[ad_1] The plan also involves a joint media education campaign, shared learning (with a focus on elections) and voting information. More details are coming “at a later date,” the BBC said. The timing of the collaboration likely isn’t a coincidence. Internet giants know that the 2020 US presidential election is fast approaching, and they’re already […]
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NYU report lists likely social media disinformation tactics for 2020
[ad_1] The report largely rehashes how fake news has evolved in the aftermath of 2016, to something as likely to spread on Instagram or Whatsapp as on Facebook, or as likely to come from domestic actors as from Russia. “Disinformation poses a major threat to the U.S. presidential election in 2020, with the potential to […]
YouTube pulls hundreds of channels tied to Hong Kong influence campaign
[ad_1] On Monday, both Twitter and Facebook announced they’d blocked accounts from China that were involved in disinformation attempts around protests in Hong Kong. Now YouTube revealed it has disabled 210 channels this week that “behaved in a coordinated manner while uploading videos related to the ongoing protests in Hong Kong.” Google Security’s Shane Huntley […]