DisinfoDocket 30 January
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* Will the 2016 Election Ever End?” New research about the Kremlin’s election interference raises more questions than it answers.
* Apple brings mainland Chinese web censorship to Hong Kong
* TikTok's plan to remain operational in the US
Highlights:
EXCLUSIVE: Google allowed Daily Wire to run ads on search results promoting hate and disinformation.
— Center for Countering Digital Hate (@CCDHate) January 27, 2023
With the @guardian, we expose Daily Wire ads running on search keywords like:
❌black crime
❌george soros evil
❌why is climate change fakehttps://t.co/rd6WbBzp5m
- Polish women face jail for abortion pills, anti-vax scientists rake it in on Substack, AI chatbot’s papers fool academics (Coda, 27 January)
LISTEN: Meta Reinstates Trump's Accounts (Moderated Content, 26 January)
1. Platforms & Technology
- On Trump’s Social Network: Ads for Miracle Cures, Scams and Fake Merchandise (NYT, 27 January)
- Trump’s Evolution in Social-Media Exile: More QAnon, More Extremes (NYT, 28 January)
LISTEN: Trump, Meta and misinformation (NPR, 29 January)
As we shared earlier, we have been proactively reinstating previously suspended accounts. Starting February 1, anyone can appeal an account suspension and be evaluated under our new criteria for reinstatement. https://t.co/2MR8yonMlM
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 28, 2023
We continue to work on launching features that transparently identify when we have taken enforcement actions and expect to begin rolling these out in February. You can always view our policies on our Help Center: https://t.co/YAvvLHBNv9
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 28, 2023
- Twitter research group stall complicates compliance with new EU law (Reuters, 28 January)
- Twitter says users will be able to appeal account suspension (Reuters, 28 January)
- A leaked internal message appears to show Elon Musk ordered Twitter staff to suspend a left-wing activist's account (Business Insider, 27 January)
- Tears, blunders and chaos: inside Elon Musk’s Twitter (Guardian, 29 January)
- Free speech ‘absolutist’ Elon Musk personally ordered the Twitter suspension of left-wing activist, report claims (Independent, 29 January)
- Elon Musk offers half-hearted apology for spreading conspiracy theory about attack on Paul Pelosi (Independent, 29 January)