DisinfoDocket 22 November

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Highlights:

"Wellness and New Age influencers are increasingly turning to divisive issues, including gender and climate, to promote their brand of conspiratorial content." @ISDGlobal looks at how anti-climate narratives are being shared by these groups. https://t.co/iwCmccgR1P

— Brown Information Futures Lab (@IFL_Brown) November 21, 2023

1. Navigating Misinformation and Harmful Content on Social Media (Psychology Today, 21 November)
2. Disinformation campaigns are undermining democracy. Here’s how we can fight back (The Conversation, 20 November)
3. Major news outlets ignored Trump amplifying calls for “citizen’s arrest” of his foes (Media Matters for America, 20 November)
4. Personal info of Canadian Armed Forces, RCMP stolen in cyberattack (The Record by Recorded Future, 20 November)

What can news organisations do to be more trusted?

This report, based on new survey data from Brazil, India, the UK and the US, includes many useful tips to address this pressing challenge.

Read and share the link belowhttps://t.co/GwjseYaXK1

— Reuters Institute (@risj_oxford) November 21, 2023

1. Academia & Research

1. We need a decolonized appropriation of AI in Africa (Nature, 20 November)
2. Crowd-sourced fact-checking fights misinformation in Taiwan (Phys.org, 21 November)
3. Something dark hiding behind the ads (EUvsDisinfo, 20 November)

2. Platforms & Technology

1. Microsoft hires Sam Altman hours after OpenAI rejects his return (The New York Times, 20 November)
2. Tech sector mergers could get more scrutiny (IT News, 20 November)
3. I created tech that limits violence against women in online dating. Silicon Valley used it for PR–then lost interest (Fortune, 13 November)

NEWS: Senate Judiciary subpoenas Discord, Snap & X CEOs to testify on kids' safety, say they expect Meta's Zuckerberg & TikTok's Chew to appear voluntarily pic.twitter.com/IYk5Wl9KyE

— Cristiano Lima (@viaCristiano) November 20, 2023

X (formerly Twitter)

NPR left Twitter six months ago. But the numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic. https://t.co/hwhwtg2KSP

— Nieman Foundation (@niemanfdn) November 21, 2023

1. How Community Notes on Twitter Are Failing to Combat Israel-Hamas War Misinformation (Bloomberg, 21 November)

Meta

1. Meta disbanded its Responsible AI team (The Verge, 18 November)

Meta Platforms has split up a team responsible for understanding and preventing harms associated with the artificial intelligence technology it’s developing, as the company diverts more resources to its generative AI workhttps://t.co/f97SkoHUq5

— Real Facebook Oversight Board (@FBoversight) November 20, 2023