deception
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Twitter Ranked Dead Last on Climate Misinformation Scorecard
In a new assessment of several major social media platforms, X, formerly known as Twitter, came in dead last in managing climate misinformation. A report released this week by Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD), a coalition of more than 50 environmental groups, scored several social media platforms. The company with the most points ranked the…
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Facebook’s Influence on Political Views May Be Greatly Exaggerated, Researchers Find
Social media algorithms have been a point of contention for lawmakers and regulators for several years over concerns that users were being brainwashed by the flood of misinformation promoted on their feeds. As it turns out, while the algorithms do impact the person’s experience on social media, four studies published on Thursday found it does…
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Facebook Threatens to Nuke News in California if Forced to Pay Publishers
Facebook and Instagram say a bill forcing them to pay publishers a journalism usage fee amounts to a ‘slush fund’ for a Big Media boogeyman.
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‘Verified’ Twitter Accounts Spread Pentagon Explosion Hoax
Breaking news: The U.S. Pentagon is NOT under attack. But that didn’t stop false reports of an explosion from circulating widely online along with a seemingly AI-generated image of billowing black smoke near the Department of Defence headquarters on Monday.