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Meta is leaving its users to wade through hate and disinformation
Experts warn that Meta’s decision to end its third-party fact-checking program could allow disinformation and hate to fester online and permeate the real world. The company announced today that it’s phasing out a program launched in 2016 where it partners with independent fact-checkers around the world to identify and review misinformation across its social media platforms. Meta is replacing the program with…
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US sanctions Russian group over AI-generated election disinformation
The US has issued sanctions on organizations in Russia and Iran for attempting to interfere with the 2024 presidential election. The Treasury Department said on Tuesday that the groups tried to “stoke socio-political tensions” and influence voters. One group, the Moscow-based Center for Geopolitical Expertise, has ties to Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), and built a server to host its…
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AI created less than 1% of the disinformation around 2024 elections – Computerworld
AI-generated content accounted for less than 1% of the disinformation fact-checkers linked to political elections that took place worldwide in 2024, according to social media giant Meta. The company cited political elections in the United States, Great Britain, Bangladesh, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, France, South Africa, Mexico and Brazil, as well as the EU elections. “At the beginning of the year,…
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Azure domains and Google abused to spread disinformation and malware
A clever disinformation campaign engages several Microsoft Azure and OVH cloud subdomains as well as Google search to promote malware and spam sites. Android users receive a “new info related to…” Google search notification about a subject they have previously searched about, but are then presented with misleading search results, driving traffic to scam websites disguised as infotainment articles. Polluted search results…
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