DisinfoDocket 2 August

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Highlights:

1. Twitter Sues Nonprofit That Tracks Hate Speech (The New York Times, 31 July)
2. As Zimbabwe elections near, China is the dragon in the room (Coda Story, 1 August)
3. EU sanctions individuals, organizations connected to Russian disinformation network (The Record by Recorded Future, 31 July)
4. Meta Offers to Seek Consent for Highly Personalized Ads in Europe (The Wall Street Journal, 1 August)

1. Academia & Research

1. Speech in the Machine: Generative AI's Implications for Free Expression (PEN America, 31 July)
2. Human microbiome myths and misconceptions (Nature.com, 31 July)
3. How Likes and Retweets Impacted Our Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Science Direct, 1 August)

2. Platforms & Technology

A new report suggests that by the end of the decade, more women than men stand to lose their jobs because of AI & automation. Also more likely to be affected: Black & Hispanic workers, workers without college degrees, and the youngest & oldest workers. https://t.co/PPnb907g4a

— Data & Society (@datasociety) August 1, 2023

1. Italian watchdog OKs Google's commitments to end data case (Reuters, 31 July)
2. Meta, Google hiring in China despite security concerns (Financial Review, 31 July)
3. Pro Take: Tech Executives Call for Critical Thinking to Counter Deepfakes, Disinformation (The Wall Street Journal, 28 July)

"A future where A.I.s interpret, apply, and enforce most laws at societal scale like this will exponentially magnify problems around fairness, transparency, and freedom," write @jon_penney & @scheneierblog in @slate https://t.co/XXVwHn4vzM

— Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society (@BKCHarvard) August 1, 2023

Twitter/X

1. Is The Demise Of X (Twitter) Inevitable? (Forbes, 1 August)
2. WeChat: Why does Elon Musk want X to emulate China's everything-app? (BBC, 30 July)
3. Elon Musk sues disinformation researchers, claiming they are driving away advertisers (NPR, 1 August)
4. Brightly flashing 'X' sign removed from the San Francisco building that was Twitter's headquarters (AP News, 1 August)