Citizens and politicians around the world last year used AI for misinformation, memes, and more.
Meta says it removes content that could cause imminent physical harm – but nearly half a million members have joined a group that regularly promotes misinformation
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Facebook pulled back on moderation after Trump’s election, and The Guardian reports on one of the groups that benefited, a popular health-misinformation-filled community called Crunchy Moms: > Another Crunchy Moms member, Emily Loving-Rodriguez, said she had made dozens of reports to Facebook, and possibly hundreds, since she joined earlier this year. The Idaho resident has a personal interest in child welfare and misinformation, and noted a post she had seen recently in Crunchy Moms where someone said herpes could be cured with the dietary supplement zeolite. She said her reports rarely had any effect.
Tech is reshaping the world — and not always for the better. Whether it’s the rules for Apple’s App Store or Facebook’s plan for fighting misinformation, tech platform policies can have enormous ripple effects on the rest of society. They’re so powerful that, increasingly, companies aren’t setting them alone but sharing the fight with government regulators, civil society groups, and internal standards bodies like Meta’s Oversight Board. The result is an ongoing political struggle over harassment, free speech, copyright, and dozens of other issues, all mediated through some of the largest and most chaotic electronic spaces the world has ever seen.
It’s the most important day in American democracy. It’s also the Super Bowl for misinformation on the internet.
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In September, Facebook put together a “war room” to serve as a hub for its global effort to fight misinformation comes together. We went inside
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The New York Knicks clear up “misinformation” Saturday, stating eligible staff will get championship rings within a month.
In a rural corner of the US state of Pennsylvania, known for being home to the nation's largest Amish community, there is a scramble to contain one of the worst measles outbreaks in recent history.