DisinfoDocket 8 November
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* Big Tech to face tougher rules on targeted political ads in EU
* U.S. Says Russia Funds Latin America-Wide Anti-Ukraine Disinformation Drive
* 'I blew the whistle on Meta, now I won't work again'
Highlights:
If you’re following the results of the elections tonight, please consider joining us for a post-election debrief on Thursday at 2 p.m. EST! https://t.co/tBZYE8dhIq
— The Brookings Institution (@BrookingsInst) November 8, 2023
- In Canada’s battle with Big Tech, smaller publishers are caught in the crossfire (Reuters Institute, 7 November)
- 85% of people worry about online disinformation, global survey finds (The Guardian, 7 November)
- Editor of scientific journal says fake study linking whale deaths to wind farms is 'deliberate misinformation' (ABC, 7 November)
- Dr Anti-Vax podcast spotlights a spreader of misinformation — review (Financial Times, 6 November)
- X and TikTok are both under fire from the EU over hate speech and Israel-Hamas disinformation (Business Insider, 8 November)
One month after the horrific Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel on 10/7, ASD analyzes how information surrounding the war is being weaponized and manipulated by China, Iran, and Russia to blame the West & improve their own international standing.https://t.co/Ce9g3RIWLG
— Alliance for Securing Democracy (@SecureDemocracy) November 7, 2023
1. Academia & Research
- Foreign Electoral Interference Affecting EU Democratic Processes (Authority for EU Political Parties, 6 November)
- Mobile social media as a vehicle of health communication: a multimodal discourse analysis of WeChat official account posts during the COVID-19 crisis (Nature, 6 November)
2. Platforms & Technology
- Big Tech Ditched Trust and Safety. Now Startups Are Selling It Back As a Service (WIRED, 6 November)
- OpenAI unveils personalized AI apps as it seeks to expand its ChatGPT consumer business (Reuters, 6 November)
- Behind the Curtain: What AI architects fear most (in 2024) (Axios, 8 November)
X (formerly known as Twitter)
- The new Twitter is changing rapidly — study it before it’s too late (Nature, 7 November)