The White Helmets, UNHCR, UNRWA, and other volunteer organizations describe how apps like WhatsApp have transformed communication in conflict and disaster zones
John Beck / Rest of World : X: @restofworld and @restofworld . LinkedIn: Sinclair Cornell X: @restofworld : WhatsApp has transformed communication in conflict and disaster areas like Syria, Palestine...
A look at Project Maven, the US DOD's flagship AI effort which identifies battlefield targets, and at concerns, including adversaries poisoning training data
and could run at speeds faster than humans can comprehend https://www.bloomberg.com/... Katrina Manson / @katrinamanson : AI identifies targets and supplies Maven Smart System, along with other data f...
Facebook's Q3 Widely Viewed Content Report: in a first, none of the top 20 posts broke platform rules; sources detail Meta's latest fight against spammy content
linked to individuals associated with the US military — operated across many internet services and focused on Afghanistan, Algeria, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Somalia, Syria, Tajikist...
Influencers on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram are documenting trips to Syria, helping burnish the regime's image, often sponsored by brands, such as Surfshark
Sophie Fullerton is a political scientist and human rights researcher based in New York. — Last November, around the same … Tweets: @florida_sophia , @philklay , @neilcybart , @doylech , @florida_so...
Social media platforms are hastily rewriting their rules on hate, violence, and propaganda amid the war on Ukraine, setting precedents that may haunt them later
A month ago, praising a neo-Nazi militia or calling for violence against Russians could get you suspended from Facebook in Ukraine. Tweets: @epro , @willoremus , @pstasiatech , and @willoremus Tweets:...
Experts warn that Russia can use satellite signals to geolocate and target Starlink users in Ukraine; Elon Musk says the “probability of being targeted is high”
that Starlink use would become a very prominent signal for Russian targeting. (NSC declined to comment.) https://twitter.com/... @zeynep : Folks do read up on the tragic case of Marie Colvin and Rémi ...
Social media platforms are struggling with how to handle ISIS-related fundraising campaigns, which are often slipping through by disguising as humanitarianism
John Beck / Rest of World : Tweets: @anupkaphle , @anupkaphle , @iethics , @restofworld , @restofworld , @charles_lister , @restofworld , @restofworld , @restofworld , and @restofworld Tweets: Anup K...
Social media platforms are struggling with how to handle ISIS-related fundraising campaigns, which are often slipping through by disguising as humanitarianism
John Beck / Rest of World : Tweets: @anupkaphle , @anupkaphle , @iethics , @restofworld , @restofworld , @charles_lister , @restofworld , @restofworld , @restofworld , and @restofworld Tweets: Anup K...
Emails show how Facebook responded to requests by Turkey to censor content during the authoritarian government's 2018 military offensive against Kurds
or risk getting shut down entirely. “I am fine with this,” wrote Sheryl Sandberg. My latest with @JustinElliott: https://www.propublica.org/... Jane Lytvynenko / @janelytv : “I am fine with this” Just...
Facebook says people linked to France's military used fake accounts to meddle in African politics, tangling with similar efforts by Russia's IRA in some nations
and Africa in the middle of it. https://about.fb.com/... https://twitter.com/... Donie O'Sullivan / @donie : These tactics are most commonly associated with the Russian government — and, indeed, Faceb...