reader comments 56 with At a moment when misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is rapidly spreading on X (formerly Twitter)—mostly by verified X users—many researchers have given up hope that it will be possible to closely monitor this kind of misinformation on the platform, Reuters reported. According to a “survey of 167 academic and civil ..
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Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 93 with The world has been flooded with misinformation. Falsehoods and conspiracy theories bubble up on everything from the weather to vaccines to the shape of the Earth. Purveyors of this garbage may be motivated by attention, money, or simply the appeal of sticking it to the educated ..
reader comments 80 with A prominent anti-vaccine activist, Joseph Mercola, yesterday lost a lawsuit attempting to force YouTube to provide access to videos that were removed from the platform after YouTube banned his channels. Mercola had tried to argue that YouTube owed him more than $75,000 in damages for breaching its own user contract and ..
Meta on Tuesday said it purged thousands of Facebook accounts that were part of a widespread online Chinese spam operation trying to covertly boost China and criticize the West. The campaign, which became known as “Spamouflage“, was active across more than 50 platforms and forums including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X, formerly known as ..
reader comments 193 with Today, three conservative-leaning judges with the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments to decide if an injunction should be lifted that restricts the Biden administration from communicating with social media platforms and requesting content takedowns. The appeal followed a July 4 order from a district court, which found ..
reader comments 290 with As Twitter continues its rebrand as X, it looks like Elon Musk hopes to quash any claims that the platform under its new name is allowing rampant hate speech to fester. Yesterday, X Corp sued a nonprofit, the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), for allegedly “actively working to assert false ..
Trust Lab, a Silicon Valley startup founded by Google’s former head of Trust and Safety, has bagged $15 million in venture capital funding to build AI-powered technology to detect and monitor harmful content on the internet. The Palo Alto company said the $15 million Series A was led by U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) and Foundation ..
Enlarge / A fake AI-generated image of an “explosion” near the Pentagon that went viral on Twitter. reader comments 42 with On Monday, a tweeted AI-generated image suggesting a large explosion at the Pentagon led to brief confusion, which included a reported small drop in the stock market. It originated from a verified Twitter account ..
reader comments 162 with Share this story Piecing together why so many people are willing to share misinformation online is a major focus among behavioral scientists. It’s easy to think partisanship is driving it all—people will simply share things that make their side look good or their opponents look bad. But the reality is a ..
reader comments 146 with Share this story A YouTuber, Marshall Daniels—who has posted far-right-leaning videos under the name “Young Pharaoh” since 2015—tried to argue that YouTube violated his First Amendment rights by removing two videos discussing George Floyd and COVID-19. Years later, Daniels now owes YouTube nearly $40,000 in attorney fees for filing a frivolous ..