DisinfoDocket 13 February
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* Extremist influencers and holocaust deniers generating revenue for Twitter
* The 'EU Plot' to make everyone eat insects
* Chinese tech firms navigate strict content moderation rules to bring ChatGPT- like services to market
* Extremist influencers and holocaust deniers generating revenue for Twitter
* The 'EU Plot' to make everyone eat insects
* Chinese tech firms navigate strict content moderation rules to bring ChatGPT- like services to market
Highlights:
- Anatomy of an online outrage mob: When right-wing influencer Libs Of TikTok tags educators, school districts and medical facilities on Twitter, her fans spam their accounts with harassment (Conspirator Norteño, 12 February)
LISTEN: A Jan. 6 Committee Staffer on Social Media and the Insurrection (Lawfare, 8 February)
1. Platforms & Technology
- Platforms and Governments - It’s Complicated: A little insight into how tech companies and government officials engage (Anchor Change, 12 February)
- Code of Practice on Disinformation: New Transparency Centre provides insights and data on online disinformation for the first time (EU Reporter, 10 February)
- Mark Cuban: Internet misinformation will only ‘get worse’ as ChatGPT and its competitors grow (CNBC, 12 February)
- Google to expand misinformation "prebunking" in Europe (Washington Post, 13 February)
- Critics hit out at social media platforms’ disinformation reports (Politico, 9 February)