DisinfoDocket 16 October
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Highlights
- Misinformation Is Warfare (Time, 13 October)
- TikTok says it has acted to curb disinformation amid Israel-Hamas war (Guardian, 15 October)
- Australia fines Musk's X platform $386,000 over anti-child abuse gaps (Reuters, 15 October)
- Community Notes and war crimes: X's community fact checking system has thus far been inadequate in multiple ways at addressing the flood of online misinformation regarding the Israel-Hamas war (Conspirator Norteño, 15 October)
1. Platforms & Technology
- AI voice clones mimic politicians and celebrities, reshaping reality (Washington Post, 15 October)
- UK-Hosted AI Summit to Weigh Election Disruption, Security Risks (Bloomberg, 15 October)
X (Twitter)
- War Misinfo Is Everywhere. So Twitter Is Cracking Down on … Nudity (Rolling Stone, 13 October)
2. Israel & Palestine
- Why Meta, X and TikTok face more pressure from Europe than the U.S. on Israel-Hamas war disinformation (CNBC, 13 October)
- Meta takes steps to remove Hamas-related disinformation (Reuters, 13 October)
- Israel-Hamas war poses early disinformation test for Meta’s Threads (Guardian, 13 October)
- Who's behind Israel-Gaza disinformation and hate online? (BBC, 15 October)
- Rumors of a ‘Global Day of Jihad’ Have Unleashed a Dangerous Wave of Disinformation (Wired, 13 October)
- YouTube is the latest large platform to face EU scrutiny regarding the war in Israel (The Verge, 13 October)