DisinfoDocket 30 November
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* Protestors in China continue their efforts to evade government censorship
* Reactions to changes in the UK's online safety bill
* Factchecking in Turkey ahead of upcomming elections
* And much more!
Highlights:
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— Beth Goldberg (@_BGoldberg) November 28, 2022
- Hybrid CoE Research Report 7: Foreign information manipulation and interference defence standards: Test for rapid adoption of the common language and framework ‘DISARM’ (Hybrid CoE, 29 November)
- Challenging the Gatekeepers: the Experiences of Women of Colour Researchers in the Terrorism Studies Field (GNET, 28 November)
- Twitter says it’s no longer enforcing COVID-19 misleading information policy (TechCrunch, 29 November)
- Merriam-Webster's word of the year “gaslighting” will intentionally mislead you (Mashable, 28 November)
Truth can defeat ‘gaslighting,’ the word of the year. But not always. (Washington Post, 28 November)
LISTEN: Bot Populi, Bot Dei (Moderated Content, 21 November)
1. Platforms & Technology
- Viral claims of unsubstantiated WhatsApp data leak draw regulators’ attention (The Record, 28 November)
- Musk-Twitter, Crypto Crash, Metaverse: Lessons From Tech's Biggest Fails (CNET, 28 November)
- Twitter Alternatives
https://t.co/tUChf5Yfkt is creating fake/placeholder accounts for publishers to try to entice them to move there? pic.twitter.com/qlOQr5TFy8
— Laura Hazard Owen (@laurahazardowen) November 28, 2022
- Democrats join Twitter alternative Mastodon in protest of Musk (Washington Post, 28 November)
- Post, the latest Twitter alternative, is betting big on micropayments for news (Nieman Lab, 28 November)
- Forth, a journalist-first news feed (Forth)
Corporate Governance
NEW: Email from Elon to Twitter engineers and designers: "Anyone writing software or doing design should be on the 10th floor of SF HQ. It is intended to be dense and intense. Thanks, Elon."
— Zoë Schiffer (@ZoeSchiffer) November 29, 2022
- Twitter answering privacy concerns 'so far' - lead EU regulator (Reuters, 28 November)
- Musk feuds with Apple over Twitter advertising (BBC, 28 November)
- Will Elon Musk really let Twitter go bust? (Guardian, 29 November)
- Twitter’s advertising losses are piling up: Revenues are in free fall, employees say. Can Musk turn the tide? (Platformer, 30 November)