Disinfo Docket 22 January
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Highlights
- How to Defend Independent Technology Research from Corporate and Political Opposition (Tech Policy Press, 21 January)
- Not Helpless, Not Silenced: What to Do if You Are Experiencing or Witnessing Online Abuse (Ms, 19 January)
- Rape Threats, Misogynist Slurs, Sexual Harassment and Doxing: How Online Abuse Is Used to Intimidate, Discredit and Silence (Ms. 18 January)
1. Academia & Research
- Blue checks, ads, and crypto spam: Verified accounts on social media platform X are running paid ads for cryptocurrency/NFT projects of dubious legitimacy (Conspirator Norteño, 21 January)
2. Platforms & Technology
- OpenAI hires crisis managers to tackle election interference (Times, 19 January)
- What happens when you think AI is lying about you? (BBC, 19 January)
- AI is producing ‘fake’ Indigenous art trained on real artists’ work without permission (Crikey, 19 January)
- Nightshade, the free tool that ‘poisons’ AI models, is now available for artists to use (Venture Beat, 19 January)
- Call for action on deepfakes as fears grow among MPs over election threat (Guardian, 21 January)
- OpenAI suspends bot developer for presidential hopeful Dean Phillips (Washington Post, 20 January)
- Google Search Really Has Gotten Worse, Researchers Find (404, 16 January)
- Google Is Tracking You Even In Incognito Mode, New Disclaimer Is Up (ABP, 21 January)
- Cryptographers Just Got Closer to Enabling Fully Private Internet Searches (Wired, 21 January)
BlueSky
- Bluesky 2023 Moderation Report (BlueSky, 16 January)
Meta
- Meta’s content moderator subcontractor model faces legal squeeze in Spain (Tech Crunch, 19 January)
- Meta won't remove fake Instagram profiles that are clearly catfishing (Bleeping Computer, 20 January)
- On AI, Progress and Vigilance Can Go Hand in Hand (Meta, 19 January)
- Emails that show what Meta really thought about Molly Russell (Times, 21 January)
3. Russia & Ukraine
- Russian parliament to challenge French assembly over 'French mercenaries' in Ukraine (Reuters, 19 January)
- Pro-Kremlin groups twist EU lawmakers’ words to ‘pollute’ politics, memo warns (Politico, 19 January)
- Telegram and WhatsApp down amid protests in remote Russian region (The Record, 19 January)