DisinfoDocket - 20 March
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* TikTok now has 150 million active users in the U.S, but how many countries have banned it so far?
* Donald Trump returns to Facebook and YouTube
* Pro-Russian trolls stoke disinformation about Ohio train derailment
Highlights
A review by our friends at @accountabletech found that of Trump's posts on Truth Social:
— The Real Facebook Oversight Board (@FBoversight) March 17, 2023
- 360 posts clearly violate Facebook Community Standards
- 116 posts amplified followers & sympathizers of QAnon
- 239 posts contained election-related disinformationhttps://t.co/euoUc1dfR8
Two years after January 6th, the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are on a mission. @meghaneconroy and @Jon_Lewis27 join @just_security's podcast to discuss the two domestic terrorist groups' current goals that are just as sinister, but a bit more subtle.https://t.co/J5j3ysaTSS
— DFRLab (@DFRLab) March 17, 2023
1. Platforms & Technology
📢 The power of @realDonaldTrump's Facebook megaphone: His first post back on the platform has already received more than double the engagement than any single post by his 2024 rivals to date.
— FWIW (@FWIWnews) March 18, 2023
(data via CrowdTangle) pic.twitter.com/TbeYKwidu8
- Parents Group Demands Meeting With Meta and TikTok Over Child Suicide (Gizmodo, 16 March)
- YouTube reinstates Trump’s account after suspension over US Capitol attack (Guardian, 17 March)
- Donald Trump is back on YouTube and using Facebook again (Mashable, 17 March)
- Trump returns to YouTube and Facebook for the first time since 2021 (Washington Post, 17 March)
- The AI arms race highlights the urgent need for responsible innovation (The Conversation, 19 March)
- Do algorithmic decision-making systems even work? (Untangled, 19 March)
- Cambridge Analytica Five Years Later (Anchor Change, 16 March)
- TikTok and Meta’s Moderators Form a United Front in Germany (Wired, 13 March)
- Twitter algorithm could threaten Turkish democracy (Daily Sabah, 17 March)
- Twitter silent as hackers scam users with stolen high-profile verified accounts (Mashable, 18 March)
Meta
We’re starting to test Meta Verified in the US, so more creators can grow on @instagram and @facebook with account verification and access to support.
— Meta Newsroom (@MetaNewsroom) March 17, 2023
Learn more: https://t.co/UUhIfH07h1 pic.twitter.com/dJREjonfHR
- Meta employees grill Mark Zuckerberg at all-hands meeting following layoffs (Washington Post, 16 March)
- Facebook’s behavioral ads lacked legal basis, Dutch court rules (TechCrunch, 15 March)
- Oversight Board announces new case related to Cambodia (Oversight Board, March)