Tag: Misinformation
Australian plan for misinformation law riles Elon Musk
The Australian government wants to fine social media platforms up to 5% of their global revenue if they fail to stop the spread...
Brazil top court threatens to suspend X operations in latest twist of ongoing feud
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice is threatening to shut down the operations of X, formerly Twitter, in that country unless its billionaire owner...
Social platform X edits AI chatbot after election officials warn that it spreads misinformation
CHICAGO -- The social media platform X has made a change to its AI chatbot after five secretaries of state warned it was...
OpenAI shuts down election influence operation that used ChatGPT
OpenAI has banned a cluster of ChatGPT accounts linked to an Iranian influence operation that was generating content about the U.S. presidential election,...
Meta kills off misinformation tracking tool CrowdTangle despite pleas from researchers, journalists
SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms has shut down CrowdTangle, a tool widely used by researchers, watchdog organizations and journalists...
Online misinformation is fueling tensions over the Southport stabbing attack that killed 3 children
LONDON -- Within hours of a stabbing attack in northwest England that killed three young girls and wounded several more children, a false...