DisinfoDocket 6 February
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* Platforms prepare for upcoming Nigerian elections
* Efforts to counter misinformation in women's health
* Russian influence in Africa
Highlights:
Iran state TV yesterday excerpted American media to convey that violence against women is endemic in the US - notable in light of Iran's crackdown on women's rights
— R Macdonald (@r_macdonald) February 2, 2023
Collaborative source analysis @Internet Archive's @TVNewsarchive and @kalevleetaru's GDELThttps://t.co/aMMBmXLrJH pic.twitter.com/drxqCDU5QU
Setting out a ‘whole-of-society’ approach against #disinformation requires drawing on diverse tools & actors. W/ @disarm_disinfo Foundation, we have been looking to apply #cybersecurity best practices to the space. See report by @HybridCoE https://t.co/dRJWgg1TuH pic.twitter.com/9mQwxzPRyZ
— Alliance4Europe (@Alliance4EU) February 3, 2023
Jan #EDMOeu brief on #RussiaUkraineWar out!#Disinformation narratives on Ukrainians being violent anti-🇵🇱 nationalists & part of a global #conspiracy
— European Digital Media Observatory (@EDMO_EUI) February 3, 2023
📈Growing #factchecking on #Leopard tanks shown as useless & Made in China
🔀Full insight & examples: https://t.co/CbUF6DesL8 pic.twitter.com/B7UUOltGIo
- Iran responsible for Charlie Hebdo attacks (Microsoft, 3 February)
An attribution model for influence operations (Microsoft, 31 January)
1. Academia & Research
- Harvard is shutting down project that studied social media misinformation (Washington Post, 2 February)
2. Platforms & Technology
- AI 'likely to be more disruptive' than first five years of social media (Stuff, 6 February)
- Google Cuts Company Protecting People From Surveillance To A ‘Skeleton Crew,’ Say Laid Off Workers (Forbes, 3 February)
- Yelp Releases Trust & Safety Report Detailing Content Moderation and User Protection Initiatives in 2022 (Business Wire, 1 February)
- Interpol working out how to police the metaverse (BBC, 4 February)
🧵The Taliban and Twitter Blue subscriptions | #OSINT
— Afghan Witness (@afghan_witness) February 3, 2023
Afghan Witness found 13 Taliban-linked accounts with the blue tick, though several have since lost their mark of verification. (1/4) pic.twitter.com/L6m4uj3qQH
- Twitter curbs researcher access, sparking backlash in Washington (Washington Post, 3 February)
- Twitter is getting rid of its free API tier. That's a nightmare for accessibility activists. (Mashable, 3 February)
- RIP To The Best Bots On Twitter (BuzzFeed, 3 February)