White House to partner with social media monitoring tool
The Biden administration is about to sign a contract with Dataminr – a licensing deal for the company’s product that is used in the monitoring of social media. This is …
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Rumble says it had a record number of users and live stream viewers on election day
Free speech video sharing platform Rumble says that record numbers of users visited the site, consumed content, and watched live streams on Tuesday — the day that the US midterm …
Spain prosecutes and sentences its first case under online “fake news” law
A man in Spain has been fined and given a suspended prison sentence for spreading fake news on Twitter. He posted a video of a man assaulting a woman and …
Facebook launches new tools to “combat climate misinformation”
The world’s largest social network, Facebook, has announced plans to increase its elevation of “authoritative climate information” and expand its “fact checking” of content that it deems to be climate …
State Department gives intelligence agencies unrestricted access to personal data of US citizens
According to a letter US Senator Ron Wyden has sent State Secretary Antony Blinken, in excess of 145 million Americans have their personal data exposed to unfettered access of a …
German MEP warns EU’s AI plans will “open the door for biometric mass surveillance in public spaces”
German Member of the European Parliament, Patrick Breyer, has warned that a leaked artificial intelligence (AI) regulation proposal from the European Union (EU) Council Presidency would “open the door for …
Gambling companies were given access to private exam results of up to 28 million kids
UK Information Commissioner John Edwards has criticized the Department for Education (DFE) for allowing betting firms to access the personal information and exam results of children. Edwards said if the …
UN tells Elon Musk to monitor “harmful disinformation” and “hate speech”
The UN’s high commissioner for human rights, Volker Türk, has sent an open letter to Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk, asking him to ensure that Twitter respects human rights and …
Mastodon gains record number of signups
The decentralized microblogging platform Mastodon saw a record number of new signups on October 28, the day after Musk’s takeover. Mastodon launched in March 2016. Like Twitter, it is a …
Keisha Lance Bottoms says misinformation on social media stops people seeing Biden’s accomplishments
In an interview on CBS, White House adviser Keisha Lance Bottoms said COVID-19 and online misinformation are the reasons Democrats have been having a hard time presenting their messages and …