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From liberal darling to phone calls with Trump: Mark Zuckerberg’s political transformation

The CEO, chairman, and controlling shareholder of Facebook’s parent company Meta says he wants to be ‘non-partisan’. But that’s not so easy when you’re a monarch in all but name, reports Io Dodds

The Independent UK

Using AI to detect AI-generated deepfakes can work for audio — but not always

Now that people can easily create real-sounding voices with artificial intelligence, detection technologies are racing to catch deepfake audio, but it's a tough game of whack-a-mole.

WEKU

AI deepfakes come of age as billions prepare to vote in a bumper year of elections

Governments and tech companies are locked in debate over how best to police an information ecosystem that is at serious risk of disruption

The Guardian - AU

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2024 elections are ripe targets for foes of democracy

Billions of people around the world are expected to head to the polls in 2024. But experts warn that these elections are ripe targets for bad actors seeking to disrupt democracy.

WEKU

Will the 2024 US election save TikTok from near-death?

After a year of tough government scrutiny, the stars seem to have aligned in favour of TikTok as it enters the new year.

Al Jazeera

The Washington Post Says Democracy Demands Less Freedom of Speech

The paper worries that "social media companies are receding from their role as watchdogs against political misinformation."

Reason

Changing Meta’s algorithms did not help US political polarization, study finds

Study of Facebook and Instagram data from 2020 election shows chronological lists had no measurable impact on polarization

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Deep dive into Meta's algorithms shows that America's political polarization has no easy fix

A team of some of the world's leading social media researchers has published four studies looking at the relationship between the algorithms used by Facebook and Instagram and America's widening political divide

The Independent UK

Democracy isn't ready for its AI test

As 2024 elections loom ancross the globe, platforms and governments aren't ready for AI's disruptions..

Axios

TikTok Is Too Popular To Ban

Plus: Police sue Afroman for using footage from raid, California bill could ban popular junk foods, and more...

Reason

Digital foot soldiers: Pro-Trump bots swarm DeSantis, Haley

Researchers have uncovered a network of tens of thousands of fake Twitter accounts created to support former President Donald Trump and attack his critics and potential rivals

The Independent UK

Trump's return to Facebook could be major fundraising boost

Meta's decision to soon reinstate Donald Trump’s Facebook account comes at a critical moment as the former president tries to gain momentum in what has been widely derided as a lackluster start to his third bid for the White House

The Independent UK

From Twitter chaos to TikTok bans to the metaverse, social media had a rocky 2022

From Facebook's troubled pivot to the metaverse to Twitter's management chaos to industry-wide layoffs, social media companies have had a rocky 2022

WEKU

The truth of Twitter’s role in the Hunter Biden laptop story and it’s not what you think

Former FBI counterintelligence officials tell Andrew Feinberg it would have been unusual for there not to have been any contact between the bureau and social media giants

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Social media firms are prepping for the midterms. Experts say it may not be enough

Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and TikTok are bringing back familiar strategies from 2020 to fight the spread of disinformation in the 2022 midterm elections.

The Independent UK

Meta mum on election misinformation efforts as midterms loom

Facebook owner Meta is quietly curtailing some safeguards designed to thwart voting misinformation or foreign interference in elections even as the U.S. midterms approach

The Independent UK

DHS disinformation board's work, plans remain a mystery

A newly formed Disinformation Governance Board remains shrouded in secrecy a week after the Biden administration’s announcement of the new effort was met with widespread criticism

Los Angeles Times

Conservatives are ecstatic about Elon Musk's deal to buy Twitter

With tweets laden with exclamation marks and celebratory hashtags, Republicans on Monday made their mood abundantly clear: They were elated by the news Elon Musk was buying Twitter.

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