DisinfoDocket 5 June
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Good morning! Don't miss -
* Cost of access to Twitter API forces BlockParty App to close
* YouTube changes its policy to allow US election misinformation
* How to challenge disinformation around elections
* Cost of access to Twitter API forces BlockParty App to close
* YouTube changes its policy to allow US election misinformation
* How to challenge disinformation around elections
Highlights
- The Chatter Podcast: Information Ecology with Alicia Wanless (Lawfare, 2 June)
- Strengthened Code of Practice on Disinformation: Signatories to identify ways to step up work one year after launch (European Commission, 2 June)
- She Built an App to Block Harassment on Twitter. Elon Musk Killed It (Time, 2 June)
- The European Union and US Government announce they have adopted the DISARM framework, STIX standard and OpenCTI platform as a common standard for exchanging structured threat information (EEAS)
- An update on our approach to US election misinformation (YouTube, 2 June)
YouTube scraps 2020 US election misinformation policy (France24, 3 June)
YouTube reverses misinformation policy to allow U.S. election denialism (AXIOS, 2 June)
1. Platforms & Technology
- Twitter and Reddit's high-priced APIs are bad news for the internet's future (Mashable, 3 June)
- What will stop AI from flooding the internet with fake images? (Vox, 3 June)
- Majority of EU countries against network fee levy on Big Tech, sources say (Reuters, 3 June)
- ChatGPT Is Cutting Non-English Languages Out of the AI Revolution (Wired, 31 May)
Meta
- Meta found liable as court blocks firing of moderators (TechCrunch, 2 June)
- Meta will test blocking news for some Canadians ahead of new law (The Verge, 2 January)
- Meta Tries to Silence a Critic: Us; Suspends RFOB Instagram Account After Critical Post on Meta’s Threats to Freedom of Press in Canada (Real Facebook Oversight Board, 3 June)
- Meta threatens to remove news from Instagram and Facebook over proposed California law (Nieman Lab, 31 May)
- Instagram reinstates Robert Kennedy Jr. after launch of presidential bid (Washington Post, 4 June)
- Facebook won't tackle fake news robots or make the site safer because they're afraid of losing users even for just one minute in a day, writes whistleblower Frances Haugen (Mail, 4 June)