle East and expands influence in Africa
* How to undermine conspiracy theories
Highlights
“You do not want to move fast and break things. You want to move fast and deliberately at the same time.”@craignewmark on having security by design, someday, from @CyberStatecraft's conversation on the new US National Cybersecurity Strategy.
— DFRLab (@DFRLab) April 10, 2023
Full event: https://t.co/LSqHOT88Lg pic.twitter.com/Wb6xX7FgfV
Tiffany Dover was always alive. She just wasn’t ready to speak.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 10, 2023
She tells @BrandyZadrozny about the conspiracy that unraveled her life. https://t.co/DJDOs8fxlp
- Leaked Files Show China And Russia Sharing Tactics On Internet Control, Censorship (Radio Free Europe, 5 April)
- What the U.S. Can Learn From Europe on Addressing Disinformation (Tech Policy Press, 3 April)
- India to require Facebook and Twitter rely on gov’t fact checking (TechCrunch, 6 April)
1. Academia & Research
There is evidence that identifying non-reliable sources is an effective tool to increase the knowledge integrity of Wikipedia. WiSCoM’s new WikiCred initiative generates and assesses actionable metrics for source controversiality in Wikipedia. https://t.co/X38Yhd75tz
— MisinfoCon (@misinfocon) April 11, 2023
- Using mosques as sensors to guide you to the location of conflict. (Chris Osieck, 5 April)
2. Platforms & Technology
On the heels of Open AIs letter in safety - we need a global governance body for generative AI systems. Here’s my thoughts on how we can build one. https://t.co/FDMpv1zzFl
— ruchowdh@mastodon.social (@ruchowdh) April 6, 2023
‼️ We're honored to share that our open source Harassment Manager tool is #Webbys nominated in the Responsible Innovation category!
— Jigsaw (@Jigsaw) April 7, 2023
Learn more about our work and cast your vote today – voting closes April 20 👉 https://t.co/qP8PZUU9CH #EndOnlineHarassment pic.twitter.com/RtgDwqfO7D
- Whirlwind – The first three months of 2023 (Anchor Change, 5 April)
- ‘It’s an especially bad time’: Tech layoffs are hitting ethics and safety teams (CNN, 6 April)
- Can Lemon8 replicate TikTok’s global success, as Chinese owner ByteDance fights US app ban? (South China Morning Post, 9 April)
- Kids' online privacy will take center stage after recess (AXIOS, 29 March)
- Social-Media Platform Discord Emerges at Center of Classified U.S. Documents Leak (WSJ, 10 April)