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#onlinedisinformation — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. themessenger.com/opinion/hamas

    “But the same platforms that allow journalists and nonprofit organizations to present accurate information about the war are consistently manipulated by bad actors, who seek to gain prestige and notoriety from the footage. Important updates on violent attacks can be drowned out by deceptive content or propaganda, leaving social media users vulnerable to dangerous misinformation.”
    #onlinedisinformation

  2. themessenger.com/opinion/hamas

    “But the same platforms that allow journalists and nonprofit organizations to present accurate information about the war are consistently manipulated by bad actors, who seek to gain prestige and notoriety from the footage. Important updates on violent attacks can be drowned out by deceptive content or propaganda, leaving social media users vulnerable to dangerous misinformation.”
    #onlinedisinformation

  3. #NinaJankowicz, top expert on conspiracy theories, is suing Fox Spews for its “vitriolic lies”, saying Murdoch’s ntwk presents clear threat to US democracy.

    Her standing for suing? She was hounded, threatened, & resigned weeks into her new job in new group that #Biden subsequently dissolved.

    Group’s mission? Counter #OnlineDisinformation.

    May Dominion’s success continue to be contagious.

    theguardian.com/media/2023/may

  4. #NinaJankowicz, top expert on conspiracy theories, is suing Fox Spews for its “vitriolic lies”, saying Murdoch’s ntwk presents clear threat to US democracy.

    Her standing for suing? She was hounded, threatened, & resigned weeks into her new job in new group that #Biden subsequently dissolved.

    Group’s mission? Counter #OnlineDisinformation.

    May Dominion’s success continue to be contagious.

    theguardian.com/media/2023/may

  5. #NinaJankowicz, top expert on conspiracy theories, is suing Fox Spews for its “vitriolic lies”, saying Murdoch’s ntwk presents clear threat to US democracy.

    Her standing for suing? She was hounded, threatened, & resigned weeks into her new job in new group that #Biden subsequently dissolved.

    Group’s mission? Counter #OnlineDisinformation.

    May Dominion’s success continue to be contagious.

    theguardian.com/media/2023/may

  6. Twitter tightens account security for political candidates ahead of US election - Twitter is taking steps to tighten account security for a range of users ahead of the US presidenti... - feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcr #politicalmisinformation #onlinedisinformation #electionsecurity #uselection2020 #security #hacking #twitter #policy #social

  7. Lacking eyeballs, Facebook’s ad review system fails to spot coronavirus harm - Facebook’s ad review system is failing to prevent coronavirus misinformation from being targeted at... more: feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcr #artificialintelligence #onlinedisinformation #targetedadvertising #advertisingtech #consumerreports #coronavirus #socialmedia #covid-19 #facebook #social

  8. Twitter offers more support to researchers — to ‘keep us accountable’ - Twitter has kicked off the New Year by taking the wraps off a new hub for academic researchers to m... more: feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcr #onlinedisinformation #electionsecurity #socialnetwork #realtimeweb #socialmedia #developer #facebook #openapi #twitter #social #api

  9. This ride-hailing PR pitch shows platforms and digital campaign ‘dark arts’ want democracy to be pay to play - A UK PR firm pitching to run an account for Ola has proposed running a campaign to politicize ride-... more: feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcr #onlinedisinformation #advertisingtech #publicrelations #startupcompany #softbankgroup #unitedkingdom #andyburnham #publicfirst #government #manchester #facebook #lobbying #europe #policy #social #adtech #india #ola

  10. Facebook ignored staff warnings about “sketchy” Cambridge Analytica in September 2015 - Facebook employees tried to alert the company about the activity of Cambridge Analytica as early as... more: feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcr #u.s.securitiesandexchangecommission #senatecommercecommittee #federaltradecommission #onlinedisinformation #cambridgeanalytica #josephchancellor #aleksandrkogan #markzuckerberg #dcmscommittee #colinstretch #theguardian #facebook #privacy

  11. Facebook staff raised concerns about Cambridge Analytica in September 2015, per court filing - Further details have emerged about when and how much Facebook knew about data-scraping by the disgr... more: feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcr #onlinedisinformation #cambridgeanalytica #advertisingtech #aleksandrkogan #dataprotection #markzuckerberg #damiancollins #dcmscommittee #socialmedia #facebook #lawsuit #privacy #europe #policy #social #ico