This week, the Coalition for Independent Technology Research (CITR) won a key battle in its fight to reverse a visa-restriction […]
Category: disinformation
US can’t deport hate speech researcher for protected speech, lawsuit says
On Monday, US officials must explain what steps they took to enforce shocking visa bans. Imran Ahmed, the founder of […]
Everything that could go wrong with X’s new AI-written community notes
X says AI can supercharge community notes, but that comes with obvious risks. Elon Musk’s X arguably revolutionized social media […]
Belief in fake news linked to problematic social media use
The vast majority of people these days use some form of social media, but some develop what’s known as problematic […]
Email still the main channel for cyberattacks and disinformation
Malicious actors are increasingly exploiting email to impersonate brands, launch phishing campaigns, and spread false information — often using sophisticated […]
Elon Musk to “fix” Community Notes after they contradict Trump
Elon Musk apparently no longer believes that crowdsourcing fact-checking through Community Notes can never be manipulated and is, thus, the […]
EU “energetically” probing disinformation, right-wing bias on X, report says
The European Commission (EC) is planning to “energetically” advance its probe into content moderation on X (formerly Twitter), potentially ordering […]