WhatsApp is the ideal platform to spread disinformation. AI makes it even more dangerous. Bad actors target disinfo to WhatsApp groups that only group members can see and are closed to the public. Bad actors use AI to tailor the message to their target audience to make them more believable. WhatsApp/META has few checks on …
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Judge Terry Doughty, a Trump appointee rules for Republican Attorney Generals and blocks Biden Administration from contacting Facebook. What does this ruling mean for you? Follow the facts with this StoryMap.– 1,101,771 COVID deaths in America – USA Facts– Facebook failing to protect users from Covid misinformation – The Guardian– Facebook greatest source of Covid-19 …
Facebook considering whether to allow Trump to return – CNN Sometimes it is hard to trace the personal relationships that might influence a decision. That’s where a network map comes in handy. Check this network map for some of the connections between Facebook, Republicans and the Supreme Court. True or false? (Answers below). Trace Zuck’s …
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“British Ruling Pins Blame on Social Media for Teenager’s Suicide” – NYT An inquest ruled that harmful online content contributed to the 14-year-old’s death. Ian Russell accused Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, of guiding his daughter on a “demented trail of life-sucking content”, after the landmark ruling raised the regulatory pressure on social …
Facebook Turned Over Messages in Disturbing Abortion Case Against Teen and Mom. – Daily Beast How does Facebook make billions from selling information on its users to advertisers? What is surveillance capitalism? How did this get a mother and her teenage daughter prosecuted? Who sets Facebook policies that allow guns to be advertised but not …
What ads are campaigns being run on Facebook? When? Where? By whom? Explore political advertising across Facebook and Instagram with the free Ad Observatory app from the NYU Cybersecurity for Democracy. You can search by keywords, topic, sponsor, or region. We tried it out to analyze: What ads for abortion rights were getting the most traction? …
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Facebook sued for selling its users’ personal data for political manipulation. Facebook is accused of stalling news about how it mis-used data while four Facebook directors – Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, Marc Andreesen and Peter Thiel sold billions of their Facebook holdings before the stock price slumped. Retirees and regular Facebook shareholders faced billions in …
Facebook / Meta shareholders can vote until May 25, 10AM PDT to support Proposal 7, which compels the corporation to confront the cost of the harm caused by its distribution of misinformation. Defenders of Democracy Against Disinformation (DDAD), a nonprofit is asking Facebook / Meta shareholders to vote for Proposal 7 and to reach out to …
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Why does Facebook spread right wing disinformation ignoring its own policies? Follow the connections. Popular Info exposed how the DC Enquirer gets so much exposure on Facebook. There are several groups, a network of Facebook pages coordinating behavior and several Republican operatives in key Facebook executive positions. This relationship maps helps understand how Facebook ignores …
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Spreading misinformation is a money making scheme. Just ask Dr. Evil* His secret guide explains (along with real examples) how to make gazillions spreading spreading misinformation with algorithms. You’ll learn in this parody how: Where the social media platforms make money? What is an algorithm? How to design them to make more money? How to …
