Davey Alba
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Google’s Plan to Catch ChatGPT Is to Stuff AI Into Everything
A new internal directive requires “generative artificial intelligence” to be incorporated into all of its biggest products within months. → Read More
Musk’s Frequent Twitter Polls Are at Risk of Bot Manipulation
New research shows votes can be easily purchased during Twitter polls → Read More
Twitter Suspends Journalists Who Musk Says Imperiled His Safety
Twitter Inc. suspended the accounts of several prominent journalists covering the social network’s billionaire owner Elon Musk, who alleged they were endangering his family. → Read More
Twitter Cuts Spur Concerns About US Midterms, Human Rights
Musk slashed more than half of workers days before election → Read More
Candidates Keep Pushing Election Denial Online — Because It Works
Social media companies once helped curb the “stolen election” myth. Now, they’re allowing it to spread ahead of the midterms, setting the stage for candidates to be able to deny results. → Read More
Candidates Keep Pushing Election Denial Online — Because It Works
Social media companies once helped curb the “stolen election” myth. Now, they’re allowing it to spread ahead of the midterms, setting the stage for candidates to be able to deny results. → Read More
Twitter Limits Content-Enforcement Tools as US Election Looms
Twitter Inc., the social network being overhauled by new owner Elon Musk, has frozen some employee access to internal tools used for content moderation and other policy enforcement, curbing the staff’s ability to clamp down on misinformation ahead of a major US election. → Read More
Musk Posts Then Deletes Tweet Spreading Conspiracy Theory on Pelosi Attack
Episode shows pressures ahead as free-speech goals run up against Musk’s pledges to advertisers → Read More
Musk’s Twitter Roils With Hate Speech as Trolls Test New Limits
Hateful and racist rhetoric swelled on the network as some politicians rejoiced. ‘Free speech. Liberal tears.’ → Read More
YouTube Bans Andrew Tate After Sexist Remarks, But He’s Still on Twitch
A YouTube channel associated with Andrew Tate, an online influencer and self-described misogynist, was disabled Monday, as Google’s video website joins a growing list of social media platforms taking action against the personality in the last week. → Read More
Meta Pulls Support for Tool Used to Keep Misinformation in Check
Researchers who depend on CrowdTangle to find social media’s worst content are worried about what happens when it goes away. → Read More
Dangerous DIY Baby Formula Recipes Go Viral as Parents Get Desperate
Consumers are getting bad advice as they look for answers in Facebook groups, and from wellness influencers on TikTok, YouTube and Instagram → Read More
Buffalo Massacre Suspect Mapped Plans on Discord App for Months
The alleged gunman made clear his intentions in a series of posts on the chat app, but no alarm seems to have been raised. → Read More
Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account
The social media service said the Republican congresswoman had violated its policy on coronavirus misinformation. → Read More
Those Cute Cats Online? They Help Spread Misinformation.
A mainstay of the internet is regularly used to build audiences for people and organizations pushing false and misleading information. → Read More
YouTube bans all anti-vaccine misinformation.
The new set of policies will cover not just the Covid-19 vaccines or those for routine immunizations against measles and hepatitis B, but will also apply to general claims about vaccines, YouTube said. → Read More
Facebook groups promoting ivermectin as a Covid-19 treatment continue to flourish.
In some of the groups, members are given advice on how to evade the company’s rules on misinformation. → Read More
These two rumors are going viral ahead of California’s recall election.
As California’s Sept. 14 election over whether to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom draws closer, unfounded rumors about the event are growing. Here are two that are circulating widely online, how they spread and why, state and local officials said, they are wrong. Rumor No. 1: Holes in the ballot envelopes were being used to screen out votes that say “yes” to a recall. On Aug. 19, a woman posted a video… → Read More
Calls Grow to Discipline Doctors Spreading Virus Misinformation
A tiny number of doctors have had an outsize influence in spreading false information about Covid-19 and vaccines. → Read More
Facebook, Fearing Public Outcry, Shelved Earlier Report on Popular Posts
The company praised itself this week for being “the most transparent platform on the internet.” → Read More