DisinfoDocket - 27 March
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Good morning! Don't miss -
* Utah’s New Law Restricting Social Media Use for Minors Isn’t Clear on Enforcement
* Why TikTok’s Hearing Was Different: Most DC insiders think Thursday’s hearing increased the chances of the app being banned. I’m not so sure.
* Technology: the double-edged sword of Asian protests
* Utah’s New Law Restricting Social Media Use for Minors Isn’t Clear on Enforcement
* Why TikTok’s Hearing Was Different: Most DC insiders think Thursday’s hearing increased the chances of the app being banned. I’m not so sure.
* Technology: the double-edged sword of Asian protests
Highlights
- What you need to know about the new guide on addressing hate speech through education (UNESCO, 24 March)
- on the normalization of political violence: i’m against it, for the record (Wiczipedia, 27 March)
1. Platforms & Technology
- Woolly introduces a Twitter and TweetDeck-inspired Mastodon app (TechCrunch, 24 March)
- Indicted Chinese exile controls Gettr social media site, ex-employees say (Washington Post, 26 March)
- AI can draw hands now. That’s bad news for deep-fakes. (Washington Post, 26 March)
- The web firm that wants to stop you getting 'cancelled' (BBC, 26 March)
- AI image of Pope Francis in a puffer jacket fooled the internet and experts fear there’s worse to come (iNews, 26 March)
- How to Make a Public Archive of Your Tweets (Wired, 24 March)
- Twitter to un-verify people who don’t pay $8/month starting on April Fools’ Day (Ars Technica, 24 March)
- Twitter blocked 122 accounts in India at the government’s request (Rest of World, 24 March)
- Twitter says parts of source code posted online, seeks leaker (Washington Post, 27 March)
- Twitter loses bid to throw out complaint by Australian Muslim group over ‘hateful’ content (Guardian, 25 March)
- Elon Musk memo suggests Twitter worth less than half of what he paid for it (Guardian, 26 March)