DisinfoDocket 20 September
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Highlights
- Facebook-parent Meta breaks up its Responsible AI team (CNBC, 18 November)
- Apple pulls its ads from X after Musk’s antisemitic posts: Big-spending advertisers like Apple, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, and IBM have pulled back from the platform after Elon Musk expressed support for antisemitic posts. (The Verge, 18 November)
- Change in X’s terms indicate EU researchers will get API access (Tech Crunch, 17 November)
- A brief and partial history of generative AI on social media (Conspirator Norteño, 19 November)
1. Platforms & Technology
- What Went Down at OpenAI (The Information, 17 November)
- OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO (The Verge, 18 November)
- Fair Use Arguments for Training Generative AI Are “Wrong,” Says AI Executive (Tech Policy Press, 16 November)
- Minding the AI Power Gap: The Urgency of Equality for Global Governance (Tech Policy Press, 17 November)
- Digital apartheid and the use of social media algorithms in humanitarian crises (Global Voices, 14 November)
- Truth Social’s Harsh Truth: Donald Trump’s Twitter alternative is flailing. If it tanks, where will he post? (Slate, 16 November)
- How Social Media Is Turning Into Old-Fashioned Broadcast Media (WSJ, 17 November)