DisinfoDocket 1 February
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* In the UK, communications regulator Ofcom rethinks transparency reporting for online regulation
* Climate disinformation is on the rise
* How incels present themselves in their own words
Highlights:
🚨WEBINAR: Want to know how to preserve the information environment & develop a joint approach?
— EU DisinfoLab (@DisinfoEU) January 31, 2023
Join @lageneralista for a session where she'll provide insights on how to study & protect the ever-changing info environment from disinfo.⬇️
📅Feb. 9
⏲️2-3PMhttps://t.co/eVV95XKIhD
We’re live: Welcome to the Global Authentication Project’s Twitter! We are the official community of volunteers led by Bellingcat researchers to authenticate digital content for human rights investigations. We launched in 2022 and here’s a recap of what we’ve done so far 🧵:
— Global Authentication Project (@bellingcatgap) January 30, 2023
🗓️ We're excited to announce dates for the 2nd annual Trust & Safety Research Conference: September 28-29, 2023, at Stanford.
— Journal of Online Trust and Safety (@journalsafetech) January 31, 2023
Application to present & registration info coming soon. The fall issue of @journalsafetech will be the conference proceedings. https://t.co/P0KmFFV0YG pic.twitter.com/8R5FlLsJLn
NEW on our website
— Reuters Institute (@risj_oxford) February 1, 2023
🎙New podcast startup @alibipod offers free training to dozens of African investigative journalists and is producing around 20 new shows, including 'Asylum' by @krismakesrain. Founder @mcnallypm speaks to our contributor @LauraOliverhttps://t.co/eB1ntQhRYk
- Journalists emphasize need for ‘person-to-person’ approach in fact checking (Rappler, 31 January)
- Dark Covenant 2.0: Cybercrime, the Russian State, and the War in Ukraine (Recorded Future, 31 January)
LISTEN: No One Expects the Copyright Order (Moderated Content, 30 January)
1. Platforms & Technology
- New Apps Aim to Douse the Social Media Dumpster Fire (Scientific American, 30 January)
- Why free speech advocates should be rooting for Google (The Hill, 31 January)
- 4chan users embrace AI voice clone tool to generate celebrity hatespeech (The Verge, 31 Janaury)
- Instagram's co-founders are mounting a comeback (Platformer, 31 January)
- Social media companies in the US brace to battle onslaught of legal challenges (Guardian, 31 January)