Disinfo Docket 17 January

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Highlights

1. How OpenAI is approaching 2024 worldwide elections (OpenAI, 15 January)
2. Fox News declines to fact-check false claims from Iowa voters about the 2020 election (Media Matters for America, 16 January)
3. To combat disinformation targeting Asian Americans, center language and communities (IJNet, 16 January)

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1. Academia & Research

Research: About half of social media users in the US, UK, and Canada are open to generative AI bots assisting with content moderation, but a vast majority have some reservations.https://t.co/L2IeacLM0s pic.twitter.com/nPpHNJDJ9O

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1. The New Climate Denial: major new report on YouTube uncovers evolution of climate deniers’ tactics – as almost a third of teens believe global warming is “harmless” (Center for Countering Digital Hate, 15 January)
2. Behavioural interventions to reduce vaccine hesitancy driven by misinformation on social media (The BMJ, 16 January)
3. Navigating the perils of artificial intelligence: a focused review on ChatGPT and responsible research and innovation (Nature, 15 January)

2. Platforms & Technology

Where are the tangible policy discussions on mitigating job displacement as a result of AI happening? Im certainly not seeing enough prioritizing ↘️ https://t.co/mGbupjOKqC

— Marietje Schaake (@MarietjeSchaake) January 16, 2024

1. Building trust in artificial intelligence: lessons from the EU AI Act (ASPI, 15 January)
2. Disturbing content is the new social media norm, and with it a war of misinformation (The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 January)
3. Artificial Intelligence Will Affect Almost 40% of Jobs, IMF Says (Bloomberg, 14 January)

Meta

1. Disinformation on Facebook: Research and content moderation policies (EU DisinfoLab, 16 January)

@NOYBeu filed an additional complaint today with the Austrian data protection authority about Facebook’s “pay or okay” system, this time focusing on the withdrawal conditions.@eaTechEU @Euractiv https://t.co/0epZOSqFe0

— Júlia Tar (@JH_Tar) January 11, 2024

TikTok 

1. Australian companies dump TikTok tracking tool amid privacy concerns (The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 January)

X (Twitter)

1. Disinformation on X: Research and content moderation policies (EU DisinfoLab, 16 January)
2. Ofcom 'watching' as EU investigates Twitter/X for illegal content (The Times, 15 January)