Researchers: Elon Musk, who vowed to defeat Twitter's “spam bots or die trying”, has long benefited from “fanbots” boosting Tesla shares and deriding critics
official surveillance video of the states themselves—Facebook and YouTube would take them down as “misinformation.” You can see right away what they're terrified of—not misinformation but rather infor...
Internal memo: Andrew Bosworth says Meta's virtual worlds need “almost Disney levels of safety” but moderation at “meaningful scale is practically impossible”
from keeping a platform safe to correctly enforcing your own app store acceptance policies—seems to be impossible. https://www.ft.com/... Hannah Murphy / @mshannahmurphy : He also says third party VR ...
In internal memo, Andrew Bosworth says he wants the metaverse to have “almost Disney levels of safety” but that moderation at scale “is practically impossible”
Internal memo from Andrew Bosworth lays out the scale of the challenge Tweets: @mshannahmurphy , @matthewfederman , @peterwsinger , @somebadideas , @minimaxir , @alexweprin , @karlbode , @counternotio...
Sources: over 12 news outlets, including AP and Fox Business, formed a consortium to sift leaked Facebook docs from Frances Haugen, reporting stories separately
It's not often that major news organizations coordinate to sift through a large trove of leaked company documents and agree … Tweets: @jamesrbuk , @goldstein222 , @parismartineau , @timkarr , @alexsta...
Over 430,000 viewers tuned in simultaneously to watch Rep. Ocasio-Cortez play Among Us on Twitch, the third highest ever for an individual Twitch stream
meeting young voters on their own turf Kalhan Rosenblatt / NBC News : Ready politician one: How the election made its way into video games Bodhisatwa Ray / TechRadar : US Congresswoman AOC's Among Us ...
Facebook, Google, and Twitter are making the same mistakes big news outlets made decades ago, trying to placate hyperpartisan critics who are “working the refs”
The new referees in American politics are Facebook, Google and Twitter, and they would be wise to pay attention to lessons the old media tried to learn. Tweets: @rottenindenmark , @ryanlcooper , @mark...
Infowars' War Room relaunched its YouTube channel a day after Susan Wojcicki's letter to creators; YouTube deleted the channel after reports of its relaunch
again Kevin Webb / Business Insider : A YouTuber who was reportedly connected to the Christchurch shooter had his channel deleted … Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill : YouTube takes down Infowars again X...
As more seniors go online, they are largely being left out of digital literacy efforts, making them targets for misinformation and hyperpartisan rhetoric
Older people play an outsized role in civic life. They also are more likely to be online targets for misinformation and hyperpartisan rhetoric. Tweets: @craigsilverman , @lageneralista , @markdistef ...
Facebook takes down 315 Pages, 152 accounts, 4 Groups, and 41 Instagram accounts for “coordinated inauthentic behavior” originating in Russia
Top Takeaways Hillary Grigonis / Digital Trends : Nearly a million Facebook users followed these fake Russian accounts Chris White / The Daily Caller : Here's The Twist Facebook Says Russia Is Putting...
Sources and chat logs show Facebook's internal tensions are reaching a boiling point, as one ex-employee says staff are “hoping for a Sundar or Dara moment”
“It's the bunker mentality. These people have been under siege for 600 days now. They're getting tired, getting cranky … Tweets: @nachristakis , @buzzfeednews , @markdistef , @craigsilverman , @mark...