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TikTok adds comment filtering tools to better handle Israel-Hamas war content
ByteDance's TikTok has launched new comment filtering tools to better handle Israel-Hamas war content.
YouTube warned by EU official to keep a close eye on Israel-Hamas war content
EU Commissioner Thierry Breton is asking Alphabet to be "very vigilant" when it comes to Israel-Hamas-related content posted on YouTube.
X reportedly cuts half of its election integrity team
X has cut over half its election integrity team including the head of the group, according to a report.
Facebook’s ‘state-controlled media’ labels appear to reduce engagement
Facebook’s “state-controlled media” labels appear to reduce engagement with content from authoritarian nations. A new study reveals that, with the added tags, users’ engagement decreased when they noticed content labeled as originating from Chinese and Russian government-run media. However, the labels also appeared to boost user favorability of posts from Canadian state media, suggesting broader perceptions of the country play into the tags’ effectiveness.
YouTube still displays ads on some climate change denial videos, researchers say
Researchers found hundreds of climate change denial videos on YouTube
DOJ alleges China used a troll farm to target Chinese government critics in the US
A Chinese government task force created thousands of fake social media profiles, including on Twitter and Facebook, to target dissidents in the US.
Senator Markey demands answers from Elon Musk over Twitter impersonators
Senator Ed Markey has sent a letter to Elon Musk asking him to explain why it's now so easy to impersonate someone on Twitter.
EU's stricter disinformation guidelines get support from Google, Meta and Twitter
The EU has published tougher disinformation guidelines, and tech heavyweights like Google, Meta and Twitter have agreed to participate.
Homeland Security 'pauses' disinformation board three weeks after creating it
The Department of Homeland Security has reportedly put an anti-misinformation board on ice just three weeks after it launched.
Fewer Americans want the government to regulate Big Tech, Pew study says
The latest Pew poll indicates that public distrust of Big Tech still remains pretty high.
Twitter actioned over 50,000 pieces of misleading Ukraine content
The platform reported the results of its crackdown on state-run media.
Twitter expands its Birdwatch fact-checking pilot in the US
The changes come just two days after Birdwatch was attacked for its lack of utility in the Washington Post.
Microsoft is the latest to ban Russian state media from its platforms
Microsoft is banning Russian state media platforms RT and Sputnik from many of its platforms in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
US seizes Iranian websites over disinformation claims
The US government has seized 33 websites owned by the Iranian Islamic Radio and Television Union (IRTVU), as well as three other sites owned by Iraqi-based Kata’ib Hizballah (KH), after the groups violated US sanctions, the Department of Justice said in a statement yesterday.
Facebook's Oversight Board will consider appeals to remove content
Facebook's Oversight Board now accepts appeals to remove content, not just restore it.
Russia is using online disinformation to trash rival COVID-19 vaccines
Russia is mounting an online disinformation campaign to attack rivals to its Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccine.
Tim Cook takes aim at Facebook's practices during privacy conference
We must do more. We’ve spoken out, time and again, for strong encryption without backdoors, recognizing that security is the foundation of privacy. We believe that ethical technology is technology that works for you. It’s technology that helps you sleep, not keeps you up.
Facebook's oversight board's first judgments overturn four moderation decisions
The Oversight Board has issued its first judgments.
A YouTube network was spreading election disinformation for two months
A YouTube network was spreading US election disinformation for two months after the vote despite the company's promises of a crackdown.
YouTube will remove videos disputing the 2020 presidential election
YouTube has started removing any content claiming widespread fraud in the US election now that states have certified the results.
