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Meta Kills a Crucial Transparency Tool At the Worst Possible Time
Earlier this month, Meta announced that it would be shutting down CrowdTangle, the social media monitoring and transparency tool that…
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A US-Sanctioned Oligarch Ran Pro-Kremlin Ads on Facebook—Again
Meta earned over $200,000 from an ad campaign, seen by millions, that pushed pro-Kremlin talking points and undermined local elections…
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Generative AI Is Playing a Surprising Role in Israel-Hamas Disinformation
“Given the creativity humans have showcased throughout history to make up (false) stories and the freedom that humans already have…
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TikTok Streamers Are Staging ‘Israel vs. Palestine’ Live Matches to Cash In on Virtual Gifts
Live matches, also known as player knockout or PK battles, have been a feature on TikTok since at least 2021,…
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Who’s Responsible for the Gaza Hospital Explosion? Here’s Why It’s Hard to Know What’s Real
“When you see people in such a capacity putting out a claim, walking it back, putting out a video, deleting…
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Insiders Say X’s Crowdsourced Anti-Disinformation Tool Is Making the Problem Worse
On Saturday, the official Israel account on X posted a picture of what looks like a child’s bedroom with blood…
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A Graphic Hamas Video Donald Trump Jr. Shared on X Is Actually Real, Research Confirms
Yesterday afternoon, Donald Trump Jr. posted a graphic video to X (formerly Twitter) that purported to show Hamas fighters murdering…
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The EU’s Threats to Elon Musk Are Empty, Sources Say
Penfrat is worried about political overreach—he agrees that disinformation on X is a problem. There is no legal obligation for…
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Elon Musk Is Personally Undermining X’s Efforts to Curb Israel-Hamas War Disinformation
Since Musk took control of the platform just under a year ago, he has restructured it to encourage engagement over…
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The Israel-Hamas War Is Drowning X in Disinformation
Musk deleted his recommendation soon after posting it, but not before it was viewed over 11 million times. Later on…
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