DisinfoDocket - 20 February
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* Meta launches subscription service for Facebook and Instagram
* Twitter updates its political advertising policy and ends 2FA for non-subscribers
* Fox News feared losing viewers by airing truth about elections
Highlights:
Effective March 20, 2023, only Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to use text messages as their two-factor authentication method. Other accounts can use an authentication app or security key for 2FA. Learn more here:https://t.co/wnT9Vuwh5n
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) February 18, 2023
The aim of fake fact-checks by pro-#Russia actors is to "confuse the audience, overload it...The ideal result will be a consumer who ends up saying 'there are too many versions of events, it is impossible to find out...the truth.'" -@kalenskyj @HybridCoEhttps://t.co/eIcHGLMCNY
— Anuj Chopra (@AnujChopra) February 16, 2023
- ‘Gender trolling’ is curbing women’s rights – and making money for digital platforms (Guardian, 17 February)
- Maria Ressa: If you fight for facts, don’t quit Facebook (Rappler, 18 February)
- How Will AI Change Elections?: Plus a look ahead to a busy week with SCOTUS arguments and the Nigerian Election (Anchor Change, 18 February)
- Here's how you can keep your Twitter account secure — without paying $8 US a month (CBC, 18 February)
1. Platforms & Technology
- YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki steps down after nine years (BBC, 17 February)
- As U.S. Supreme Court weighs YouTube's algorithms, 'litigation minefield' looms (Reuters, 17 February)
- Mastodon downloads fall 99% from mid-November after rush form Twitter users (Fortune, 17 February)
- House Panel Issues Subpoenas to Tech CEOs for Information on Content Moderation (WSJ, 15 February)
- TikTok, Twitter, Facebook set to face EU crackdown on toxic content (Politico, 17 February)
- Tech giants from Google to TikTok face tougher EU rules (Reuters, 17 February)
- NATO official: Alliance needs to consider ‘a more structural cooperation’ with Microsoft, Google (Recorded Future, 17 February)
- Bing Is a Liar—and It’s Ready to Call the Cops (Mother Jones, 18 February)
- ChatGPT is biased and offensive, creators admit (Times, 19 February)