Disinfo Docket 24 June
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Highlights
Missed yesterday's report launch event? Check it out on YouTube to learn more about how Telegram has been pivotal for understanding Russian perspectives and Kremlin narratives since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine: https://t.co/IoLAlPRmzD
— DFRLab - @dfrlab.bsky.social (@DFRLab) June 22, 2024
1. Platforms & Technology
The families of mass shooting victims are trying to hold Meta and Google liable for violence committed by young men allegedly introduced to weaponry through the platforms.@AuthorPMBarrett writes the lawsuits might have consequences beyond this context.https://t.co/a6m2TeilZG
— Just Security (@just_security) June 21, 2024
- US government bans sales of Kaspersky antivirus software (Tech Monitor, 21 June)
- Ted Cruz Wants Platforms To Be Liable for Deepfakes (404, 20 June)
- Reddit and the Robots: A.I. is learning about us from our meme-iest hangout. I don’t feel great about it. (Slate, 21 June)
- Testing new ways to offer viewers more context and information on videos (YouTube, 17 June)
- What does ‘open source AI’ mean, anyway? (Tech Crunch, 22 June)
Meta
- Releasing New AI Research Models to Accelerate Innovation at Scale (Meta, 18 June)
- How Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Failed Children on Safety, States Say (NYT, 22 June)
TikTok
- The schoolchildren being lured by rebels on TikTok (BBC, 22 June)
- News Corp and TikTok held talks over video content deal (Capital Brief, 23 June)
X (Twitter)
- X still has a Verified bot problem — this time they came for TechCrunch writers (Tech Crunch, 22 June)
- Elon Musk's X will soon make live streaming a premium feature (Mashable, 22 June)