DisinfoDocket 7 June
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* Twitter leaves the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation and fails to remove known CSAM
* Why journalists should use precise language to counter disinformation
* As Russia says it thwarted major Ukrainian offensive, Kyiv says Moscow spreads lies
* Twitter leaves the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation and fails to remove known CSAM
* Why journalists should use precise language to counter disinformation
* As Russia says it thwarted major Ukrainian offensive, Kyiv says Moscow spreads lies
Highlights
- DISARM Countermeasures Workshop Series — How can the media communicate responsibly about disinformation campaigns? (DISARM, 1 June)
- Shockwavelike Behavior across Social Media (APS, 5 June)
- Suspicion Machines: Unprecedented experiment on welfare surveillance algorithm reveals discrimination (Lighthouse Reports, 6 March
1. Academia & Research
- A New Science for Describing Unhealthy Online Environments (APS, 5 June)
- Social media 'trust' or 'distrust' buttons could reduce spread of misinformation (Phys, 6 June)
- The State of Public Trust in Government 2023 (Our Public Service, 30 May)
- The Dialogue Around Digital Security Must Account for Gendered Risks (CIGI, 31 May)
- What we get wrong when we claim that misinformation is a ‘virus’ (Washington Post, 5 June)
2. Platforms & Technology
- Big Tech rolls back misinformation measures ahead of 2024 (Axios, 6 June)
YouTube 'reckless' to stop policing false claims on election fraud -Biden campaign (Reuters, 7 June)
Possible Reasons Why YouTube Has Given Up Trying To Police 2020 Election Misinfo (TechDirt, 6 June)
The platforms give up on 2020 lies: For a time, they fought the good fight — but not any more (Platformer, 7 June)
Artificial Intelligence
- Signal president: Empower users, workers to tackle AI threats (Context, 5 June)
- Six months in, ChatGPT still mesmerizes and dismays (AXIOS, 5 June)
- Europe calls for tech companies to fight disinformation by labeling AI-generated content (PBS, 5 June)
- Errors From ChatGPT: Hallucinated Whoppers Rather Than Pedantic Subtleties (Lawfare, 31 May)
- Shock and Awe: How AI is Sidestepping Regulation (Exploring Digital Diplomacy, 6 June)
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BlueSky
- Bluesky, championed by Jack Dorsey, was supposed to be Twitter 2.0. Can it succeed? (Independent, 6 June)
Meta
- Facebook Receipts Project Exposes The Company’s Efforts To Influence Government And Define Regulation (Forbes, 6 June)
- Instagram Bans, Unbans Facebook Critic, and It Won’t Say Why (Gizmodo, 5 June)
TikTok
- Ex-ByteDance Employee: Chinese Communist Party Accessed TikTok Data Of Hong Kong Protesters (Forbes, 5 June)
- TikTok greatly influenced Finland’s latest elections: survey (Euractiv, 6 June)
- TikTok has a political influencer problem targeted at Gen Z voters (The Hill, 6 June)