DisinfoDocket 7 December
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* Reactions to the Facebook Oversight Board's report on meta's cross-check programme
* Domestic disinformation campaigns in Russia
* TikTok bans for public sector devices in Taiwan
* And so much more!
Highlights:
It would be impossible to fight #misinformation and #disinformation alone. Thanks to everyone who, like @GUDiplomacy and @IOpartnership, persist with debunking, educating, and propagating the #truth. https://t.co/wiaNtfgTlu
— HKS Misinformation Review (@MisinfoReview) December 6, 2022
The 2022 Telco Giants Scorecard is live!
— Ranking Digital Rights (@rankingrights) December 5, 2022
Explore our data to see how 12 of the largest telecommunications companies around the world did at protecting digital rights. https://t.co/q1XHO7PfGJ
We are thrilled to present our new Mental Health Guide for Journalists Facing Online Violence—a resource to support journalists facing digital harassment and abuse just for doing their job.
— International Women's Media Foundation (@IWMF) December 5, 2022
Read it here! https://t.co/I8uBBCW6vF pic.twitter.com/4unWmvosPR
- Weekend of Anti-LGBTQ+ Extremism Highlights Heightened Threat to Community (ADL, 4 December)
- Oversight Board publishes policy advisory opinion on Meta's cross-check programme (Oversight Board, 6 December)
🚨 EVENT ALERT 🚨
— Demos (@Demos) December 5, 2022
Join us in our offices for an interactive discussion on scientific uncertainty in online spaces.
🗣️ @BejayMulenga, @puzzlesthewill, @obrientweet
🗓️ Thursday, 15 December at 5.30pm (6pm start)https://t.co/PcyP3mkvp5
🗣️Pleased to announce @dgapev & @FightExtremism’s next event, “Fighting Extremism And Terrorism On Social Media Platforms: The Possibilities And Limitations Of The EU’s Digital Services Act,” a hybrid panel discussion. Details & RSVP 👇https://t.co/XZivmBWaFy
— CEP (@FightExtremism) December 5, 2022
1. Academia & Research
- Shaping Collective Strategy Against Disinformation: Perspectives from Southeast Asia (Australian Institute of International Affairs, 5 December)
- Not quite the Arab Spring: how protestors are using social media in innovative ways (Reuters Institute, 6 December)
- Movement Leadership and Messaging Platforms in Preemptive Repressive Settings: Telegram and the Navalny Movement in Russia (SAGE, 20 September)
2. Platforms & Technology
- Instagram Is Over: The app’s original purpose has been lost in the era of “performance” media. (The Atlantic, 30 November)
- Google launches anti-misinformation campaign in India (Reuters, 6 December)
- Risky online behaviour ‘almost normalised’ among young people, says study: EU-funded survey of people aged 16-19 finds one in four have trolled someone – while UK least ‘cyberdeviant’ of nine countries (Guardian, 5 December)
- Founders of far-right media platform Counterspin back in court (Stuff, 7 December)
Twitter
Twitter Alternatives
Ready to do a deep dive into Mastodon?
— Newmark J-School (@newmarkjschool) December 6, 2022
Learn the ins and outs in less than 60 minutes.
Check out this talk from Newmark J-School Professor @jeffjarvis. ↓https://t.co/95EAaBOZGG pic.twitter.com/ygliLE0ViG
Corporate Governance
- Elon Musk may inadvertently spur Congress to action on social media regulations (Fast Company, 30 November)
- Elon Musk’s Twitter Isn’t Ready for the Next Natural Disaster (Wired, 5 December)
- Elon Musk’s first Twitter manipulation effort was a big flop (MSNBC, 5 December)
- What Elon Musk Gets Wrong About Free Speech (Time, 5 December)
- On Twitter, Elon Musk chats with right-wing trolls like Australian YouTuber Avi Yemini (Crikey, 5 December)
- Apple and Amazon resume advertising on Twitter, reports say (Reuters, 5 December)
- Elon Musk Has Outfitted Twitter’s Headquarters With Bedrooms For Employees (Forbes, 5 December)