Humour over Rumour Date:Jul 28, 2020 4:21 PM Short Notes:From rights con First Draft - Data Journalism Resources Date:Jul 30, 2020 6:53 PM Short Notes: The Batsapp Project by Santosh Vijaykumar | Free Listening on SoundCloud Date:Jul 28, 2020 7:13 PM https://soundcloud.com/user-152681302/sets/the-batsapp-project%20 Short Notes: Wiley - Antisemtic tweets Date:Jul 28, 2020 6:32 PM https://twitter.com/mariannaspring/status/1288093361958789123?s=12 Short Notes: Kevin Roose HCL link. Date:Jul 28, 2020 10:25 AM https://twitter.com/kevinroose/status/1287906751069581318?s=12 Short Notes: Cindy Otis on HCL docs Date:Jul 28, 2020 8:49 AM https://twitter.com/cindyotis_/status/1287943786543419392?s=12 Short Notes: Renee DiResta on HCL doctors Date:Jul 28, 2020 8:10 AM https://twitter.com/noupside/status/1287911864400089088?s=12 Short Notes: Andy Stone, FB comms on HCL doctors post Date:Jul 28, 2020 8:09 AM https://twitter.com/andymstone/status/1287927756412653569?s=12 Short Notes: Brandy zdorny : That Breitbart video from the doctors claiming that Hydroxychloroquine cures the coronavirus has been going crazy in anti-vax, anti-mask, reopen Facebook Groups today. Its at >20 mil views on FB. Date:Jul 28, 2020 8:07 AM https://twitter.com/brandyzadrozny/status/1287925891532754949?s=12 Short Notes: Davey Alba The group that first pushed this video isn't new. Anti-Obamacare conservative activists—the Tea Party Patriots Action—have been working with this coalition of health professionals to advocate loosening states' restrictions on their services for months Date:Jul 28, 2020 8:06 AM https://twitter.com/daveyalba/status/1287931997957115904?s=12 Short Notes: Why Congress should look at Twitter and Facebook – MIT Technology Review Joan Donavan Date:Jul 28, 2020 2:02 AM https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/07/27/1005648/why-congress-should-look-at-twitter-and-facebook/ Short Notes: chinese apps: Government bans 47 more Chinese apps citing risks to national sovereignty, integrity and defence: Source - The Economic Times Date:Jul 27, 2020 2:45 PM https://m.economictimes.com/tech/software/government-bans-47-more-chinese-apps-citing-risks-to-national-sovereignty-integrity-and-defence-source/articleshow/77195821.cms Short Notes: Georgetown Law Technology Review Volume 4, Issue 2 Date:Jul 25, 2020 9:18 PM https://georgetownlawtechreview.org/issues/volume-4-issue-2/ Short Notes: Full article: Fake news as a two-dimensional phenomenon: a framework and research agenda Date:Jul 25, 2020 7:42 AM https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23808985.2019.1602782 Short Notes: Political Elites' Use of Fake News Discourse Across Communications Platforms | Farhall | International Journal of Communication Date:Jul 25, 2020 7:42 AM https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/10677/2787 Short Notes: Truth of Varying Shades: Analyzing Language in Fake News and Political Fact-Checking - D17-1317.pdf Date:Jul 25, 2020 7:40 AM https://www.aclweb.org/anthology/D17-1317.pdf Short Notes: Full article: Fake news as a two-dimensional phenomenon: a framework and research agenda Date:Jul 25, 2020 7:40 AM https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23808985.2019.1602782 Short Notes: QAnon conspiracy theory followers step out of the shadows and may be headed to Congress Date:Jul 24, 2020 4:10 PM https://theconversation.com/qanon-conspiracy-theory-followers-step-out-of-the-shadows-and-may-be-headed-to-congress-141581 Short Notes: UK intel committee on Russia: Social media firms should remove state disinformation. What was that, MI5? ████████? • The Register Date:Jul 24, 2020 4:07 PM https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/21/uk_intelligence_committee_russia_report/ Short Notes: Targeting Greta Thunberg: A Case Study in Online Mis/Disinformation | The German Marshall Fund of the United States Date:Jul 24, 2020 4:01 PM https://www.gmfus.org/publications/targeting-greta-thunberg-case-study-online-misdisinformation Short Notes: Analysis: Local Governments in Digital Battle Over Disinformation Date:Jul 24, 2020 3:59 PM https://www.techwire.net/news/analysis-local-governments-in-digital-battle-over-disinformation.html Short Notes: UK radio presenter spreads disinformation on Uygur Muslims - CGTN Date:Jul 24, 2020 3:53 PM https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-07-24/UK-radio-presenter-spreads-disinformation-on-Uygur-Muslims-SmP3bOaGUo/index.html Short Notes: To Win The Information War, We First Have To Understand What It Is—And How We’re Losing It: Book Review Date:Jul 24, 2020 3:53 PM https://www.forbes.com/sites/jessedamiani/2020/07/23/to-win-the-information-war-we-first-have-to-understand-what-it-is-and-how-were-losing-it-book-review/#4fc901a2762f Short Notes: (Dis)Information Wars | World War Zero Date:Jul 24, 2020 3:48 PM https://worldwarzero.com/magazine/2020/07/dis-information-wars/ Short Notes: Why denying the truth will hurt India- The New Indian Express Date:Jul 24, 2020 3:47 PM https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2020/jul/24/why-denying-the-truth-will-hurt-india-2174080.html Short Notes: JPC to look into low conviction rate in cyber crimes, concerns over citizen data Date:Jul 24, 2020 3:45 PM https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/personal-data-protection-bill-jpc-to-look-into-low-conviction-rate-in-cyber-crimes-concerns-over-citizen-data-11595501412446.html Short Notes: Mind hunters - The Week Date:Jul 24, 2020 3:42 PM https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2020/07/23/mind-hunters.html Short Notes: Decoding fake news on Covid-19 Date:Jul 24, 2020 3:41 PM https://telanganatoday.com/decoding-fake-news-on-covid-19 Short Notes: 'Bhabhiji Papad' can develop antibodies, fight coronavirus: Union Minister Date:Jul 24, 2020 3:40 PM https://www.newsbytesapp.com/timeline/politics/63736/299779/union-minister-launches-papad-to-fight-coronavirus Short Notes: News18 fake email case: Chennai CCB books case based on channel's complaint | The News Minute Date:Jul 24, 2020 3:38 PM https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/news18-fake-email-case-chennai-ccb-books-case-based-channels-complaint-129326 Short Notes: Chinese hackers targeted major UK companies as coronavirus raged | WIRED UK Date:Jul 24, 2020 3:35 PM https://www.wired.co.uk/article/china-coronavirus-hacking-uk-us?mc_cid=5413cc9595&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Twitter bans 7,000 QAnon accounts as conspiracy theorists gather offline - The Washington Post Date:Jul 24, 2020 3:34 PM https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/07/22/twitter-bans-qanon-accounts/?mc_cid=5413cc9595&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Do social media companies have too much political power, influence? Most in US say yes | Pew Research Center Date:Jul 24, 2020 3:33 PM https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/07/22/most-americans-say-social-media-companies-have-too-much-power-influence-in-politics/?mc_cid=5413cc9595&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: SaveMen Date:Jul 24, 2020 3:29 PM Short Notes: LifeMathMoney Date:Jul 24, 2020 1:43 PM Short Notes: User Privacy or Cyber Sovereignty? | Freedom House Date:Jul 23, 2020 10:45 PM https://freedomhouse.org/report/special-report/2020/user-privacy-or-cyber-sovereignty Short Notes: Content-based features predict social media influence operations | Science Advances Date:Jul 23, 2020 1:49 PM https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/30/eabb5824 Short Notes: Two tweets | The Indian Express Editorial Prashant Bhushan Date:Jul 23, 2020 12:47 PM https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/prashant-bhushan-twitter-supreme-court-6518823/ Short Notes: FSI | Cyber | Internet Observatory - New White Paper on China's Full-Spectrum Information Operations Date:Jul 23, 2020 10:28 AM https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/io/news/new-whitepaper-telling-chinas-story Short Notes: Misinformation in the COVID-19 Infodemic - Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee - House of Commons Date:Jul 23, 2020 10:28 AM https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801/cmselect/cmcumeds/234/23402.htm Short Notes: Why TN journalists are fighting the right-wing attack on Tamil TV media | The News Minute Date:Jul 23, 2020 10:07 AM https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/why-tn-journalists-are-fighting-right-wing-attack-tamil-tv-media-129243 Short Notes: Hate speech has soared online since George Floyd's death - Axios Date:Jul 23, 2020 9:55 AM https://www.axios.com/hate-speech-online-soars-after-george-floyds-death-463871bb-dfe4-4b0c-becc-e59cdcfb6336.html?mc_cid=8d1aa81e15&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Repress/redress: what the "war on terror" can teach us about fighting misinformation | HKS Misinformation Review Date:Jul 23, 2020 9:48 AM https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/repress-redress-what-the-war-on-terror-can-teach-us-about-fighting-misinformation/ Short Notes: Two, including school student, held by Tripura Police over misuse of social media | North East India News,The Indian Express Date:Jul 23, 2020 9:45 AM https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/tripura/two-including-school-student-held-in-tripura-over-misuse-of-social-media-6518707/ Short Notes: Zarine, tracking ad networks Date:Jul 23, 2020 7:39 AM https://twitter.com/zkharazian/status/1286117706639585286?s=12 Short Notes: Facebook begins labeling, but not fact-checking, posts from Trump and Biden - CNN Date:Jul 22, 2020 11:31 PM https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/21/tech/facebook-label-trump-biden/index.html Short Notes: Pakistan puts TikTok on 'final notice' over 'obscenity' concerns | News | Al Jazeera Date:Jul 22, 2020 11:29 PM https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/200721153748436.html Short Notes: MPs call for new sanctions for social media firms that ‘monetise misinformation’ | PublicTechnology.net Date:Jul 22, 2020 11:14 PM https://www.publictechnology.net/articles/news/mps-call-new-sanctions-social-media-firms-%E2%80%98monetise-misinformation%E2%80%99 Short Notes: WSJ Employees to Publisher: Opinion Page Spreads Misinformation | Newsmax.com Date:Jul 22, 2020 10:46 PM https://www.newsmax.com/politics/wall-street-journal-misinformation-opinion-fact-checking/2020/07/22/id/978375/ Short Notes: Biases in algorithms hurt those looking for information on health | Business Standard News Date:Jul 22, 2020 10:44 PM https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/biases-in-algorithms-widening-health-literacy-disparities-on-the-net-120071600345_1.html Short Notes: Technology leads fight against infodemic of COVID-19 but Cyber Laws at back burner Date:Jul 22, 2020 10:31 PM https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/health/1083079-technology-leads-fight-against-infodemic-of-covid-19-but-cyber-laws-at-back-burner Short Notes: Rising Kashmir - Govt clarification on regulating construction in strategic areas Date:Jul 22, 2020 10:29 PM http://risingkashmir.com/news/govt-issues-clarification-misinformation-being-spread-on-regulating-construction-in-strategic-areas-for-armed-forces- Short Notes: Google is banning these coronavirus-related ads - Times of India Date:Jul 22, 2020 10:27 PM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/google-is-banning-these-coronavirus-related-ads/articleshow/77058532.cms Short Notes: How Twitter has miserably failed to tame parody accounts in India Date:Jul 22, 2020 10:27 PM https://telanganatoday.com/how-twitter-has-miserably-failed-to-tame-parody-accounts-in-india Short Notes: Facebook labels Trump and Biden posts on voting in US 2020 election - BBC News Date:Jul 22, 2020 10:20 PM https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53490043 Short Notes: Northeast Now editor writes to Assam Chief Secretary about “wrong” FAKE NEWS alert by Assam Information department Date:Jul 22, 2020 10:04 PM https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/northeast-now-editor-writes-to-assam-chief-secretary-about-wrong-fake-news-alert-by-assam-information-department.html Short Notes: Assam varsity student held for 'fake' FB post on flood relief appeal by CM Date:Jul 22, 2020 10:02 PM https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/politics/1138476-assam-varsity-student-held-for-fake-fb-post-on-flood-relief-appeal-by-cm Short Notes: Teenager detained for spreading fake news from Twitter handle identical to Tripura CM’s account - india news - Hindustan Times Date:Jul 22, 2020 9:57 PM https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/teenager-detained-for-spreading-fake-news-from-twitter-handle-identical-to-tripura-cm-s-account/story-O6T2eCiUsJm8X5BctFLRPP.html Short Notes: Opinion | You can’t counter disinformation without strong media Date:Jul 22, 2020 9:53 PM https://oc-media.org/opinions/opinion-you-cant-counter-disinformation-without-strong-media/ Short Notes: Ben Evans response to Ben Thompson post about 4 internets Date:Jul 22, 2020 4:07 PM https://twitter.com/benedictevans/status/1285614063423299585?s=12 Short Notes: India, Jio, and the Four Internets – Stratechery by Ben Thompson Date:Jul 22, 2020 4:06 PM https://stratechery.com/2020/india-jio-and-the-four-internets/ Short Notes: Son of N.J. Judge Is Killed: Roy Den Hollander, a Lawyer, Is Identified as Suspect - The New York Times Date:Jul 22, 2020 2:43 PM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/20/nyregion/esther-salas.html Short Notes: Advertising giants agree to evaluate mutual definition of hate speech - Axios Date:Jul 22, 2020 12:47 PM https://www.axios.com/advertising-hate-speech-tech-companies-facebook-5d2b4ebf-e412-4075-ad1f-77aa2b7a07b3.html?mc_cid=8b4cc932fd&mc_eid=b34d3511c2 Short Notes: Twitter Disable Prashant Bhushan Tweets. Date:Jul 22, 2020 12:18 PM https://twitter.com/theleaflet_in/status/1285827232372416512?s=12 Short Notes: Casey Newton on KevinRoose, Crowdtangle and Facebook Date:Jul 22, 2020 8:22 AM https://twitter.com/caseynewton/status/1285694377143209984?s=12 Short Notes: Melissa Ryan on deplatforming Date:Jul 22, 2020 8:06 AM https://twitter.com/melissaryan/status/1285735163562008579?s=12 Short Notes: Evelyn Douek on “Coordinated Harmful Activity” Date:Jul 22, 2020 7:57 AM https://twitter.com/evelyndouek/status/1285744548325593089?s=12 Short Notes: Twitter bans 7,000 QAnon accounts, limits 150,000 others as part of broad crackdown Date:Jul 22, 2020 7:40 AM https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/twitter-bans-7-000-qanon-accounts-limits-150-000-others-n1234541 Short Notes: Shayan86 Twitter, Qanon Date:Jul 22, 2020 7:28 AM https://twitter.com/shayan86/status/1285741695661936643?s=12 Short Notes: Twitter Safety Qanon thread Date:Jul 22, 2020 7:26 AM https://twitter.com/twittersafety/status/1285726277719199746?s=12 Short Notes: Storytelling the Disinformation. Part 1 | StopFake Date:Jul 21, 2020 8:00 PM https://www.stopfake.org/en/storytelling-the-disinformation-part-1/ Short Notes: Don’t let social media hijack the narrative Date:Jul 21, 2020 7:18 PM https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/dont-let-social-media-hijack-the-narrative Short Notes: Don't post on Facebook unless you are prepared to face the consequences | Technology | The Guardian Date:Jul 21, 2020 7:14 PM https://www.theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2020/jul/18/dont-post-on-facebook-unless-you-are-prepared-to-face-the-consequences Short Notes: The Virtual Hindu Rashtra: Saffron Nationalism and New Media Date:Aug 3, 2020 10:29 AM Short Notes: Combating misinformation and election interference on TikTok Date:Aug 6, 2020 3:11 PM https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/combating-misinformation-and-election-interference-on-tiktok Short Notes: Salman Nizami on Twitter: "Muslim King, Tipu Sultan used to wear a ring on which 'Ram' was inscribed, but Modi refuses to wear a skull cap. Who is communal ? https://t.co/3G0mAGmiQ0" / Twitter Date:Aug 6, 2020 2:53 PM https://twitter.com/salmannizami_/status/1291078573445398530?s=21 Short Notes: Social media not covered by anti-terror law, says Lorenzana Date:Aug 6, 2020 2:47 PM https://rappler.com/nation/lorenzana-says-social-media-not-covered-by-anti-terror-law Short Notes: Marc Owen Jones on Twitter: ""Hezbollah's Ammonia burns Beirut" is trending in a number of countries, including Lebanon. If you're wondering why, many are retweets of four Saudi-focused accounts, often active in disinfo or influence campaigns > @monther72 @5a1di . Someone really wants to exploit this blast https://t.co/zHu4qchgkR" / Twitter Date:Aug 6, 2020 2:41 PM https://twitter.com/marcowenjones/status/1291129118759755778?s=21 Short Notes: Mohammed Zubair on Twitter: "@ANI This travel agent should be in jail for his hateful media bites. https://t.co/qUV792w8YS" / Twitter Date:Aug 6, 2020 2:39 PM https://twitter.com/zoo_bear/status/1291262192906407942?s=21 Short Notes: Joan Donovan, PhD on Twitter: "There is a factual error in this story that we need to discuss as researchers. White supremacists didn’t “learn from Russia.” In fact, US groups have long used the affordances of social media to impersonate activists, journalists, educators, and others." / Twitter Date:Aug 6, 2020 2:24 PM https://twitter.com/bostonjoan/status/1290625515267805184 Short Notes: Donie O'Sullivan on Twitter: "I think possible Washington Post was thrown under the bus tonight." / Twitter Date:Aug 6, 2020 2:18 PM https://twitter.com/donie/status/1291200915370909696?s=21 Short Notes: Cluster of 295 Chrome extensions caught hijacking Google and Bing search results | ZDNet Date:Aug 6, 2020 2:13 PM https://www.zdnet.com/article/cluster-of-295-chrome-extensions-caught-hijacking-google-and-bing-search-results/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0g&taid=5f2bb885df732d0001466390&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter Short Notes: Rewards for Justice – Reward Offer for Information on Foreign Interference in U.S. Elections - United States Department of State Date:Aug 6, 2020 2:12 PM https://www.state.gov/rewards-for-justice-reward-offer-for-information-on-foreign-interference-in-u-s-elections/ Short Notes: Twitter account of embattled #MeTooSTEM founder suspended | Science | AAAS Date:Aug 6, 2020 1:39 PM https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/08/twitter-account-embattled-metoostem-founder-suspended Short Notes: To Be a Senior Citizen During India's COVID-19 Epidemic - The Wire Science Date:Aug 6, 2020 12:33 PM https://science.thewire.in/health/to-be-a-senior-citizen-during-indias-covid-19-epidemic/ Short Notes: TikTok bans deepfakes to fight misinformation and election meddling | Engadget Date:Aug 6, 2020 12:32 PM https://www.engadget.com/tiktok-bans-deepfakes-misinformation-173314446.html?guccounter=1 Short Notes:TikTok website inconsistently blocked. Facebook, Twitter pull Donald Trump posts over coronavirus misinformation - The Economic Times Date:Aug 6, 2020 12:28 PM https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/facebook-twitter-pull-donald-trump-posts-over-coronavirus-misinformation/articleshow/77384620.cms Short Notes: Pakistan inflicting damage through disinformation campaign regarding COVID-19: Indian envoy to UN- The New Indian Express Date:Aug 6, 2020 12:27 PM https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2020/aug/04/pakistan-inflicting-damage-through-disinformation-campaign-regarding-covid-19-indian-envoy-to-un-2178899.html Short Notes: Importance of media literacy to tackle misinformation takes centre stage at 6-day webinar | The News Minute Date:Aug 6, 2020 12:26 PM https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/importance-media-literacy-tackle-misinformation-takes-centre-stage-6-day-webinar-130039 Short Notes: Google pulls 2,500 China-linked YouTube channels over disinformation - Reuters Date:Aug 6, 2020 12:24 PM https://in.reuters.com/article/cyber-google-disinformation/google-pulls-2500-china-linked-youtube-channels-over-disinformation-idINKCN2520D5 Short Notes: US aims to get Chinese apps out of app stores | MediaNama Date:Aug 6, 2020 12:12 PM https://www.medianama.com/2020/08/223-us-clean-networks-expansion/ Short Notes: 'Why Only Certain Judges Get Politically Sensitive Matters?' : Dave Raises Points Of Criticism Against SC In Prashant Bhushan Contempt Case Date:Aug 6, 2020 12:10 PM https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/why-only-certain-judges-get-politically-sensitive-matters-dave-in-prashant-bhushan-contempt-case-160994 Short Notes: Republican momentum builds for bills requiring encryption circumvention Date:Aug 6, 2020 8:17 AM https://www.cyberscoop.com/encryption-bill-lawful-access-house-senate-bills/ Short Notes: A “Bug” In Instagram's Hashtags Has Been Favoring Donald Trump Date:Aug 5, 2020 10:08 PM https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/instagram-related-hashtags-favoring-trump-over-biden Short Notes: "Marianna Spring 🚨 How did misinformation spread on social media after the explosion in Beirut? Rumours about the cause of the Beirut blast quickly went viral in the immediate aftermath of the explosion👇 Here’s what happened THREAD Date:Aug 5, 2020 6:52 PM" https://twitter.com/mariannaspring/status/1290998173612290048?s=12 Short Notes: Opinion | How QAnon Creates a Dangerous Alternate Reality - The New York Times Date:Aug 5, 2020 6:23 PM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/opinion/qanon-conspiracy-theory-arg.html?referringSource=articleShare Short Notes: 69% of India infested with fake news during lockdown: Report | Digital | Campaign India Date:Aug 5, 2020 5:23 PM https://www.campaignindia.in/article/69-of-india-infested-with-fake-news-during-lockdown-report/462738 Short Notes: Why we fall for fake news - Excerpt from Rob Brotherton's book Date:Aug 5, 2020 2:53 PM https://www.dailyo.in/variety/fake-news-fact-checking-bad-news-book-excerpt/story/1/33441.html Short Notes: Google, Facebook Must Pay for Content Date:Aug 5, 2020 2:52 PM https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/et-editorials/google-facebook-must-pay-for-content/ Short Notes: CJI not same as SC, says defiant Prashant Bhushan | India News - Times of India Date:Aug 5, 2020 2:52 PM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/cji-not-same-as-sc-says-defiant-prashant-bhushan/articleshow/77339800.cms Short Notes: Not even Lenin or Tagore safe in Tripura: Former CPM MP after being booked over social media posts - India News Date:Aug 5, 2020 2:50 PM https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/not-even-lenin-or-tagore-safe-in-tripura-former-cpim-mp-1707590-2020-08-04 Short Notes: Pakistan continues to inflict damage through disinformation campaign regarding COVID-19: Indian envoy to UN Date:Aug 5, 2020 2:48 PM https://in.news.yahoo.com/pakistan-continues-inflict-damage-disinformation-campaign-regarding-covid-052515169.html Short Notes: WhatsApp adds new feature to verify forwarded messages, but not for India | Digit Date:Aug 5, 2020 2:47 PM https://www.digit.in/news/apps/whatsapp-new-feature-to-verify-forwarded-messages-55686.html Short Notes: "Don’t Shoot the Messenger: Ishani Tikku | Kazim Rizvi Date:Aug 5, 2020 2:45 PM" https://www.news18.com/news/tech/dont-shoot-the-messenger-2756983.html Short Notes: For Kashmir’s Startups, Slow Internet is the New Normal Date:Aug 5, 2020 9:19 AM https://www.jgnt.co/kashmir-internet-entrepreneurs?s=ckdgpmdxr00ba0733f6qopfcp Short Notes: Maine Spy Agency Pushed Absurd Claim That TikTok Teen Trained Terrorists – Mainer Date:Aug 4, 2020 10:21 PM https://mainernews.com/maine-spy-agency-pushed-absurd-claim-that-tiktok-teen-trained-terrorists/ Short Notes: Online Temptations: COVID-19 and Religious Misinformation in the MENA Region - Mahsa Alimardani, Mona Elswah, 2020 Date:Aug 4, 2020 3:12 PM https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2056305120948251 Short Notes: Ram Mandir: Why these Muslims are celebrating construction of Ram temple - Times of India - Is this both side-ism? Is this dangerous speech? Date:Aug 4, 2020 10:01 AM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/why-these-muslims-are-celebrating-construction-of-ram-temple/articleshow/77312362.cms Short Notes: WhatsApp - double check these messages by tapping a magnifying glass button in the chat Date:Aug 4, 2020 6:53 AM https://blog.whatsapp.com/search-the-web Short Notes: Here are the QAnon supporters running for Congress in 2020 | Media Matters for America Date:Aug 4, 2020 6:51 AM https://www.mediamatters.org/qanon-conspiracy-theory/here-are-qanon-supporters-running-congress-2020 Short Notes: China’s real name verification system for games to launch nationwide by September | South China Morning Post Date:Aug 4, 2020 6:45 AM https://www.scmp.com/abacus/games/article/3095509/chinas-real-name-verification-system-games-launch-nationwide-september Short Notes: Google Announces Measures To Crack Down On Misinformation Ahead Of Presidential Election Date:Aug 4, 2020 6:43 AM https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielcassady/2020/07/31/google-announces-measures-to-crack-down-on-misinformation-ahead-of-presidential-election/ Short Notes: Everyone should be paying WAY more attention to GIFCT, the database platforms use to share information about terrorist content (or things that met someone’s definition of terrorist content, which is part of the issue). Here comes a thread. 1/ Date:Aug 3, 2020 10:54 PM https://twitter.com/daphnehk/status/1290328090061619201?s=12 Short Notes:Link to Ben Collins comment about QAnon and ISIS content. (i think this is important) Facebook hate-speech boycott had little effect on revenue - Axios Date:Aug 3, 2020 7:58 PM https://www.axios.com/facebook-hate-speech-boycott-had-little-effect-on-revenue-15984194-124e-41e0-821b-cc3a1b29e28d.html Short Notes: Content Moderation Case Studies: Misleading Information From Official Sources (2020) | Techdirt Date:Aug 3, 2020 4:32 PM https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200731/13580845016/content-moderation-case-studies-misleading-information-official-sources-2020.shtml Short Notes:Combine with Ev Ds post about FB rules View of Mapping YouTube | First Monday Date:Aug 3, 2020 1:53 PM https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/10667/9575 Short Notes: Coronavirus Doctors Battle Another Scourge: Misinformation - The New York Times Date:Aug 18, 2020 11:17 AM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/technology/coronavirus-disinformation-doctors.html Short Notes: Chhattisgarh journalist booked for Facebook post saying tribals killing each other - india news - Hindustan Times Date:Aug 18, 2020 9:16 AM https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/chhattisgarh-journalist-booked-for-facebook-post-saying-tribals-killing-each-other/story-hgk1vXuSJDD3kI1wpxhjeO.html Short Notes: Why the allegations about Facebook favouring the BJP are so significant for Indian politics Date:Aug 17, 2020 5:24 PM https://scroll.in/article/970544/why-the-allegations-about-facebook-bjp-links-are-so-significant-for-indian-politics Short Notes: Trends Date:Aug 25, 2020 6:56 PM Short Notes: Does Facebook Still Sell Discriminatory Ads? – The Markup Date:Aug 25, 2020 6:28 PM https://themarkup.org/ask-the-markup/2020/08/25/does-facebook-still-sell-discriminatory-ads Short Notes: YouTube claims Plandemic sequel violates its rules but has still allowed it to get more than 100,000 views | Media Matters for America Date:Aug 25, 2020 11:27 AM https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/youtube-claims-plandemic-sequel-violates-its-rules-has-still-allowed-it-get Short Notes: Content moderation in African countries is particularly challenging. Date:Aug 25, 2020 10:55 AM https://slate.com/technology/2020/08/social-media-content-moderation-african-nations.html?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4 Short Notes: Disinformation-Bibliography.pdf (Gabrielle Lim) Date:Aug 24, 2020 6:57 PM https://citizenlab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Disinformation-Bibliography.pdf Short Notes: DfrKaul on Twitter: "What follows is a thread on how bot-like and inauthentic accounts are being mobilised to hack Twitter trending in the country. So heres a 101 on how to spot a manipulated hashtag - #RheaArrested now you're on my turf. #OSINT #socialmediamanipulation" / Twitter Date:Sep 9, 2020 1:43 PM https://twitter.com/DfrKaul/status/1303394478351237120 Short Notes: Fact-checking should become more effective - The Hindu Date:Sep 9, 2020 1:33 PM https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/Readers-Editor/fact-checking-should-become-more-effective/article32537261.ece Short Notes:2 NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights Date:Sep 9, 2020 1:24 PM https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b6df958f8370af3217d4178/t/5f4d682af956e403bdd2dcf5/1598908459863/NYU+Section+230_FINAL+ONLINE+UPDATED_Aug+26.pdf Short Notes: Myanmar Image Verification Date:Sep 9, 2020 12:59 PM Short Notes: BERNAMA - Media Literacy Key To Healing Fake News 'Epidemic' Date:Sep 9, 2020 12:58 PM https://bernama.com/en/features/news.php?id=1877121 Short Notes: Chinese satirical game about Trump’s re-election allows players to yell ‘fake news!’ at reporters | South China Morning Post Date:Sep 9, 2020 12:53 PM https://www.scmp.com/tech/apps-social/article/3100639/chinese-satirical-game-about-trumps-re-election-allows-players Short Notes: Tracking your eyes could fight fake news - Futurity Date:Sep 9, 2020 12:49 PM https://www.futurity.org/fake-news-vision-eye-tracking-2434802/ Short Notes: The Threat To U.S. Elections | On Point Date:Sep 9, 2020 12:42 PM https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2020/09/08/the-threat-to-u-s-elections Short Notes: Why Your Brain Loves Conspiracy Theories | by Robert Roy Britt | Sep, 2020 | Elemental Date:Sep 9, 2020 12:39 PM https://elemental.medium.com/why-your-brain-loves-conspiracy-theories-69ca2abd893a Short Notes: An Age of Internet Disgust and Disinformation | The Fullest Date:Sep 9, 2020 12:38 PM https://thefullest.com/an-age-of-internet-disgust-and-disinformation/ Short Notes:A 2015 study by professors Jonathan Haidt and Sam Abrams also indicated that the degree of ideological purity within both parties had doubled in the last 40 years, and that a result of several trends is an increased mutual animus across party lines. The disconnect on Digital Pakistan - Himal Southasian Date:Sep 9, 2020 12:36 PM https://www.himalmag.com/the-disconnect-on-digital-pakistan-2020/ Short Notes: E55: Why We’re Being F*cked on Disinformation with Cathy Reisenwitz - The Simple Life Date:Sep 9, 2020 12:35 PM https://www.thesimplelifenow.com/e55/ Short Notes: Radio Free Europe returns to counter 'disinformation' in Hungary - Washington Times Date:Sep 9, 2020 12:34 PM https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/8/radio-free-europe-returns-counter-disinformation-h/ Short Notes: Current IO Topics: Disinformation and conspiracy theories are impacting decisions of governance. Call them out. - Stand Up Republic Date:Sep 9, 2020 12:32 PM https://standuprepublic.com/current-io-topics-disinformation-and-conspiracy-theories-are-impacting-decisions-of-governance-call-them-out/ Short Notes:Call out - FTR TMC slams Opposition over misinformation campaign - link to sit-ups Date:Sep 9, 2020 12:30 PM http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/tmc-slams-opposition-over-misinformation-campaign-417579?infinitescroll=1 Short Notes: India coronavirus: Rumours hamper testing in Punjab Date:Sep 9, 2020 12:29 PM https://in.news.yahoo.com/india-coronavirus-rumours-stall-testing-000955232.html Short Notes: Episode 66: Misinformation, Misunderstandings, and Myths in Education — The Mind Matters Podcast Date:Sep 9, 2020 12:26 PM https://www.mindmatterspodcast.com/home/2020/9/3/episode-66-misinformation-misunderstandings-and-myths-in-education Short Notes: How Facebook Fights Pandemic Misinformation (S03 Ep12) — A SHOT IN THE ARM PODCAST Date:Sep 9, 2020 12:22 PM https://www.ashotinthearmpodcast.com/podcast-1/how-facebook-fights-pandemic-misinformation-s03-ep12 Short Notes: Combatting Disinformation with The Four D’s – Center for Academic Innovation Date:Sep 9, 2020 12:20 PM https://ai.umich.edu/blog/spotting-fake-news-ben-nimmo-disinformation-misinformation-fake-news-teach-out/ Short Notes: The rational continued influence of misinformation - LSE Research Online Date:Sep 9, 2020 12:17 PM http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/106521/ Short Notes: Why tech couldn't save us from the coronavirus - Axios Date:Sep 9, 2020 12:03 PM https://www.axios.com/tech-coronavirus-silicon-valley-87e19877-4e4f-452d-a034-3fd2808c1798.html Short Notes: Visualisation of Information from Raw Twitter Data — Part 1 | by Jaime Zornoza | Towards Data Science Date:Sep 9, 2020 12:00 PM https://towardsdatascience.com/visualization-of-information-from-raw-twitter-data-part-1-99181ad19c Short Notes: Strategic Cyber Warfare Heats Up -CIB Date:Sep 9, 2020 11:45 AM https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/strategic-cyber-warfare-heats-up/d/d-id/1338847 Short Notes: The Cybersecurity 202: Internet domain names are ripe for scam during coronavirus crisis - The Washington Post Date:Sep 9, 2020 11:40 AM https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/08/cybersecurity-202-internet-domain-names-are-ripe-scam-during-coronavirus-crisis/ Short Notes: “There Has Never Been Accountability”: Ali Soufan on How the 9/11 Disinformation Campaign Paved the Way for Political Armageddon | Vanity Fair Date:Sep 9, 2020 11:30 AM https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/09/how-the-911-disinformation-campaign-paved-the-way-for-political-armageddon Short Notes: NZ Election 2020: Jacinda Ardern hits out at National for spreading 'misinformation' about Labour's tax policy | Newshub Date:Sep 9, 2020 11:29 AM https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/09/nz-election-2020-jacinda-ardern-hits-out-at-national-for-spreading-misinformation-about-labour-s-tax-policy.html Short Notes: Brazil finalizing bill to target financiers of 'fake news' attacks | Reuters Date:Sep 9, 2020 11:17 AM https://in.reuters.com/article/brazil-politics-maia-idINKBN25Z2PX Short Notes: The levels to which the fake news factory is stooping; Child protection law misused to harass fact-checker - Telegraph India Date:Sep 9, 2020 11:16 AM https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/the-levels-to-which-the-fake-news-factory-is-stooping-child-protection-law-misused-to-harass-fact-checker/cid/1791373 Short Notes:3 Misinformation more likely to use non-specific authority references: Twitter analysis of two COVID-19 myths | HKS Misinformation Review Date:Sep 9, 2020 11:12 AM https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/misinformation-more-likely-to-use-non-specific-authority-references-twitter-analysis-of-two-covid-19-myths/ Short Notes: Russia spreading disinformation about Biden's mental health: DHS - ABC News Date:Sep 9, 2020 11:11 AM https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/russia-spreading-disinformation-bidens-mental-health-dhs/story?id=72879355 Short Notes: Mozilla to EU: Make platforms accountable for practices that amplify hateful content Date:Sep 9, 2020 11:10 AM https://www.medianama.com/2020/09/223-mozilla-digital-services-act-submission/ Short Notes: TikTok to join EU code of conduct against hate speech - Latest News | Gadgets Now Date:Sep 9, 2020 11:09 AM https://www.gadgetsnow.com/tech-news/tiktok-to-join-eu-code-of-conduct-against-hate-speech/articleshow/77995792.cms Short Notes: LIP MLA Bains booked as Punjab crackdowns on Covid misinformation | Chandigarh News - Times of India Date:Sep 9, 2020 11:07 AM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/lip-mla-bains-booked-as-punjab-crackdowns-on-covid-misinformation/articleshow/77978823.cms Short Notes: Captain Amarinder Singh Directs DGP To Crack Down On Rumour Mongers & Web Channels Spreading Covid Misinformation - 5 Dariya News English | DailyHunt Date:Sep 9, 2020 11:03 AM https://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/english/5+dariya+news+english-epaper-dariyaen/captain+amarinder+singh+directs+dgp+to+crack+down+on+rumour+mongers+web+channels+spreading+covid+misinformation-newsid-n212870348 Short Notes: Despite Thousands Of Deaths, Some Indians Still Believe COVID Pandemic Is A Hoax Date:Sep 9, 2020 11:00 AM https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/despite-thousands-of-deaths-some-indians-still-believe-covid-pandemic-is-a-hoax-522312.html Short Notes:4 Ludhiana resident held for 'disparaging' remarks against govt hospital Date:Sep 9, 2020 10:59 AM https://in.news.yahoo.com/ludhiana-resident-held-disparaging-remarks-143004653.html Short Notes: Trump is angry that Twitter won't remove a crudely edited 'Moscow Mitch' meme poking fun at McConnell | Business Insider India (what happens to parody) Date:Sep 9, 2020 10:57 AM https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/trump-is-angry-that-twitter-wont-remove-crudely-edited-moscow-mitch-meme-poking-fun-at-mcconnell/articleshow/78001550.cms Short Notes:Parody - role in ecosystem. Link to Parody accounts Prove govt said there will be no Durga Puja I ll do 100 sit ups Mamata-ANI - BW Businessworld Date:Sep 9, 2020 10:57 AM http://www.businessworld.in/article/Prove-govt-said-there-will-be-no-Durga-Puja-I-ll-do-100-sit-ups-Mamata/09-09-2020-318264/ Short Notes: Covid-19 Disinformation & Social Media Manipulation | Australian Strategic Policy Institute | ASPI Date:Sep 9, 2020 8:14 AM https://www.aspi.org.au/report/covid-19-disinformation Short Notes: TikTok and WeChat | Australian Strategic Policy Institute | ASPI Date:Sep 9, 2020 8:13 AM https://www.aspi.org.au/report/tiktok-and-wechat Short Notes: 💯Fergus Ryan on Twitter: "🚨New @ASPI_ICPC report from @AudreyFritz5, @DariImpio & myself 🚨 TikTok & WeChat ~Curating and controlling global information flows~ Read it here: https://t.co/LjeZS1MEJn 🎨by @therevmountain https://t.co/1Up9sJPycb" / Twitter Date:Sep 9, 2020 8:12 AM https://twitter.com/fryan/status/1303177400558055424 Short Notes:info ops Is Russian Meddling as Dangerous as We Think?  | The New Yorker Date:Sep 7, 2020 6:24 PM https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/09/14/is-russian-meddling-as-dangerous-as-we-think Short Notes:Info ops Forget TikTok. China’s Powerhouse App Is WeChat. - The New York Times Date:Sep 7, 2020 2:11 PM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/technology/wechat-china-united-states.html Short Notes: From Russia, with links - The Boston Globe Date:Sep 7, 2020 8:38 AM https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/06/opinion/congress-must-act-protect-elections/ Short Notes: U.S. govt-linked PR firm ran fake news networks for right-wing Latin American regimes | The Grayzone Date:Sep 7, 2020 8:35 AM https://thegrayzone.com/2020/09/06/cls-strategies-facebook-propaganda-venezuela-bolivia/ Short Notes:Info Ops Journalists Aren’t the Enemy of the People. But We’re Not Your Friends. - The New York Times Date:Sep 7, 2020 8:34 AM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/06/business/media/trump-election-journalists.html Short Notes: Former Mentor Says Mark Zuckerberg Intoxicated by Power, Calls Disinformation 'A National Security Issue' - Slashdot Date:Sep 7, 2020 8:32 AM https://tech.slashdot.org/story/20/09/06/2327228/former-mentor-says-mark-zuckerberg-intoxicated-by-power-calls-disinformation-a-national-security-issue Short Notes: Covid-19: Punjab launches campaign to counter rumours, stigma | Chandigarh News - Times of India Date:Sep 7, 2020 8:28 AM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/covid-19-punjab-launches-campaign-to-counter-rumours-stigma/articleshow/77946578.cms Short Notes: How people, technology help Facebook fact-check posts for accuracy - india news - Hindustan Times Date:Sep 7, 2020 8:28 AM https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/how-people-technology-help-facebook-fact-check-posts-for-accuracy/story-52DaLjrOf5azdHCXCB8sOP.html Short Notes:5 New doc ‘The Social Dilemma’ explores what’s hiding on the other side of your screen - amNewYork Date:Sep 7, 2020 8:25 AM https://www.amny.com/entertainment/new-doc-the-social-dilemma-takes-a-look-at-whats-hiding-on-the-other-side-of-your-screen/ Short Notes: Counting and Countering the infodemic: a deep dive into Covid-19 disinformation | The Spinoff Date:Sep 7, 2020 8:22 AM https://thespinoff.co.nz/media/07-09-2020/counting-and-countering-the-infodemic-a-deep-dive-into-covid-19-disinformation/ Short Notes: Drafts of a DHS report call white supremacists the 'most persistent and lethal' terror threat in the US: report | Business Insider India Date:Sep 7, 2020 8:18 AM https://www.businessinsider.com/dhs-white-supremacy-deadliest-domestic-terror-threat-politico-2020-9 Short Notes: Pak’s ISI, MI on full-scale anti-India information war - The Sunday Guardian Live Date:Sep 7, 2020 8:17 AM https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/paks-isi-mi-full-scale-anti-india-information-war Short Notes: Mumbai Police sends notice to YouTube, others for spreading 'fake and false information' - The Economic Times Date:Sep 7, 2020 8:16 AM https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/mumbai-police-sends-notice-to-youtube-others-for-spreading-fake-and-false-information/articleshow/77959196.cms Short Notes: Has Indian Democracy Been Facebooked? | NewsClick Date:Sep 7, 2020 8:15 AM https://www.newsclick.in/has-indian-democracy-been-facebooked Short Notes: SEC files plaint over fake poll schedule post on social media | Vijayawada News - Times of India Date:Sep 7, 2020 8:14 AM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/sec-files-plaint-over-fake-poll-schedule-post-on-social-media/articleshow/77966393.cms Short Notes: Kate Starbird on Twitter: "Yesterday, this false tweet was posted. (Ballots have not yet been mailed in CA. This was not a ballot.) The tweet pushed a now ubiquitous false/misleading narrative about mail-in voting, feeding distrust in the election. Here’s how it spread on Twitter: https://t.co/BKBxFUy6SF" / Twitter Date:Sep 7, 2020 7:08 AM https://twitter.com/katestarbird/status/1302621910878969856 Short Notes: Matthias C.Kettemann on Twitter: "Dear transatlantic platform regulation fans @daphnehk @evelyndouek @Klonick (back yet?) @daniellecitron ... there's a new normative player in town. Austria has notified its own #NetzDG to the Commission: https://t.co/obGdbbVnRL Slight disadvantage: there's only a German version https://t.co/EdaPDQmY1k" / Twitter Date:Sep 6, 2020 10:37 PM https://twitter.com/MCKettemann/status/1301920334195634176 Short Notes: A Complete Guide to the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 | MediaNama Date:Sep 6, 2020 9:53 PM https://www.medianama.com/2020/01/223-nama-guide-to-personal-data-protection-bill-2019/ Short Notes: Coronavirus Australia: John-Paul Langbroek COVID cartoon sparks fury in Queensland politics | Daily Telegraph Date:Sep 6, 2020 4:22 PM https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/health/coronavirus-australia-controversial-cartoon-shared-online-by-queensland-mp-slammed/news-story/ea4628ec617c7d35fcfd6fea989b649f Short Notes: We ignore online conspiracies at our peril | Financial Times Date:Sep 6, 2020 4:21 PM https://www.ft.com/content/4832b5db-655e-40a7-ba12-6bec3f684e59 Short Notes: Mumbai: YouTuber held for spreading fake news, rumours in Sushant Singh Rajput's suicide case Date:Sep 6, 2020 4:19 PM https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-youtuber-held-for-spreading-fake-news-rumours-in-sushant-singh-rajputs-suicide-case Short Notes: Nimmagadda to take action against those 'Fake poll schedule' creators? | TeluguBulletin.com Date:Sep 6, 2020 4:18 PM https://www.telugubulletin.com/nimmagadda-to-take-action-against-those-fake-poll-schedule-creators-93241 Short Notes: Inside the online cult of #JusticeforSSR Date:Sep 6, 2020 10:49 AM https://www.newslaundry.com/inside-the-online-cult-of-justice-for-SSR Short Notes: What’s missing from corporate statements on racial injustice? The real cause of racism. | MIT Technology Review Date:Sep 5, 2020 10:26 PM https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/05/1008187/racial-injustice-statements-tech-companies-racism-racecraft-opinion/ Short Notes: Podcast: How a 135-year-old law lets India shutdown the internet | MIT Technology Review Date:Sep 5, 2020 12:57 PM https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/02/1007916/podcast-india-internet-shutdowns/ Short Notes: Microsoft Word - Troops Trolls and Troublemakers - Troops-Trolls-and-Troublemakers.pdf Date:Sep 4, 2020 3:46 PM http://blogs.oii.ox.ac.uk/politicalbots/wp-content/uploads/sites/89/2017/07/Troops-Trolls-and-Troublemakers.pdf Short Notes: Contempt in the social media era: Public commentary on the court is proportionate to its own oversize role in governance Date:Sep 4, 2020 8:15 AM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit-page/contempt-in-the-social-media-era-public-commentary-on-the-court-is-proportionate-to-its-own-oversize-role-in-governance/ Short Notes: Seeing Theory - Compound Probability Date:Sep 4, 2020 7:05 AM https://seeing-theory.brown.edu/compound-probability/index.html Short Notes: Value of Not Knowing: Partisan Cue-Taking and Belief Updating of the Uninformed, the Ambiguous, and the Misinformed | Journal of Communication | Oxford Academic Date:Sep 3, 2020 7:26 PM https://academic.oup.com/joc/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/joc/jqaa022/5900771?redirectedFrom=fulltext Short Notes: From Aadhaar to Aarogya Setu, Vidhi’s questionable role in technology-related policy making Date:Aug 26, 2020 8:40 PM https://caravanmagazine.in/technology/vidhi-aadhaar-aarogya-setu-arghya-sengupta-privacy-think-tank Short Notes: Vidhi: inside India’s most influential legal think tank - The Economic Times Date:Aug 26, 2020 8:22 AM https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/prime/economy-and-policy/vidhi-inside-indias-most-influential-legal-think-tank/primearticleshow/77749948.cms?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PrimeMailerPaid&utm_content=Story1&ncode=2d4e3c419d2eacdb96d56de21afa987e Short Notes: The real fake news about Covid-19 | Financial Times Date:Aug 25, 2020 11:13 PM https://www.ft.com/content/e5954181-220b-4de5-886c-ef02ee432260 Short Notes: Disinformation and ‘fake news’ - UK Parliament Date:Aug 24, 2020 6:42 PM https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/digital-culture-media-and-sport-committee/inquiries/parliament-2017/fake-news-17-19/ Short Notes: Trump's postal-vote tweet misleading, says Twitter - BBC News Date:Aug 24, 2020 6:07 PM https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53888376 Short Notes: QAnon looms behind nationwide rallies and viral #SavetheChildren hashtags Date:Aug 24, 2020 5:39 PM https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/qanon-looms-behind-nationwide-rallies-viral-hashtags-n1237722 Short Notes: "Conspiracy theorists are in the same league as psychics, magicians, astrologists and gurus" | Telepolis Date:Aug 24, 2020 2:27 PM https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Conspiracy-theorists-are-in-the-same-league-as-psychics-magicians-astrologists-and-gurus-4144259.html Short Notes: Why Facebook Can't Quash QAnon | OneZero Date:Aug 24, 2020 11:50 AM https://onezero.medium.com/why-facebook-cant-quash-qanon-abaf6671b376 Short Notes: Populism from the Brexit and Trump playbooks enters the New Zealand election campaign – but it's a risky strategy Date:Aug 24, 2020 11:49 AM https://theconversation.com/populism-from-the-brexit-and-trump-playbooks-enters-the-new-zealand-election-campaign-but-its-a-risky-strategy-144855 Short Notes: Five Ways Telecommunications Companies Can Fight Internet Shutdowns - Lawfare Date:Aug 24, 2020 10:28 AM https://www.lawfareblog.com/five-ways-telecommunications-companies-can-fight-internet-shutdowns Short Notes: zarine kharazian on Twitter: "i'm cataloguing news coverage of the "Save The Children" rallies across the US. of the 112 articles i've collected so far, mostly from local news outlets, over half make no mention of QAnon, despite its role in organizing/co-opting many of the events: https://t.co/6jlNjN9sbD" / Twitter Date:Aug 24, 2020 8:07 AM https://twitter.com/zkharazian/status/1297661258825687041 Short Notes: Jason Kint on Twitter: "Well done, @TwitterSupport. It happened after only 8,000 retweets which is reasonable for something so sensitive. I’m extremely impressed. I hope the advertisers who unfairly boycotted Twitter because Facebook is a terrible company but they wanted air-cover now reward Twitter. https://t.co/QItVJZFSDU" / Twitter Date:Aug 24, 2020 8:03 AM https://twitter.com/jason_kint/status/1297610395952328704 Short Notes: How Zeynep Tufekci Keeps Getting the Big Things Right - The New York Times Date:Aug 24, 2020 7:38 AM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/23/business/media/how-zeynep-tufekci-keeps-getting-the-big-things-right.html Short Notes: President Trump Versus Twitter and Social Media - The New York Times Date:Aug 23, 2020 9:23 PM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/technology/trump-twitter.html Short Notes: Preliminary Findings on Online Hate Speech and the Law in India Date:Aug 23, 2020 7:06 PM https://poseidon01.ssrn.com/delivery.php?ID=183110124086123106105098089027096087021071017088069085030023084111098114102004094122000016017062006098061084005000123118005118061007042040006030001127094083122119009010014116085086106107078004114086031090021105012095096016092113073024121066081127093&EXT=pdf Short Notes: Chinmayi Arun on Twitter: "In re the Bloomsbury controversy - liberal is not the same as libertarian. Dangerous speech is all about context. Incendiary speech against a powerful group doesn't imperil its members. Hate directed at minorities who are at risk is different." / Twitter Date:Aug 23, 2020 7:04 PM https://mobile.twitter.com/chinmayiarun/status/1297367107219447809 Short Notes: Post at Your Own Risk by StoriesAsia Date:Aug 23, 2020 6:36 PM https://longform.storiesasia.org/post-at-your-own-risk- Short Notes: "Propaganda Anne Quaranto and Jason Stanley To appear in the Routledge Handbook of Social and Political Philosophy of Language Date:Aug 23, 2020 12:05 AM" https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/campuspress.yale.edu/dist/7/272/files/2020/08/Final-version-propaganda-handbook.pdf Short Notes: "Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) Tweeted: It's exactly one month since Twitter imposed restrictions on QAnon-related terms and hashtags. See how engagement with those hashtags massively dropped afterwards. The only two hashtags still doing well are #SaveTheChildren and #SaveOurChildren, both hijacked by QAnon believers https://t.co/kjsAFMR06U (shapeshifter) Date:Aug 22, 2020 9:09 PM" https://twitter.com/Shayan86/status/1296952400184520704?s=20 Short Notes: Facebook's ‘Kill Switch’ Solves the Wrong Problem | WIRED Date:Aug 22, 2020 9:44 AM https://www.wired.com/story/facebooks-kill-switch-solves-the-wrong-problem/ Short Notes: What happened to Cambridge Analytica and Facebook data theft case - India News Date:Aug 20, 2020 12:13 PM https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/what-happened-to-cambridge-analytica-and-facebook-data-theft-case-1712793-2020-08-19 Short Notes: Fusion: An ML Approach for Multimedia Content — Tattle's Blog Date:Aug 17, 2020 2:48 PM https://blog.tattle.co.in/multimodal-fusion/ Short Notes: Venkat Ananth on Twitter: "Pages are problematic but Facebook demonetises them in some cases, to strip them off earnings. What do they do? They form a group, often a private one. Facebook claims it has visibility into activities in those groups but needs mass reporting of posts to take any action." / Twitter Date:Aug 17, 2020 12:51 PM https://twitter.com/venkatananth/status/1273848009357291521 Short Notes: Venkat Ananth on Twitter: "This sums up Facebook Groups for me. Replace “QAnon community” with “Justice for Sushant Singh Rajput” and the graf holds up well. Early call: This ‘Justice for SSR’ is India’s Q moment. https://t.co/FSpmVM1Dwf" / Twitter Date:Aug 17, 2020 12:49 PM https://twitter.com/venkatananth/status/1295207741091270661 Short Notes: QAnon Is More Important Than You Think - The Atlantic Date:Aug 17, 2020 12:48 PM https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/06/qanon-nothing-can-stop-what-is-coming/610567/ Short Notes: Facebook Hate Speech: Facebook Reacts After Report Claims It Ignores BJP Leaders' Hate Speeches Date:Aug 17, 2020 12:04 PM https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/facebook-says-enforce-policies-regardless-of-politics-or-party-after-report-alleges-it-ignores-bjp-leaders-hate-speeches-2280509 Short Notes: Democrats Hate Facebook. Republicans Want To Ban TikTok. The Bipartisan Backlash Against Big Tech Is Here and It’s a Disaster. – Reason.com Date:Aug 17, 2020 8:09 AM https://reason.com/2020/08/13/democrats-hate-facebook-republicans-want-to-ban-tiktok-the-bipartisan-backlash-against-big-tech-is-here-back-and-its-a-disaster/ Short Notes: Davey Alba on Twitter: "There's a new viral video rife with misinformation that posted on Friday and as of this morning has 1.3M views. (No, I'm not posting it.) It centers around an interview w/ recently arrested InfoWars correspondent Millie Weaver. This is just the first minute of the dialogue. https://t.co/5PG0cPQcGv" / Twitter Date:Aug 16, 2020 10:24 PM https://twitter.com/daveyalba/status/1295036957215645697 Short Notes: The original Big Tech is working closer than ever with governments to combat coronavirus – with no scrutiny - The Correspondent Date:Aug 16, 2020 4:33 PM https://thecorrespondent.com/621/the-original-big-tech-is-working-closer-than-ever-with-governments-to-combat-coronavirus-with-no-scrutiny/764658663021-65e2d434 Short Notes: How QAnon rode the pandemic to new heights — and fueled the viral anti-mask phenomenon Date:Aug 15, 2020 11:22 PM https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/how-qanon-rode-pandemic-new-heights-fueled-viral-anti-mask-n1236695 Short Notes: The inside story of Facebook’s biggest setback | Rahul Bhatia | Technology | The Guardian Date:Aug 15, 2020 10:54 PM https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/12/facebook-free-basics-india-zuckerberg Short Notes: How Facebook’s Political Unit Enables the Dark Art of Digital Propaganda - Bloomberg Date:Aug 15, 2020 7:49 PM https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-12-21/inside-the-facebook-team-helping-regimes-that-reach-out-and-crack-down Short Notes: Part 2: Did Facebook in India Help BJP and Modi? Or Was it Vice Versa? | NewsClick Date:Aug 15, 2020 7:48 PM https://www.newsclick.in/part-2-did-facebook-india-help-bjp-and-modi-or-was-it-vice-versa?amp#click=https://t.co/40sC7wXllP Short Notes: Part 1: Is Facebook in India Truly Independent of Political Influence? Not Really - It Has Backed Modi and BJP | NewsClick Date:Aug 15, 2020 7:48 PM https://www.newsclick.in/part-1-facebook-india-truly-independent-political-influence Short Notes: Part 3: Who Were the Key Players Responsible for Facebook’s Support to Modi and the BJP? | NewsClick Date:Aug 15, 2020 5:03 PM https://www.newsclick.in/part-3-who-were-key-players-responsible-facebooks-support-modi-and-bjp Short Notes: Facebook’s Hate-Speech Rules Collide With Indian Politics - WSJ Date:Aug 14, 2020 11:27 PM https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-hate-speech-india-politics-muslim-hindu-modi-zuckerberg-11597423346 Short Notes: Facebook’s Hate-Speech Rules Collide With Indian Politics - WSJ Date:Aug 14, 2020 11:26 PM https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-hate-speech-india-politics-muslim-hindu-modi-zuckerberg-11597423346 Short Notes: Live Law on Twitter: "Tweets of @pbhushan1 which are based on the distorted facts, in our considered view, amount to committing of ‘criminal contempt’: SC discharges the notice issued to the alleged contemnor No.2 @Twitter @TwitterIndia https://t.co/3zFRJrKu60" / Twitter Date:Aug 14, 2020 7:14 PM https://twitter.com/LiveLawIndia/status/1294176699236536325 Short Notes: Putin Chef's Kisses of Death: Russia's Shadow Army's State-Run Structure Exposed - bellingcat Date:Aug 14, 2020 4:48 PM https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2020/08/14/pmc-structure-exposed/ Short Notes: Why Social Media Is So Good at Polarizing Us - WSJ Date:Oct 21, 2020 8:21 AM https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-social-media-is-so-good-at-polarizing-us-11603105204 Short Notes: The Right’s Disinformation Machine Is Hedging Its Bets - The Atlantic Date:Oct 21, 2020 8:19 AM https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/the-rights-disinformation-machine-is-hedging-its-bets/616761/ Short Notes: Antonio Moore on Twitter: "@icecube This is the actual photo. This should be removed by @twitter and @EricTrump banned until after the election. “ @IceCube & Tonetalks discuss Election 2020 - Trump v. Biden, Economics and Voting” Watch our real discussion on politics: https://t.co/AOUQRVLcoD https://t.co/ugE3OJJSnF" / Twitter Date:Oct 21, 2020 7:03 AM https://mobile.twitter.com/tonetalks/status/1318576227964252161 Short Notes: Fake Nude Images Of Women Shared On Telegram Network Date:Oct 20, 2020 9:04 PM https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/telegram-deepfake-nude-women-images-bot Short Notes: Backlash against Indian advertisers championing progressive values | Financial Times Date:Oct 20, 2020 4:07 PM https://www.ft.com/content/67fa5d2d-2b4d-449f-af3d-d425718f7a3b Short Notes: Kerala trans woman Sajana, who sold biryani, attempts suicide after cyber attack | The News Minute Date:Oct 20, 2020 3:56 PM https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-trans-woman-sajana-who-sold-biryani-attempts-suicide-after-cyber-attack-135734 Short Notes: Who Amplifies Army of Trump Fears — Election Integrity Partnership Date:Oct 20, 2020 3:48 PM https://www.eipartnership.net/rapid-response/army-of-trump Short Notes: Far-right online forum 8chan kicked offline after protection services are cut | Technology | The Guardian Date:Oct 20, 2020 1:26 PM https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/oct/19/far-right-online-forum-8chan-loses-internet Short Notes: Zainab Akbar on Twitter: "@joyopal presenting our paper 'Misinformation as a window into prejudice: COVID19 and the information environment in India' at #CSCW2020. @MSFTResearch @anmolpanda_ @azhagu_meena @kukretiDiv #AcademicTwitter https://t.co/nYliiRShDx" / Twitter Date:Oct 20, 2020 12:37 PM https://twitter.com/syedazainaba/status/1318210400521912320 Short Notes: Misinformation as a Window into Prejudice: COVID-19 and the Information Environment in India - Microsoft Research Date:Oct 20, 2020 12:34 PM https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/misinformation-as-a-window-into-prejudice-covid-19-and-the-information-environment-in-india/ Short Notes: TikTok removing accounts of users who share QAnon-related content - The Verge Date:Oct 20, 2020 7:29 AM https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/19/21522896/tiktok-removing-accounts-qanon-conspiracy-social-media Short Notes: Is Facebook too big to know? The Markup has a plan (and a browser) to wrap its arms around it » Nieman Journalism Lab Date:Oct 19, 2020 10:45 PM https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/10/is-facebook-too-big-to-know-the-markup-has-a-plan-and-a-browser-to-wrap-its-arms-around-it/ Short Notes: Twitter, Responsibility, and Accountability – Stratechery by Ben Thompson Date:Oct 19, 2020 7:51 PM https://stratechery.com/2020/twitter-responsibility-and-accountability/ Short Notes: evelyn douek on Twitter: "Domino effect cont. and the efforts to explain get weaker as we go along. https://t.co/XWuuGwOJLm" / Twitter Banned if you do, banned if you don't Date:Oct 19, 2020 6:15 PM https://twitter.com/evelyndouek/status/1318168494761005059 Short Notes: Twitter Adds New Prompts to Alert Users Before Sharing Any Tweet Flagged for Misinformation | Social Media Today Date:Oct 19, 2020 12:39 PM https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/twitter-adds-new-prompts-to-alert-users-before-sharing-any-tweet-flagged-fo/587238/ Short Notes: How to Deal With Cybersecurity Threats Date:Oct 19, 2020 12:39 PM https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/world/2020-10-13/lawless-realm Short Notes: Full article: Hacking democracy: managing influence campaigns and disinformation in the digital age Date:Oct 19, 2020 11:26 AM https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23738871.2020.1820060 Short Notes: evelyn douek on Twitter: "Content moderation in the stack watch" / Twitter Date:Oct 19, 2020 8:25 AM https://twitter.com/evelyndouek/status/1318002176984289280 Short Notes: Renee DiResta on Twitter: "This is related to today's Biden story: A few months ago the fact-respecting portion of the internet was outraged at social media companies allowing Plandemic to go wildly viral, despite stated policies against health misinfo. The video was taken down after millions of views..." / Twitter Date:Oct 18, 2020 11:58 PM https://twitter.com/noupside/status/1316422817936666625?s=12 Short Notes: How Mark Zuckerberg Learned Politics - WSJ Date:Oct 17, 2020 9:44 PM https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-mark-zuckerberg-learned-politics-11602853200 Short Notes: Why Pakistan’s TikTok ban isn’t about China - Rest of World Date:Oct 17, 2020 8:53 AM https://restofworld.org/2020/who-is-afraid-of-a-meme/ Short Notes: Virtual Open Hearing on Misinformation and Conspiracy Theories Online - YouTube Date:Oct 16, 2020 12:18 PM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9vU8xQf2QM&feature=youtu.be Short Notes: Researchers Move SC Against 'Toxic, Polarised' Coverage and 'Media Trials' Date:Oct 15, 2020 3:38 PM https://thewire.in/law/sudarshan-tv-supreme-court-media-trials Short Notes: Thomas Brewster on Twitter: "Wtf Twitter? My mum just asked me if I shared this story. Checked my profile. I didn’t. I didn’t even share tweets on it being highly dubious reporting, even if I hearted them. https://t.co/j0DLU8Dj7T" / Twitter Date:Oct 15, 2020 11:58 AM https://twitter.com/iblametom/status/1316624824970641408 Short Notes: Weakened democracy is another harm caused by Big Tech Date:Oct 15, 2020 12:20 AM https://www.ft.com/content/9adb3a15-d610-4bd6-bae0-a87dc4f315c6 Short Notes: Scott Gustin on Twitter: "BREAKING: Twitter has blocked the NY Post article about Hunter Biden. If you attempt to share the story, you will see this message: "We can't complete this request because this link has been identified by Twitter or our partners as being potentially harmful." https://t.co/TWaTKzvtQP" / Twitter Date:Oct 15, 2020 12:18 AM https://mobile.twitter.com/scottgustin/status/1316448120696434694?s=12 Short Notes: Why disinformation has become a CISO's problem | SC Media Date:Oct 14, 2020 11:01 PM https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/why-disinformation-has-become-a-cisos-problem/ Short Notes: Covid-19 disinformation: Report reveals journalists face tsunami of lies Date:Oct 14, 2020 10:59 PM https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/covid-19-disinformation-survey/ Short Notes: CM’s social media handle falls victim to dubious news - OrissaPOST Date:Oct 14, 2020 10:57 PM https://www.orissapost.com/cms-social-media-handle-falls-victim-to-dubious-news/ Short Notes: Delhi violence: Group of former civil servants forms committee to investigate riots Date:Oct 14, 2020 10:54 PM https://scroll.in/latest/975515/delhi-violence-former-civil-servants-create-committee-to-conduct-objective-fair-investigation Short Notes: IIT Dharwad students develop app to detect fake news- The New Indian Express Date:Oct 14, 2020 10:51 PM https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2020/oct/12/iit-dharwadstudents-develop-app-to-detect-fake-news-2209061.html Short Notes: Channel files plaint on fake chats linked to SSR death case | Noida News - Times of India Date:Oct 14, 2020 10:42 PM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/noida/channel-files-plaint-on-fake-chats-linked-to-ssr-death-case/articleshow/78629053.cms Short Notes: BJP lodged complaint against Puducherry CM Date:Oct 14, 2020 10:41 PM http://www.uniindia.com/bjp-lodged-complaint-against-puducherry-cm/south/news/2199093.html Short Notes: Facebook Bans Anti-Vaccination Advertisements but Not Antivax Posts | Technology News Date:Oct 14, 2020 10:37 PM https://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-bans-anti-vaccination-advertisements-posts-coronavirus-misinformation-covid-19-2309793 Short Notes: YouTube Bans COVID-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Theories, Misinformation - Variety Date:Oct 14, 2020 10:36 PM https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/youtube-bans-covid-vaccine-conspiracy-theories-misinformation-1234804376/ Short Notes: Beyond (Mis)Representation: Visuals in COVID-19 Misinformation - J. Scott Brennen, Felix M. Simon, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, 2020 Date:Oct 14, 2020 10:23 PM https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1940161220964780 Short Notes: Analysis: Pakistan's TikTok ban is about censorship, not China - CNN Date:Oct 14, 2020 10:21 PM https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/13/tech/tiktok-pakistan-ban-intl-hnk/index.html Short Notes: Facebook’s political ad spending numbers don’t add up | by Laura Edelson | Online Political Transparency Project | Oct, 2020 | Medium | Online Political Transparency Project Date:Oct 14, 2020 10:21 PM https://medium.com/online-political-transparency-project/transparency-theater-facebooks-political-ad-spending-numbers-don-t-add-up-d7a85479a002 Short Notes: When a Journalist Becomes a Disinformation Agent - Scientific American Date:Oct 14, 2020 10:06 PM https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/when-a-journalist-becomes-a-disinformation-agent/ Short Notes: New Study by Digital New Deal Finds Engagement with Deceptive Outlets Higher on Facebook Today Than Run-up to 2016 Election | The German Marshall Fund of the United States Date:Oct 14, 2020 10:03 PM https://www.gmfus.org/blog/2020/10/12/new-study-digital-new-deal-finds-engagement-deceptive-outlets-higher-facebook-today Short Notes: Hands on with Telepath, the social network taking aim at abuse, fake news and, to some extent, ‘free speech’ | TechCrunch Date:Oct 14, 2020 9:54 PM https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/11/hands-on-with-telepath-the-social-network-taking-aim-at-abuse-fake-news-and-to-some-extent-free-speech/ Short Notes: Herd immunity letter signed by fake experts including 'Dr Johnny Bananas' | World news | The Guardian Date:Oct 14, 2020 9:54 PM https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/09/herd-immunity-letter-signed-fake-experts-dr-johnny-bananas-covid Short Notes: Facebook can't catch misinformation it's already identified as false, activist group says - CNN Date:Oct 14, 2020 9:49 PM https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/09/tech/facebook-misinformation-loophole-avaaz/index.html Short Notes: Misleading India-China claims being shared online - BBC News Date:Oct 14, 2020 9:43 PM https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54293289 Short Notes: India | Freedom House Date:Oct 14, 2020 3:06 PM https://freedomhouse.org/country/india/freedom-net/2020 Short Notes: Infodemic forcing everyone to do their bit to curb misinformation - The Economic Times Date:Oct 14, 2020 10:36 AM https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/infodemic-forcing-everyone-to-do-their-bit-to-curb-misinformation/articleshow/78627035.cms?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NewsDigest&utm_content=Tech&utm_term=2&ncode=fa23e75f868930e9833e4c8bc33e7e09b34b0d504928d81d9e8fc23d81c8103e1ba5596c43a6bf88afc5f474b2953e8ae946dad655c9709413d176d73c572175aa9ba429dd66339c2568720121ac6db0 Short Notes: ‘Something, algorithmically, is creating this obsession’: Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex warns against social media addiction Date:Oct 14, 2020 8:14 AM https://flip.it/nk1qGQ Short Notes: Priorities for a Technology Foreign Policy for India | ORF Date:Oct 14, 2020 8:11 AM https://flip.it/YFw-OC Short Notes: Facebook bans anti-vax ads Date:Oct 13, 2020 10:22 PM https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/13/facebook-bans-anti-vax-ads.html?__source=twitter%7Cmain Short Notes: Sushant Singh Rajput: The strange, sometimes sinister conspiracy theories on Sushant Singh Rajput’s death that flourished on social media - The Economic Times Date:Oct 13, 2020 8:57 PM https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/the-strange-sometimes-sinister-conspiracy-theories-on-sushant-singh-rajputs-death-that-flourished-on-social-media/articleshow/78636570.cms Short Notes: SC Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Age Based Control Of Access And Profile Verification Mechanism To Eliminate Illicit Content On Social Media Date:Oct 13, 2020 2:21 PM https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/sc-issues-notice-on-pil-seeking-age-based-control-of-access-and-profile-verification-mechanism-to-eliminate-illicit-content-on-social-media-164380 Short Notes: SamSays on Twitter: "The ad has gone missing. Along with the spine. @TanishqJewelry" / Twitter Date:Oct 13, 2020 1:06 PM https://mobile.twitter.com/samjawed65/status/1315891750515494912?s=12 Short Notes: Iran’s total internet shutdown is a blueprint for breaking the web | WIRED UK Date:Oct 13, 2020 1:02 PM https://www.wired.co.uk/article/iran-news-internet-shutdown Short Notes: Disinformation Campaigns on Facebook, Twitter, Google Undermine African Election - Bloomberg Date:Oct 13, 2020 12:34 PM https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-13/disinformation-campaigns-on-facebook-twitter-google-undermine-african-election Short Notes: Casey Newton on Twitter: "There’s probably a good essay to be written about “the drop” as the most compelling media format of the moment, from MSCHF to QAnon https://t.co/oafbuk6ufj" / Twitter Date:Oct 13, 2020 9:10 AM https://twitter.com/CaseyNewton/status/1315694974969602050 Short Notes: A GPT-3 bot posted comments on Reddit for a week and no one noticed | MIT Technology Review Date:Oct 13, 2020 8:38 AM https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10/08/1009845/a-gpt-3-bot-posted-comments-on-reddit-for-a-week-and-no-one-noticed/ Short Notes: Mike Caulfield on Twitter: "I have to say this was a hard one for the team -- balancing the need for citizens and journalists to call attention to misconduct and risk (so that it can be addressed proactively) with the need to make sure you aren't amplifying what are essentially vote-suppressing threats." / Twitter Date:Oct 13, 2020 8:36 AM https://twitter.com/holden/status/1315788442316365824 Short Notes: Who Amplifies Army of Trump Fears — Election Integrity Partnership Date:Oct 13, 2020 8:33 AM https://www.eipartnership.net/rapid-response/army-of-trump Short Notes: Kate Starbird on Twitter: "Our analysis suggests that their third objective, voter suppression via fear of violence, may be achieved, primarily, through the “reaction” of mainstream media and influencers on the left to frame the Trump’s campaigns calls to action as potential calls to violence." / Twitter Date:Oct 13, 2020 8:32 AM https://twitter.com/katestarbird/status/1315785687988232192 Short Notes: Recommended Principles for Regulation or Legislation to Combat Influence Operations - About Facebook Date:Oct 13, 2020 8:29 AM https://about.fb.com/news/2020/10/recommended-principles-for-regulation-or-legislation-to-combat-influence-operations/ Short Notes: “It’s been really, really bad”: How Hispanic voters are being targeted by disinformation – MIT Technology Review Date:Oct 13, 2020 8:03 AM https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10/12/1010061/hispanic-voter-political-targeting-facebook-whatsapp/ Short Notes: Karen Kornbluh on Twitter: "Study here https://t.co/1BiUuGjNsn" / Twitter Date:Oct 12, 2020 11:06 PM https://twitter.com/karenkornbluh/status/1315698988784463872 Short Notes: Why Trump's viral Covid and flu misinformation is hard for Facebook and Twitter to stop Date:Oct 12, 2020 11:03 PM https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/why-trump-s-viral-covid-flu-misinformation-hard-facebook-twitter-ncna1242665 Short Notes: Our Fundamental Rights to Free Speech and Protest Are Being Eroded and Mauled Date:Oct 12, 2020 10:57 PM https://thewire.in/rights/fundamental-rights-free-speech-protest Short Notes: Why Facebook Can’t Fix Itself | The New Yorker Date:Oct 12, 2020 10:38 PM https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/10/19/why-facebook-cant-fix-itself Short Notes: The liberal election is happening on Instagram - Axios Date:Oct 12, 2020 10:38 PM https://www.axios.com/instagram-facebook-liberal-election-1e0e1fef-364e-4857-b539-a852b892d798.html Short Notes: "On Facebook, Misinformation Is More Popular Now Than in 2016 Date:Oct 12, 2020 7:51 PM" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/12/technology/on-facebook-misinformation-is-more-popular-now-than-in-2016.amp.html?referringSource=articleShare#click=https://t.co/bh0hIRx22h Short Notes: Davey Alba on Twitter: "New on Daily Distortions: Facebook engagement on articles from news outlets that regularly publish falsehoods and misleading content roughly *tripled* in this period going into the 2020 election compared to the 2016 Presidential election, @gmfus says https://t.co/bh0hIRx22h" / Twitter Date:Oct 12, 2020 7:51 PM https://mobile.twitter.com/daveyalba/status/1315654700423839745?prefetchtimestamp=1602512477353 Short Notes: EU targets Big Tech with ‘hit list’ facing tougher rules | Financial Times Date:Oct 12, 2020 4:24 PM https://www.ft.com/content/c8c5d5dc-cb99-4b1f-a8dd-5957b57a7783?shareType=nongift Short Notes: Contact-tracing data harvested from pubs and restaurants being sold on | News | The Sunday Times Date:Oct 11, 2020 2:04 PM https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/contact-tracing-data-harvested-from-pubs-and-restaurants-being-sold-on-s0d85mkrr Short Notes: Sushant Singh Rajput’s death created a Wikipedia battle. Date:Oct 10, 2020 10:52 PM https://slate.com/technology/2020/10/sushant-singh-rajput-suicide-wikipedia-conspiracy-theories.html Short Notes: Charlie Warzel on Twitter: "I wrote about Facebook’s QAnon purge, the political ad ban & militia pages and how it’s recent actions are a tacit admission that what is good for Facebook is, on the whole, destabilizing for society. https://t.co/7IXnPrDsRf https://t.co/QFsXDQZ1Fe" / Twitter Date:Oct 9, 2020 11:11 PM https://mobile.twitter.com/cwarzel/status/1314372330462740480 Short Notes: Rohini Singh on Twitter: "Dear @PrakashJavdekar ji. Moved by your passionate defence of a free press let me bring to your attention instances when media freedom was trampled. And continues to be throttled. Perhaps you were too busy to notice so here is a thread. Am sure you will tweet on this too..." / Twitter Date:Oct 9, 2020 7:58 AM https://twitter.com/rohini_sgh/status/1314318747272839168 Short Notes: Conspiracies rocket New Zealand bluesman into politics Date:Oct 9, 2020 6:49 AM https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/conspiracies-rocket-zealand-bluesman-politics-053315792.html Short Notes: Ben Nimmo on Twitter: "And it's a busy day on the influence-ops front here. New @Facebook takedowns: Rally Forge (linked to Turning Point USA) Myanamar (@Graphika_NYC report to follow) Azerbaijan Nigeria Russia (domestic, esp Voronezh). ... https://t.co/1qKL9hhofr" / Twitter Date:Oct 9, 2020 12:08 AM https://twitter.com/benimmo/status/1314246976804982786 Short Notes: Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior - About Facebook Date:Oct 9, 2020 12:07 AM https://about.fb.com/news/2020/10/removing-coordinated-inauthentic-behavior-september-report/ Short Notes: Disclosing networks to our state-linked information operations archive Date:Oct 9, 2020 12:07 AM https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/disclosing-removed-networks-to-our-archive-of-state-linked-information.html Short Notes: Developing a Civil Society Response to Online Manipulation - ISD Date:Oct 8, 2020 3:20 PM https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-publications/developing-a-civil-society-response-to-online-manipulation/ Short Notes: The FLY - Twitter Search / Twitter Date:Oct 8, 2020 2:55 PM https://twitter.com/search?q=The%20FLY&src=typed_query Short Notes: Trump Vs. Democracy : Democracy Journal Date:Oct 8, 2020 2:49 PM https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/specialissue/trump-v-democracy/ Short Notes: Ad Tech Could Be the Next Internet Bubble | WIRED Date:Oct 8, 2020 1:55 PM https://www.wired.com/story/ad-tech-could-be-the-next-internet-bubble/ Short Notes: (1) Shayan Sardarizadeh on Twitter: "Holy hell. Just had a look at my list of QAnon groups and pages on Facebook and it's bloodbath out there. Absolute bloodbath. I'm down to 31 groups and 49 pages. I had 220 groups and 205 pages just last week 😮 On Instagram, I'm down to 258 accounts, I had nearly 400 last week. https://t.co/z2LJJCekXx" / Twitter Date:Oct 8, 2020 1:46 PM https://twitter.com/Shayan86/status/1313637359544606720 Short Notes: MIT Sloan research about social media, misinformation, and elections | MIT Sloan Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:49 AM https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/mit-sloan-research-about-social-media-misinformation-and-elections Short Notes: Politicians shouldn't be allowed to define and regulate fake news – Media expert | Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:47 AM https://www.nyasatimes.com/politicians-shouldnt-be-allowed-to-define-and-regulate-fake-news-media-expert/ Short Notes: Newspapers are readers’ defence against fake news and disinformation | The Independent (counter with WaPo post about Mainstream news) Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:47 AM https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/newspapers-readers-fake-news-disinformation-b835083.html Short Notes: AFP launches a fact-checking initiative with TikTok to curb misinformation / Digital Information World Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:41 AM https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2020/10/afp-fact-checking-tiktok-curb-misinformation.html Short Notes: Over 200 fake news cases filed in 5 months | Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:39 AM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/over-200-fake-news-cases-filed-in-5-months/articleshow/78480765.cms Short Notes: Opposition's Spreading Misinformation On Farm Laws Amounts To Criminal Conduct: BJP Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:38 AM https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-opposition-spreading-misinformation-on-farm-laws-amounts-to-criminal-conduct-bjp/361531 Short Notes: Governance through the digital disruption of democracy | ORF Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:38 AM https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/governance-through-the-digital-disruption-of-democracy-74521/ Short Notes: The coverage of Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis was very bad — and very revealing - Vox Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:36 AM https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21495178/trump-coronavirus-media-misinformation-charlie-warzel Short Notes: Mail-In Voter Fraud: Anatomy of a Disinformation Campaign | Berkman Klein Center Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:35 AM https://cyber.harvard.edu/publication/2020/Mail-in-Voter-Fraud-Disinformation-2020 Short Notes: New Study: Once Again, The Mainstream Media Is A Bigger Problem In Spreading Disinformation Than Social Media | Techdirt Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:35 AM https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201004/22264445441/new-study-once-again-mainstream-media-is-bigger-problem-spreading-disinformation-than-social-media.shtml Short Notes: Nigeria’s Disinformation Landscape – Items Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:34 AM https://items.ssrc.org/disinformation-democracy-and-conflict-prevention/nigerias-disinformation-landscape/ Short Notes: Disinformation, Democracy, and Conflict Prevention – Items Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:34 AM https://items.ssrc.org/category/disinformation-democracy-and-conflict-prevention/ Short Notes: Hacker-for-hire group leverages zero-days, disinformation in Middle East Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:31 AM https://www.cyberscoop.com/bahamut-hack-for-hire-mercenary-middle-east-blackberry/ Short Notes: When covering conspiracies and disinformation, avoid adding credibility | International Journalists' Network Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:30 AM https://ijnet.org/en/story/when-covering-conspiracies-and-disinformation-avoid-adding-credibility Short Notes: Vaccinationalism Date:Jan 16, 2021 4:22 PM Short Notes: Superspreader Down: How Trump’s Exile from Social Media Alters the Future of Politics, Security, and Public Health - Defense One Date:Jan 15, 2021 7:08 PM https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/01/superspreader-down-how-trumps-exile-social-media-alters-future-politics-security-and-public-health/171295/ Short Notes: MeWe Sold Itself on Privacy. Then the Radical Right Arrived. | by Sarah Emerson | Jan, 2021 | OneZero Date:Jan 15, 2021 7:06 PM https://onezero.medium.com/mewe-sold-itself-on-privacy-then-the-radical-right-arrived-e527b38e4718 Short Notes: What Makes a Dark Pattern... Dark? - 2101.04843.pdf Date:Jan 15, 2021 7:05 PM https://arxiv.org/pdf/2101.04843.pdf Short Notes: Mexican president mounts campaign against social media bans Date:Jan 15, 2021 6:14 PM https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-marcelo-ebrard-mexico-media-social-media-a5303f532810447575ccf2af6692a2d4 Short Notes:global reactions Vinicius Fortuna (he/him) on Twitter: "This is how the internet shutdown in [[uganda]] looks like across Google Products. Youtube got blocked a little before the complete shutdown. Analysis: https://t.co/LDzjmUclJ2 #KeepItOn [[uganda]]Decides [[uganda]]InternetShutdown https://t.co/BV3ktgmvrX" / Twitter Date:Jan 15, 2021 6:04 PM https://twitter.com/vinifortuna/status/1349950462171230208 Short Notes:ATW Europe's Populists Fearful of Social Media Restrictions | Voice of America - English Date:Jan 15, 2021 3:12 PM https://www.voanews.com/europe/europes-populists-fearful-social-media-restrictions Short Notes:global reactions Facebook Turned on Trump After Warnings That ‘Business as Usual Isn’t Working’ - WSJ Date:Jan 15, 2021 10:46 AM https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-turned-on-trump-after-warnings-that-business-as-usual-isnt-working-11610578907?mod=djemalertNEWS Short Notes:A tracker for user reports of false news surged to nearly 40,000 reports an hour, about four times recent daily peaks "You cannot delete doubt" - hat tip to syllabus. Big Tech - S3E02 - Heidi J. Larson on the Root Causes of Vaccine Hesitancy - YouTube Date:Jan 15, 2021 9:52 AM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEiMY1LPexA Short Notes:Vaccinarratives Taboola’s Content Chum Boxes Also Spread Disinformation Date:Jan 15, 2021 8:32 AM https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjpekv/taboolas-content-chum-boxes-also-spread-disinformation Short Notes:the model The deadly consequences of Trump’s gradual and insidious rhetoric | Opinion Date:Jan 14, 2021 8:48 PM https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/trump-capitol-attacks-incite-violence-twitter-january-6-20210113.html Short Notes: Doug Madory on Twitter: "Internet blackout in Uganda is still going after 20+hrs. Visualizations from both @kentikinc and @InternetIntel #KeepItOn [[uganda]]Decides2021 https://t.co/QIPMGg9K3L" / Twitter Date:Jan 14, 2021 8:44 PM https://twitter.com/DougMadory/status/1349732446091112457 " Short Notes:ATW " Surfin’ USA | Vincent Bevins Date:Jan 14, 2021 8:19 PM https://thebaffler.com/latest/surfin-usa-bevins Short Notes: "The path to making the internet less toxic is placing limits on these superspreaders, be they ISIS propagandists or right-wing extremists. Instead of trying to police everyone, we must focus on key nodes that affect everyone. " Superspreader Down: How Trump’s Exile from Social Media Alters the Future of Politics, Security, and Public Health - Defense One Date:Jan 14, 2021 5:40 PM https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/01/superspreader-down-how-trumps-exile-social-media-alters-future-politics-security-and-public-health/171295/ Short Notes: How Social Media’s Obsession with Scale Supercharged Disinformation Date:Jan 14, 2021 5:28 PM https://hbr.org/2021/01/how-social-medias-obsession-with-scale-supercharged-disinformation Short Notes: Nina Jankowicz on Twitter: "Could not agree more. Made this tiktok a few days ago and the comments were a lot of things like “it doesn’t work, it’s a waste of my time, not my responsibility” or worse. Of course there are some this approach will not reach, but for those it might, it’s where we need to start https://t.co/ir80JWKa9u" / Twitter Date:Jan 14, 2021 4:54 PM https://twitter.com/wiczipedia/status/1349678203808460801 Short Notes: India polio vaccine google auto complete Date:Jan 14, 2021 12:16 PM Short Notes:Vaccinarratives Vaccination is a Public Health, not a nationalism issue (urban-(anti)vaxals) Date:Jan 14, 2021 12:04 PM Short Notes: "#प्रमोट होने के लिए तैयार" until:2019-10-14 - Twitter Search / Twitter [started 13-Oct-2019] Date:Jan 14, 2021 9:26 AM https://twitter.com/search?q=%22%23%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9F%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%8F%20%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%22%20until%3A2019-10-14&src=typed_query&f=live Short Notes: Deplatformong tracked Date:Jan 14, 2021 8:48 AM Short Notes: "Thomas Rid (@RidT) Tweeted: The pernicious rise of conspiracy theory—accessible, attractive, violent—is arguably the biggest threat to open societies today. This threat is most acute in the US. Twitter's choice to deplatform aggressively, including Trump, is the right one, no matter what Merkel & Navaly say Date:Jan 13, 2021 10:49 PM" https://twitter.com/RidT/status/1348990163909816320?s=20 Short Notes: Doxx Populi Joan Donovan, PhD on Twitter: "This is one of the most dangerous uses of social media by a researcher. (Well, there was that other guy that posted extremist content to his own feed to test moderation on fleets.) ugh. Research ethics now. We must hold each other to account." / Twitter Date:Jan 13, 2021 10:11 PM https://twitter.com/BostonJoan/status/1349358629846183936 Short Notes: OII | » Social media manipulation by political actors now an industrial scale problem prevalent in over 80 countries – annual Oxford reportOxford Internet Institute Date:Jan 13, 2021 1:51 PM https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news/releases/social-media-manipulation-by-political-actors-now-an-industrial-scale-problem-prevalent-in-over-80-countries-annual-oxford-report/ Short Notes: Pro-Iran Trolls Planted Dozens of Bogus Stories on Legit News Sites Date:Jan 13, 2021 9:51 AM https://www.thedailybeast.com/pro-iran-trolls-planted-dozens-of-bogus-stories-on-legit-news-sites Short Notes: Doxx populi - The Capitol siege and facial recognition technology. Date:Jan 13, 2021 9:50 AM https://slate.com/technology/2021/01/facial-recognition-technology-capitol-siege.html Short Notes: Deplatforming Our Way to the Alt-Tech Ecosystem | Knight First Amendment Institute Date:Jan 13, 2021 9:49 AM https://knightcolumbia.org/content/deplatforming-our-way-to-the-alt-tech-ecosystem Short Notes: 'Threat to democracy is real': MPs call for social media code of conduct capitol response Date:Jan 13, 2021 9:47 AM https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/threat-to-democracy-is-real-mps-call-for-social-media-code-of-conduct-20210112-p56tju.html Short Notes: Francis Fukuyama: How to Save Democracy From Technology | Foreign Affairs Date:Jan 13, 2021 9:41 AM https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-11-24/fukuyama-how-save-democracy-technology Short Notes: From the Arab Spring to the American Winter: Cyberspace and Democracy After the Insurrection | Council on Foreign Relations missing for 10years Date:Jan 13, 2021 9:41 AM https://www.cfr.org/blog/arab-spring-american-winter-cyberspace-and-democracy-after-insurrection Short Notes: Internet 3.0 and the Beginning of (Tech) History – Stratechery by Ben Thompson splinternetes Date:Jan 13, 2021 9:34 AM https://stratechery.com/2021/internet-3-0-and-the-beginning-of-tech-history/ Short Notes: December 2020 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report - About Facebook Date:Jan 13, 2021 8:58 AM https://about.fb.com/news/2021/01/december-2020-coordinated-inauthentic-behavior-report/ Short Notes: Uganda orders all social media to be blocked - letter | Reuters Date:Jan 13, 2021 8:56 AM https://www.reuters.com/article/us-uganda-election-social-media-idUSKBN29H1E7 Short Notes: Google is giving $3 million to news orgs to fact-check vaccine misinformation » Nieman Journalism Lab Date:Jan 13, 2021 8:54 AM https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/01/google-is-giving-3-million-to-news-orgs-to-fact-check-vaccine-misinformation/ Short Notes: New Public We’ve spent the last two years reviewing the literature and talking to over 100 experts from disciplines ranging from social psychology to urban planning about the qualities of flourishing public, or semi-public, spaces. Date:Jan 13, 2021 8:49 AM https://newpublic.org/signals Short Notes: Archit on Twitter: "Last year @MuslimAdvocates & @globalextremism published a report titled 'Complicit: The human cost of facebook’s disregard for Muslim life'. On page 20, they have cited OpIndia Link: https://t.co/4ryGrM6Chi https://t.co/0367VqfbYP" / Twitter Date:Jan 13, 2021 8:20 AM https://twitter.com/ArchitMeta/status/1349089168161271808 Short Notes: Parl panel will summon Twitter, Facebook over banning of accounts, changes in privacy policies | India News - Times of India Date:Jan 13, 2021 8:18 AM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/parl-panel-will-summon-twitter-facebook-over-banning-of-accounts-changes-in-privacy-policies/articleshow/80242340.cms Short Notes: How a Reddit user played Indians to move them from WhatsApp to Signal Date:Jan 12, 2021 8:58 PM https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/talking-point/how-a-reddit-user-played-indians-to-move-them-from-whatsapp-to-signal-111610359527200.html Short Notes: (Public) Jan 6. Capitol Events: Platform Response Date:Jan 12, 2021 8:00 PM https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dNC87RtdPWBXXReTsrAl-Sknw4PtwanPX0CA_oi20ec/mobilebasic Short Notes: Benjamin Strick on Twitter: "A copypasta campaign in India is targeting politically-sensitive tags #TMCHataoBanglaBachao & #KrishokSurokhaAbhijan on Twitter. I captured data over the past week for analysis. Report: https://t.co/1kubd3ctZ6 CC @TwitterSafety Here's some findings in this #OSINT thread 🧵👇 https://t.co/QUPib6i8Hi" / Twitter Date:Jan 12, 2021 7:55 PM https://mobile.twitter.com/bendobrown/status/1348592773482606592?s=12 Short Notes: How did we get here? - Poynter Date:Jan 12, 2021 4:37 PM https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2021/how-did-we-get-here/ Short Notes: Yair Rosenberg on Twitter: "Why Twitter will always be broken & mislead millions: 1. People prefer the joy of going viral or having their political biases confirmed to being truthful 2. There are no formal or informal consequences for sharing comforting lies 3. So incentives all run in the worst direction https://t.co/HC4qCYZ3qP" / Twitter Date:Jan 12, 2021 4:36 PM https://twitter.com/Yair_Rosenberg/status/1348774724067856387 Short Notes: Polish law Date:Jan 12, 2021 4:32 PM https://twitter.com/rasmus_kleis/status/1348946690175328257?s=12 Short Notes: Mark Scott on Twitter: ""We need to police online content!" Well sure. But before we go about doing that, it's worth remembering: this stuff is incredibly difficult & very easy to get wrong. Case in point: just look at Europe https://t.co/5KE7lWDJ1t Here's what you need to know:" / Twitter Date:Jan 12, 2021 4:22 PM https://twitter.com/markscott82/status/1348921641284349952 Short Notes: Rasmus Kleis Nielsen on Twitter: "What should the role of legislation, regulators, and government be in overseeing political speech online? Nothing in dominant interpretation of US First Amendment (effectively leaving it to corporations) but US is ~4% of world's population EU is ~6%, let's look at examples 1/N" / Twitter Date:Jan 12, 2021 4:15 PM https://mobile.twitter.com/rasmus_kleis/status/1348929907280248833?s=12 Short Notes: Internet restrictions and phone seizures show digital crackdown in Hong Kong - The Washington Post Date:Jan 12, 2021 4:05 PM https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/hong-kong-national-security-law-internet/2021/01/12/01738064-53b6-11eb-acc5-92d2819a1ccb_story.html Short Notes: Visualisation of Information from Raw Twitter Data — Part 1 | by Jaime Zornoza | Towards Data Science Date:Jan 12, 2021 3:38 PM https://towardsdatascience.com/visualization-of-information-from-raw-twitter-data-part-1-99181ad19c Short Notes: How to Hold Social Media Accountable for Undermining Democracy Date:Jan 12, 2021 3:28 PM https://hbr.org/2021/01/how-to-hold-social-media-accountable-for-undermining-democracy Short Notes: ModiNext v/s TwitterNext Silent Cartographer on Twitter: "It would seem logical to ban @Twitter from India for inciting the mass murders, riots, genocide, rumour-mongring, fake news in India & then deaths of another 50 in 2019, not to mention it has destabilized Indian society and instilled trust deficit among communities. [[twitter]]Next" / Twitter Date:Jan 12, 2021 12:56 PM https://twitter.com/Mk1A_Mhr_/status/1347987168153595904 Short Notes: Where we should be?YouTube and WhatsApp inch closer to half a billion users in India | TechCrunch but: Looking at the basic setup or information architecture of YouTube, the two main ‘units’ that structure the platform are videos and channels. Unlike Twitter, which issues a random sample of tweets in real time (Morstatter, et al. , 2014; Gerlitz and Rieder, 2013), YouTube provides no easy way to create representative datasets. https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/10667/9575 Date:Jan 12, 2021 12:53 PM https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/11/youtube-and-whatsapp-inch-closer-to-half-a-billion-users-in-india/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=buffer&utm_content=buffer7b76b&guccounter=1 Short Notes: (Another one) Leaked Location Data Shows Another Muslim Prayer App Tracking Users Date:Jan 12, 2021 12:48 PM https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgz4n3/muslim-app-location-data-salaat-first Short Notes: Germany and France Oppose Trump’s Twitter Ban - Bloomberg Date:Jan 12, 2021 12:41 PM https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-11/merkel-sees-closing-trump-s-social-media-accounts-problematic Short Notes: Germany's Merkel hits out at Twitter over 'problematic' Trump ban Date:Jan 12, 2021 12:40 PM https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/11/germanys-merkel-hits-out-at-twitter-over-problematic-trump-ban.html Short Notes: Vaccine diplomacy: Crouching elephant vs. ‘charming’ dragon: why vaccine diplomacy is next battleground for India, China - The Economic Times Date:Jan 12, 2021 12:38 PM https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/prime/pharma-and-healthcare/crouching-elephant-vs-charming-dragon-why-vaccine-diplomacy-is-next-battleground-for-india-china/primearticleshow/80201283.cms?from=mdr Short Notes: Intl Reaction to deplatform: Trump's Twitter suspension prompts calls from Coalition MPs, regulators for new tech rules Date:Jan 12, 2021 12:31 PM https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/coalition-mps-regulators-call-for-new-social-media-rules-after-trump-turn-off-20210110-p56szg.html Short Notes: (So many platforms would run afoul of this) Amazon Is Suspending Parler From AWS Date:Jan 11, 2021 10:28 PM https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/johnpaczkowski/amazon-parler-aws Short Notes: Doxx Populi: Here’s How To Keep The Capitol Rioters From Flying Back To DC, Say Flight Attendants Date:Jan 11, 2021 4:53 PM https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2021/01/10/heres-how-to-keep-the-capitol-rioters-from-flying-back-to-dc-say-flight-attendants/ Short Notes: Twitter’s Trump Ban Deemed Necessary, Derided as Long Overdue - Bloomberg Date:Jan 11, 2021 4:45 PM https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-09/twitter-s-trump-ban-deemed-necessary-derided-as-long-overdue Short Notes: Dox populi: Kashmir Hill on Twitter: "After the attack on the Capitol, facial recognition app Clearview AI saw a spike in use. Detectives are using the app to help identify rioters: https://t.co/KeDO7AXCda https://t.co/5NZhXsHInI" / Twitter Date:Jan 10, 2021 11:41 PM https://twitter.com/kashhill/status/1347962960887615492 Short Notes: Trump Is Banned. Who Is Next? - The Atlantic Date:Jan 10, 2021 5:35 PM https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/trump-is-banned-who-is-next/617622/ Short Notes: Alexey Navalny on Twitter: "1. I think that the ban of Donald Trump on Twitter is an unacceptable act of censorship (THREAD)" / Twitter Date:Jan 10, 2021 2:39 PM https://twitter.com/navalny/status/1347969772177264644 Short Notes: mahsa alimardani 🌒 مثلا on Twitter: "Internet infrastructure power holders are taking action against Trump & supporters: Amazon suspends Parler, threatening to take pro-Trump site offline indefinitely. Apple & Google App stores removed too. Trump campaign also booted from their email server. https://t.co/KzYUKgYiEY" / Twitter Date:Jan 10, 2021 10:02 AM https://twitter.com/maasalan/status/1348124175391727618 Short Notes: Apple did it for HK, so why not Parler Date:Jan 10, 2021 8:32 AM https://twitter.com/markgurman/status/1348068191537295360?s=12 Short Notes: Navigating the Tech Stack: When, Where and How Should We Moderate Content? | Centre for International Governance Innovation Date:Jan 9, 2021 10:36 PM https://www.cigionline.org/articles/navigating-tech-stack-when-where-and-how-should-we-moderate-content Short Notes: "Erin Marie Saltman (@ErinSaltman) Tweeted: Tech company responses in US: @TwitterSafety permanently suspends Trump account @YouTube Removed Trump video @Facebook & @instagram indefinitely suspend Trump account @Snapchat Locked Trump account, undetermined timeframe @Shopify Removed Trump online stores Date:Jan 9, 2021 10:35 PM" https://twitter.com/ErinSaltman/status/1347886377560662016?s=20 Short Notes: Masih Alinejad 🏳️ on Twitter: "Now it’s time for @Twitter to remove the man who has banned 83 million Iranians from Twitter, bans US & European coronavirus vaccines and ordered the crackdown that killed 1,500 protesters. Remove @Khamenei_fa now https://t.co/xw0RAboIh9" / Twitter Date:Jan 9, 2021 10:28 PM https://mobile.twitter.com/alinejadmasih/status/1347707237020655621?s=12 Short Notes: Sean McDonald on Twitter: "If you’re super angry that one small set of private capital interests affect the way the public communicates with elected officials, I have absolutely terrible news about newspaper and broadcast media ownership. Historically and presently." / Twitter Date:Jan 9, 2021 9:01 PM https://twitter.com/seanmmcdonald/status/1347923163393490946 Short Notes: Pratik Sinha on Twitter: "REMINDER: In comparison with whatever little Twitter, Facebook, Google are doing to ensure that their home country doesn't get ravaged by hate + misinformation, they are doing very little to ensure that the same doesn't happen in India. We're business for them, not living people." / Twitter Date:Jan 9, 2021 8:00 PM https://twitter.com/free_thinker/status/1347859394109661184 Short Notes: India’s internet divide could hamper its vaccination drive Date:Jan 9, 2021 7:57 PM https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/news/india/indias-internet-divide-could-hamper-its-vaccination-drive/articleshow/80180527.cms Short Notes: Who is Sanjeev Sablok and what is Swarna Bharat Party...Time for big tech to respect liberty or be forced to do so Date:Jan 9, 2021 7:47 PM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/seeing-the-invisible/time-for-big-tech-to-respect-liberty-or-be-forced-to-do-so/ Short Notes: Twitter’s ban on Trump strips US of ‘moral high ground’ in criticizing others on freedom of speech: observers - Global Times Date:Jan 9, 2021 7:40 PM https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202101/1212286.shtml Short Notes: PermanentBanOnKapilMishra Date:Jan 9, 2021 7:34 PM Short Notes: What to expect when you’re de-platforming 1) why not earlier? 2) ok, now how about these people...Mohammed Zubair on Twitter: "Ek tweet pe ek poora article? 🤷🏾‍♂️ Matlab itna bekaar baitha hai staff? https://t.co/uvoEhKZZc9" / Twitter Date:Jan 9, 2021 6:03 PM https://mobile.twitter.com/zoo_bear/status/1347875286109417474 Short Notes: (What happens to splint-tok) evelyn douek on Twitter: "This is a genuinely huge development. If Apple starts to require certain content moderation plans as a condition of being in the app store, it could significantly change the ecosystem." / Twitter Date:Jan 9, 2021 4:54 PM https://twitter.com/evelyndouek/status/1347679503917715456 Short Notes: Raghu Karnad on Twitter: "A lesson for right-wing leaders *everywhere* who are toying with the fission-reaction of militant, internet-brewed extremism. You do not realise what you're setting off; how quickly it will escape your control; and how viciously it will turn on you when you try to rein it in." / Twitter Date:Jan 9, 2021 2:06 PM https://twitter.com/rkarnad/status/1347640129586749440 Short Notes: Navigating the Tech Stack: When, Where and How Should We Moderate Content? | Centre for International Governance Innovation Date:Jan 9, 2021 10:09 AM https://www.cigionline.org/articles/navigating-tech-stack-when-where-and-how-should-we-moderate-content Short Notes: Social Media Regulation Could Dampen Populism's Rage (add Chinese part in spllinternet section) Date:Jan 9, 2021 9:24 AM about:reader?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforeignpolicy.com%2F2021%2F01%2F08%2Fcapitol-mob-social-media-right-wing-violence-regulation%2F Short Notes: Ben Collins on Twitter: "Trump campaign account suspended after Donald Trump tried to use the account to evade his ban." / Twitter Date:Jan 9, 2021 8:37 AM https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1347735278564352002 Short Notes: Expanding the debate about content moderation: Scholarly research agendas for the coming policy debates | Internet Policy Review Date:Jan 9, 2021 7:45 AM https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/expanding-debate-about-content-moderation-scholarly-research-agendas-coming-policy Short Notes: Tarleton Gillespie on Twitter: "In a recent piece I called this “stacked moderation”. Platforms or other intermediaries “below” platforms that can demand standards of moderation. https://t.co/medO0M3UG2" / Twitter Date:Jan 9, 2021 7:38 AM https://twitter.com/TarletonG/status/1347722496204828673 Short Notes: Facebook Chucked Its Own Rulebook to Ban Trump | by Will Oremus | Jan, 2021 | OneZero - dump trump Date:Jan 8, 2021 11:37 PM https://onezero.medium.com/facebook-chucked-its-own-rulebook-to-ban-trump-ecc036947f5d Short Notes: "Stop The Steal" Groups Are Still Flourishing On Facebook (dump trump) Date:Jan 8, 2021 11:26 PM https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/stop-the-steal-facebook Short Notes: Capitol rioters are losing their jobs after being doxed by Internet detectives - The Washington Post Date:Jan 8, 2021 9:52 PM https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/08/capitol-rioters-fired-doxed-online/ Short Notes: Internet Freedom Will Be an Uphill Battle for Joe Biden - Bloomberg Date:Jan 8, 2021 12:32 PM https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-23/internet-freedom-will-be-an-uphill-battle-for-joe-biden Short Notes: Covid disinformation sites often use tools from Google, Facebook and Apple, report finds - The Washington Post Date:Jan 8, 2021 11:48 AM https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/04/covid-scam-disinformation/ Short Notes: "https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/what-trump-and-his-mob-taught-world-about-america/617579/ Sent from Matter https://getmatter.app/prateekwaghre/ Date:Jan 8, 2021 10:40 AM" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/what-trump-and-his-mob-taught-world-about-america/617579/ Short Notes: Op-Ed: For right-wing extremists, this was a victory | by @DFRLab | DFRLab | Jan, 2021 | Medium Date:Jan 8, 2021 9:52 AM https://medium.com/dfrlab/op-ed-for-right-wing-extremists-this-was-a-victory-fbd67d46bceb Short Notes: I haven't enjoyed my 7-day free trial of 2021. Please cancel my subscription and do not charge my credit card. Date:Jan 7, 2021 10:46 PM https://twitter.com/pbannist/status/1347213894775926786?s=12 Short Notes:back and forth Tractors to Twitter: India's protesting farmers battle on highway, online | Reuters Date:Jan 7, 2021 10:12 PM https://in.reuters.com/article/india-farms-protests-socialmedia-idINKBN299065 Short Notes:MWI Twitter locked Trump’s account. Insiders say it needs to go further. | MIT Technology Review Date:Jan 7, 2021 7:59 PM https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/01/06/1015830/twitter-trump-suspension-ban/ Short Notes:Ad tech Nandini Jammi on Twitter: "The biggest story in tech no one’s talking about is Uber discovering they’d been defrauded out of $100M - or 2/3 of their ad spend. And all bc Sleeping Giants kept bugging them to block their ads on Breitbart. https://t.co/SiS3MndewS" / Twitter Date:Jan 7, 2021 7:54 PM https://twitter.com/nandoodles/status/1345774768746852353 Short Notes:Ad tech Journalism, media, and technology trends and predictions 2021 | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism - link to CPR, back and forward Date:Jan 7, 2021 7:50 PM https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/journalism-media-and-technology-trends-and-predictions-2021 Short Notes: Our Response to the Violence in Washington - About Facebook (Calls for protests — even peaceful ones — if they violate the curfew in DC) Date:Jan 7, 2021 7:42 PM https://about.fb.com/news/2021/01/responding-to-the-violence-in-washington-dc/ Short Notes: Cat Zakrzewski on Twitter: "Key quote today in NYT from @noUpside: “This has been a striking repudiation of the idea that there is an online and an offline world, and that what is said online is in some way kept online.”" / Twitter Date:Jan 7, 2021 7:41 PM https://twitter.com/Cat_Zakrzewski/status/1346959377824145408 Short Notes: Tarleton Gillespie on Twitter: "Remember, if its reasonable for Tw and FB to suspend Trump - and I think it is - can we stop arguing about whether its reasonable to suspend white nationalists and misogynist trolls, who don’t have nearly the public importance a President does? Content moderation has to exist." / Twitter Date:Jan 7, 2021 7:39 PM https://twitter.com/TarletonG/status/1347024573225705473 Short Notes: Vaccine hesitancy rises as 69% of Indians won’t rush to take it - Dec 18 Date:Jan 7, 2021 7:04 PM https://www.localcircles.com/a/press/page/covid-vaccine-hesitancy-survey#.X_cN1ODhXlY Short Notes:Vaccine 59% Indians won’t rush for COVID-19 vaccine even if it's available by Feb 2021 - Dec 2 Date:Jan 7, 2021 7:03 PM https://www.localcircles.com/a/press/page/covid-19-vaccine-survey#.X_cNo-DhXlY Short Notes:Vaccine 61% Indians are sceptical about COVID-19 vaccine even if it is available in 2021 (Oct) Date:Jan 7, 2021 7:02 PM https://www.localcircles.com/a/press/page/covid-19-vaccine-survey-india#.X_cNZuDhXlY Short Notes:Vaccine 69% Indians still hesitant to take the COVID-19 vaccine (Jan) Date:Jan 7, 2021 7:00 PM https://www.localcircles.com/a/press/page/coronavirus-vaccine-hesitancy-survey#.X_cMVODhXlY Short Notes:Vaccine Prateek Waghre on Twitter: "@Memeghnad I wouldn't completely write this off. From a recent Ipsos survey. "52% of the respondents from India ‘strongly’ or ‘somewhat’ agreed with the statement ‘The chance of getting of COVID-19 is so low that a vaccine is not necessary.’ U.S. was the next highest at 31%." https://t.co/jmyOhWQAzq" / Twitter Date:Jan 7, 2021 6:49 PM https://twitter.com/prateekwaghre/status/1334419152367308800 Short Notes:Vaccine Predictions for Journalism 2021 » Collections » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism Date:Jan 7, 2021 6:23 PM https://www.niemanlab.org/collection/predictions-2021/ Short Notes:back/forward meghnad 🔗 on Twitter: "Zee News, News18 UP, ABP Ganga, and TV9 Bharatvarsh reported that @TIME had “praised Yogi Adityanath government's work on corona control”. Turns out, the 'report' they used was an ad paid for by the UP Govt. @sighyush @tahirjournalis3 🔥 https://t.co/JXvgP9NpqK" / Twitter Date:Jan 7, 2021 3:11 PM https://twitter.com/Memeghnad/status/1347038020319420416 Short Notes: Jennifer Palmieri on Twitter: "It has not escaped my attention that the day social media companies decided there actually IS more they could do to police Trump’s destructive behavior was the same day they learned Democrats would chair all the congressional committees that oversee them." / Twitter Date:Jan 7, 2021 2:39 PM https://twitter.com/jmpalmieri/status/1347064818944118784 Short Notes: After the storming of the Capitol, Twitter needs to ban Donald Trump. Date:Jan 7, 2021 9:55 AM https://slate.com/technology/2021/01/twitter-kick-off-donald-trump.html Short Notes: Substack’s Curious Views on Content Moderation - Lawfare Date:Jan 6, 2021 10:54 PM https://www.lawfareblog.com/substacks-curious-views-content-moderation Short Notes: Pornhub is the latest example of the move toward a verified internet. Date:Jan 6, 2021 10:46 PM https://slate.com/technology/2020/12/pornhub-verified-users-twitter.html Short Notes: PriyankaPulla on Twitter: "All India Peoples Science Network issues statement against hasty approval of COVID vaccines https://t.co/a808RsPugh" / Twitter Date:Jan 6, 2021 3:36 PM https://twitter.com/PriyankaPulla/status/1346712201327906822 Short Notes: In Georgia, Facebook’s Changes Brought Back a Partisan News Feed – The Markup Date:Jan 6, 2021 3:21 PM https://themarkup.org/citizen-browser/2021/01/05/in-georgia-facebooks-changes-brought-back-a-partisan-news-feed Short Notes: Is cow blood used in COVID-19 vaccines? Hindu Mahasabha seeks clarification Date:Jan 6, 2021 11:09 AM https://www.siasat.com/are-pharma-companies-using-cows-blood-in-covid-vaccines-hindu-mahasabha-seeks-clarification-2055393/amp/ Short Notes: Educative Interventions to Combat Misinformation: Evidence From a Field Experiment in India | Comparative Politics | APSA Preprints | Cambridge Open Engage Date:Jan 5, 2021 10:15 PM https://preprints.apsanet.org/engage/apsa/article-details/5f4551172472620012f82a40 Short Notes: ‘All that Followed a Death. . .’: An Alleged Celebrity Suicide, Media Discourse and Mental Health - Debanjan Banerjee, 2020 Date:Jan 5, 2021 10:08 PM https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0020764020985572 Short Notes: The year that was: Misinformation trends of 2020 - Alt News Date:Jan 5, 2021 9:01 PM https://www.altnews.in/the-year-that-was-misinformation-trends-of-2020/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=newpost Short Notes: Fact Check: The Top Conspiracy Theories Of 2020 Date:Jan 5, 2021 8:47 PM https://www.boomlive.in/fact-file/fact-check-conspiracy-theories-qanon-justiceforssr-sushant-singh-rajput-bollywood-deep-state-donald-trump-11303 Short Notes: Will concerns over safety data impact covid vaccine acceptance in India? Date:Jan 5, 2021 8:46 PM https://www.livemint.com/ Short Notes: How disinformation evolved in 2020 Date:Jan 5, 2021 8:01 PM https://www.brookings.edu/techstream/how-disinformation-evolved-in-2020/ Short Notes: To debate whether he is the right person, esp after Coronil... Baba Ramdev counters vaccine politics, calls 'impotency' claim by SP '100 percent false' Date:Jan 5, 2021 7:08 PM https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/general-news/baba-ramdev-counters-vaccine-politics-calls-impotency-claim-by-sp-100-percent-false.html Short Notes: Vaccine controversy may fuel infodemic Date:Jan 5, 2021 4:54 PM https://www.livemint.com/news/india/vaccine-controversy-may-fuel-infodemic-11609814266374.html Short Notes: Internet shutdowns cost India $2.8 billion in 2020 Date:Jan 5, 2021 3:58 PM https://www.livemint.com/ Short Notes: View: Why vaccine scaremongering is unhelpful - The Economic Times Date:Jan 5, 2021 3:55 PM https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/view-why-vaccine-scaremongering-is-unhelpful/articleshow/80106899.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst Short Notes: Facebook fails Georgia - Popular Information (avaaz studyj Date:Jan 5, 2021 1:58 PM https://popular.info/p/facebook-fails-georgia Short Notes: OPINION: No matter what Bharat Biotech says, Covaxin is just not ready for approvals | Business Insider India Date:Jan 5, 2021 11:09 AM https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/bharat-biotechs-covaxin-is-just-not-ready-for-approvals/articleshow/80100116.cms?utm_source=social_Whatsapp&utm_medium=social_sharing&utm_campaign=Click_through_social_share Short Notes: John Hinds: The tech industry's disinformation campaign | National Post Date:Jan 4, 2021 11:04 PM https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-hinds-the-tech-industrys-disinformation-campaign Short Notes: Facts won't fix this: experts on how to fight America's disinformation crisis | US politics | The Guardian Date:Jan 4, 2021 10:58 PM https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/01/disinformation-us-election-covid-pandemic-trump-biden Short Notes: Selena Gomez Calls Out Facebook For Spreading Misinformation | Fangirlish Date:Jan 4, 2021 10:55 PM https://fangirlish.com/2021/01/03/selena-gomez-calls-out-facebook-for-spreading-misinformation/ Short Notes: A robust public broadcaster can guard against anti-vaccine rumours - columns - Hindustan Times Date:Jan 4, 2021 10:51 PM https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/a-robust-public-broadcaster-can-guard-against-anti-vaccine-rumours/story-2UkJ9AI3VYvmPZ5w3bMPjJ.html Short Notes: All attempts to undermine faith in the vaccine must be discouraged Date:Jan 4, 2021 10:48 PM https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/all-attempts-to-undermine-faith-in-the-vaccine-must-be-discouraged Short Notes: India’s biggest challenge: How to curb Vaccine Misinformation | ORF Date:Jan 4, 2021 10:46 PM https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/indias-biggest-challenge-how-to-curb-vaccine-misinformation/ Short Notes: Has a ‘fifth generation war’ started between India and Pakistan? | Cybersecurity News | Al Jazeera Date:Jan 4, 2021 10:44 PM https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/1/4/are-india-and-pakistan-in-a-fifth-generation-war Short Notes: ‘Deepfake’ Queen’s Christmas message is a warning on misinformation - The Federal Date:Jan 4, 2021 10:36 PM https://thefederal.com/news/channel-4-digitally-created-a-fake-of-the-queen/ Short Notes: Fact Check- The Year Of Covid-19: Top 5 Misinformation Trends Date:Jan 4, 2021 10:34 PM https://www.boomlive.in/coronavirus-outbreak/covid-19-coronavirus-china-wuhan-bioweapon-lab-vaccine-lockdown-mask-narendra-modi-fake-news-fact-check-tablighi-jamaat-ayurveda-11367 Short Notes: Tractor to Twitter: A bid to counter ‘propaganda’ | Delhi News - Times of India Date:Jan 4, 2021 10:33 PM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/tractor-to-twitter-a-bid-to-counter-propaganda/articleshow/80056543.cms Short Notes: Kumbh Mela 2021: Social media monitoring cell to be set up to check fake news, rumours | Dehradun News - Times of India Date:Jan 4, 2021 10:29 PM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/kumbh-mela-2021-social-media-monitoring-cell-to-be-set-up-to-check-fake-news-rumours/articleshow/80076019.cms Short Notes: Kerala Govt Announces Digital Media Literacy Programme Date:Jan 4, 2021 10:28 PM https://www.mensxp.com/technology/news/84192-kerala-govt-announces-digital-media-literacy-programme.html Short Notes: Instead of blaming the producers of vaccine misinformation, we should help its consumers Date:Jan 4, 2021 10:24 PM https://scroll.in/article/982822/instead-of-blaming-the-producers-of-vaccine-misinformation-we-should-help-its-consumers Short Notes: Modi Regime’s Vision for Media: Go from Pliant to Totally Aligned | NewsClick Date:Jan 4, 2021 10:20 PM https://www.newsclick.in/Modi-regime-vision-for-media-from-pliant-alligned Short Notes: Tanvi Madan on Twitter: "Know what could have helped avoid this kerfuffle? Transparency. Sometimes "just trust us" doesn't quite work." / Twitter Date:Jan 4, 2021 6:00 PM https://mobile.twitter.com/tanvi_madan/status/1346069669648719873?s=12 Short Notes:Vaccine, trust us Kate Starbird on Twitter: "Welcome to my Twitter thread demonstrating how right wing media and political organizations exploit science — and the Internet Archive — to spread misinformation downplaying the threat of Covid. @holden, I’m hoping you’ll like this. (1/many)" / Twitter Date:Jan 4, 2021 2:21 PM https://mobile.twitter.com/katestarbird/status/1345912952679895040?s=12 Short Notes: Graphika Global Insights: COVID-19 Vaccination Misinformation - India cluster Date:Jan 4, 2021 12:50 PM https://graphika.com/posts/graphika-global-insights-covid-19-vaccination-misinformation/ Short Notes: Dr Sumaiya Shaikh on Twitter: "My analysis of the paper released by #BharatBiotech researchers & the Press Statement by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Restricted Emergency approval of 1out of 3 COVID-19 virus vaccine from Bharat Biotech: A thread..." / Twitter Date:Jan 4, 2021 12:12 PM https://twitter.com/Neurophysik/status/1345788882609180673 Short Notes: Anti vaccine : Monica on Twitter: "A conspiracy to discredit India’s pharmaceutical sector is in making. But don’t let them win. Bharat Biotech vaccine already has more than a billion export orders and it will help in boosting India’s soft power 🇮🇳 https://t.co/ZeFbmNQr3a" / Twitter Date:Jan 3, 2021 7:02 PM https://twitter.com/TrulyMonica/status/1345624694142115846 Short Notes: The can opener thread Date:Jan 3, 2021 6:48 PM https://twitter.com/johnroderick/status/1345508384011816960?s=12 Short Notes: Competing propagandas: How the United States and Russia represent mutual propaganda activities - Dmitry Chernobrov, Emma L Briant, 2020 Date:Jan 3, 2021 6:31 PM https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0263395720966171 Short Notes: Combating misinformation online: re-imagining social media for policy-making | Internet Policy Review Date:Jan 2, 2021 4:49 PM https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/combating-misinformation-online-re-imagining-social-media-policy-making Short Notes: ANI UP on Twitter: "I am not going to get vaccinated for now. How can I trust BJP's vaccine, when our government will be formed everyone will get free vaccine. We cannot take BJP's vaccine: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav #COVID19 https://t.co/qnmGENzUBH" / Twitter Date:Jan 2, 2021 4:44 PM https://twitter.com/ANINewsUP/status/1345300003661615104 Short Notes: From 2016 to 2020, Growing Use of ‘Anti-National’ in Political Discourse on Indian Twitter Date:Jan 2, 2021 3:49 PM https://thewire.in/tech/twitter-india-anti-national-political-discourse Short Notes: Let a thousand internets bloom – Rest of World Date:Jan 1, 2021 1:03 AM https://restofworld.org/2020/let-a-thousand-internets-bloom/ Short Notes: zeynep tufekci on Twitter: "Thread. Communicating uncertainty requires monitoring and understanding how it’s heard and disseminated. See next tweet, too. Best approach is.. straight up communicating the uncertainty rather than optimizing message for desired behavior because than we get neither." / Twitter Date:Dec 31, 2020 10:24 PM https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1341239395085533186 Short Notes:on vaccine communication shoshana wodinsky on Twitter: "my last story of the year is abt the weight loss ads haunting ur insta https://t.co/KZu28SeeqO" / Twitter Date:Dec 31, 2020 10:10 PM https://mobile.twitter.com/swodinsky/status/1344672373778370560?s=12 Short Notes: Tech in the New Decade: Ruminations on the Fourth Industrial Revolution | ORF Date:Dec 31, 2020 1:00 PM https://www.orfonline.org/series/tech-in-the-new-decade-ruminations-on-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/ Short Notes: On YouTube & Facebook, team of 8 dispels rumours | Gurgaon News - Times of India Date:Dec 31, 2020 8:37 AM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/on-youtube-facebook-team-of-8-dispels-rumours/articleshow/80036834.cms Short Notes: Conspirador Norteño on Twitter: "It's a great day to look at a botnet with GAN-generated profile pics that links several websites with "authors" that use the same GAN-generated pics. #HolidayShenaniGANs (GAN = generative adversarial network, the AI technique used by https://t.co/AxF5723Pje) cc: @ZellaQuixote https://t.co/kKuzQKGt7U" / Twitter Date:Dec 30, 2020 1:17 PM https://mobile.twitter.com/conspirator0/status/1341917542223376384?s=12 Short Notes: It’s time to accept that disinformation is a cyber security issue | Hacker News (see calculation) Date:Dec 29, 2020 11:54 AM https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25556781 Short Notes: Russia’s SolarWinds Attack - Schneier on Security Date:Dec 28, 2020 10:03 PM https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/12/russias-solarwinds-attack.html Short Notes: War in the time of Twitter: How disinformation shapes Indo-Pak relations - The Correspondent Date:Dec 28, 2020 12:03 AM https://www.thecorrespondent.pk/2020/12/19/war-in-the-time-of-twitter-how-disinformation-shapes-indo-pak-relations/ Short Notes: Kanchan Gupta on Twitter: "In these fraught times for @INCIndia to brazenly indulge in such disinformation is not only deceitful and dangerous, it is also criminal. By giving this disingenuous campaign of hate a free pass @Twitter @TwitterIndia is complicit in this criminality. #FakeNews #HateSpeech [[!india]] https://t.co/7wFfzxB3Nu" / Twitter Date:Dec 27, 2020 11:59 PM https://twitter.com/KanchanGupta/status/1342352751028707330 Short Notes:Reaction to fact checking malviya Sameer on Twitter: "Twitter verified handle & public figure brazenly sharing fake news that can potentially disturb Law & Order @MIB_India : Will u act decisively & enforce punitive action against such serial offenders or are ur laws merely on paper? @HMOIndia FYI & NA cc @PrakashJavdekar https://t.co/QzJWptOhsW" / Twitter (link to Mona Ambegaonkar) Date:Dec 27, 2020 11:57 PM https://twitter.com/BesuraTaansane/status/1342843273530933250 Short Notes:Reaction to fact checking malviya Marc-André Argentino on Twitter: ".@TwitterSafety Uses "whack-a-mole" *it's not fucking effective* Worse.pokemon.trainer.ever" / Twitter Date:Dec 27, 2020 10:51 PM https://twitter.com/_MAArgentino/status/1343238512150261761 Short Notes: Shayan Sardarizadeh on Twitter: "Twitter suspended the accounts of four major QAnon influencers last night. "Qtah" with 128,000 followers and his wife, "MrsQtah" with 19,000 followers, are among them. Also suspended are "BardsFM", known as Scott, with 106,000 followers and "PepeNewsNow" with 49,000 followers. https://t.co/vZTy9GyhAU" / Twitter Date:Dec 27, 2020 10:51 PM https://twitter.com/Shayan86/status/1343228463285735426 Short Notes: Better Than Nothing: A Look at Content Moderation in 2020 | WIRED Date:Dec 27, 2020 9:42 PM https://www.wired.com/story/content-moderation-2020-better-than-nothing/ Short Notes:look back Facebook Managers Trash Their Own Ad Targeting in Unsealed Remarks Date:Dec 27, 2020 7:00 PM https://theintercept.com/2020/12/24/facebook-ad-targeting-small-business/ Short Notes: Russia moves to curb internet following investigative reports on Navalny poisoning - Committee to Protect Journalists Date:Dec 27, 2020 4:38 PM https://cpj.org/2020/12/russia-moves-to-curb-internet-following-investigative-reports-on-navalny-poisoning/ Short Notes: Journalists jailed for social media “terrorism” highlight content moderation challenges - Committee to Protect Journalists Date:Dec 27, 2020 10:27 AM https://cpj.org/2020/12/journalists-jailed-social-media-terrorism-content-moderation-challenges/ Short Notes: How COVID Changed Content Moderation: Year in Review 2020 | Electronic Frontier Foundation Date:Dec 25, 2020 6:04 AM https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/how-covid-changed-content-moderation-year-review-2019 Short Notes:look back Lies, distortions, disinformation and spin - democracies are up against it - NZ Herald Date:Dec 25, 2020 6:02 AM https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/lies-distortions-disinformation-and-spin-democracies-are-up-against-it/ZAV4OYSFDFZTDYE6PJTS2HTF5A/ Short Notes: Social Media Manipulation in India - pdf Date:Dec 24, 2020 11:01 PM https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/64694746/Social_Media_Manipulation_in_India_Labor_and_Entrepreneurialism_in_an_Informal_Platform_Economy.pdf?1602845157=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DMasters_Thesis_Social_Media_Manipulation.pdf&Expires=1608834608&Signature=eSvGRelQSxjwvDISRmSS607qdeYFO88e~8aJ9Dqpz0xKLGBXH-bnaxNWNfDkYMNg7VZd1XhnwmZhSPIEK9lGAYsaLD47LqaCXdoDif56m3ZUAQjPOZF4cSy8mGZGp3vF1SE4FwxZLxtamvyX8zjksD5WtEQwroDMjzRe~~nZkTHmY8l-gFejC2OXIukSy-KoVM9PFgG3RSR6t3Eur6rgvIKKXa6G~XSVuafOwzkBPMFS5fAOFIAGYJWVMS-3Z32WFYCfVNEVCYzl4aU0my3f-R7szAMKmAEj94tccinXSgyzpUZVPulHIX6C2ZqeXo7jOUPFpvI~OtF-sYF7iOP70Q__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA Short Notes: Oversight Board Selects Case on a Veiled Threat Based on Religious Beliefs - About Facebook Date:Dec 24, 2020 10:53 PM https://about.fb.com/news/2020/12/oversight-board-selects-case-on-veiled-threat-based-on-religious-beliefs/ Short Notes: Democratic offense against disinformation - Atlantic Council Date:Dec 24, 2020 10:51 PM https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/democratic-offense-against-disinformation/ Short Notes: Meghnad Kant Even 🔗 on Twitter: "https://t.co/HHeoFbp2R6 😭" / Twitter why? Date:Dec 24, 2020 10:22 PM https://twitter.com/Memeghnad/status/1342148864577433601 Short Notes:Back to trump Zach Dorfman on Twitter: "Part III: How U.S. officials say China's intelligence services have subordinated and co-opted its tech firms. https://t.co/W8Fo8cNF83" / Twitter Date:Dec 24, 2020 12:13 PM https://twitter.com/zachsdorfman/status/1341856840875851777 Short Notes:Ad tech Gamest Date:Jan 27, 2021 9:17 AM Short Notes: Modi govt has mounted biggest attack yet on academic freedom with its diktat on international webinars Date:Feb 12, 2021 6:57 PM https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/narendra-modi-academic-freedom-universities-webinars-7184744/lite/?__twitter_impression=true Short Notes: Ruptured Reality (Annie Zaidi) | The India Forum Date:Mar 8, 2021 12:08 PM https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/ruptured-reality-fact-checks-and-counter-checks-truth-trade Short Notes:link to MorningContext story evelyn douek on Twitter: "By the way, it's a small step from common standards to "you should share the tech you use to police this stuff. After all, that's what you do for child sex abuse material and terrorist content." Is that what we want for hate speech? Genuine q! https://t.co/hXNWFILg3J" / Twitter Date:Jul 21, 2020 5:49 PM https://twitter.com/evelyndouek/status/1285270679470907392?s=12 Short Notes: UK 'took eye off ball' over Russia threat - BBC News Date:Jul 21, 2020 6:32 PM https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-53485009 Short Notes: The Russia report mentions “open source” studies of Russian activity around the 2016 EU referendum. So what did they find? More details on some of the research below and on the BBC News live page Date:Jul 21, 2020 6:53 PM https://twitter.com/o_rob1nson/status/1285555593869242368?s=12 Short Notes: Kazakhstan Celebrity superspreader Date:Jul 21, 2020 6:58 PM https://twitter.com/codastory/status/1285562420308525060?s=12 Short Notes: The global race to rein in Facebook Date:Jul 21, 2020 7:04 PM https://www.livemint.com/news/world/the-global-race-to-rein-in-facebook-11595256896184.html Short Notes: #Section 1 Date:Jul 25, 2020 4:09 PM Short Notes: #Section 2 Date:Jul 25, 2020 4:13 PM Short Notes: #Section 4 Date:Jul 25, 2020 4:13 PM Short Notes: #Section 3 Date:Jul 25, 2020 4:13 PM Short Notes: #Section 6 Date:Jul 25, 2020 4:14 PM Short Notes: #Section 5 Date:Jul 25, 2020 4:14 PM Short Notes: Disinformation campaigns are murky blends of truth, lies and sincere beliefs – lessons from the pandemic Date:Jul 25, 2020 9:30 PM https://theconversation.com/disinformation-campaigns-are-murky-blends-of-truth-lies-and-sincere-beliefs-lessons-from-the-pandemic-140677 Short Notes: Byju's denies attempting to take down tweets criticising it | MediaNama Date:Jul 26, 2020 12:34 AM https://www.medianama.com/2020/07/223-byjus-twitter-linkedin-reported/ Short Notes: (1) (PDF) Disinformation and propaganda -impact on the functioning of the rule of law in the EU and its Member States Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs | Md Kawsar Ahmed - Academia.edu Date:Jul 26, 2020 8:15 AM https://www.academia.edu/38766246/Disinformation_and_propaganda_-impact_on_the_functioning_of_the_rule_of_law_in_the_EU_and_its_Member_States_Policy_Department_for_Citizens_Rights_and_Constitutional_Affairs Short Notes: THREAD: How big is the QAnon on Facebook? It's big, very very big. Date:Jul 26, 2020 11:56 PM https://twitter.com/shayan86/status/1286674613129416705?s=12 Short Notes: It's a Sunday in July, and a Chinese-language porn/adult services botnet is apparently recruiting models and encouraging folks to visit pinkmote Date:Jul 27, 2020 12:00 AM https://twitter.com/conspirator0/status/1287440750540660739?s=12 Short Notes: "Security by @mumbaipolice provided to Saket Gokhale who calls PM @narendramodi Maut Ka Saudagar & openly, brazenly puts my number in his call forwarding to direct his calls to me in violation of IT,Privacy & IPC laws & Twitter rules to harrass me #JaiShriRamAnilDeshmukh Date:Jul 27, 2020 12:06 AM" https://twitter.com/shehzad_ind/status/1287427225965355009?s=12 Short Notes: Fighting False News in Ukraine, Facebook Fact Checkers Tread a Blurry Line - The New York Times Date:Jul 27, 2020 11:57 AM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/26/world/europe/ukraine-facebook-fake-news.html Short Notes: Indian govt to ban 47 more Chinese apps, PUBG Mobile under scanner too | Deccan Herald Date:Jul 27, 2020 5:39 PM https://www.deccanherald.com/specials/indian-govt-to-ban-47-more-chinese-apps-pubg-mobile-under-scanner-too-866186.html Short Notes: Sarah Frier - Twitter vs Facebook right now. (Labeling/flagging content) Date:Jul 27, 2020 11:12 PM https://twitter.com/sarahfrier/status/1287513307654455296?s=12 Short Notes: Arram on Twitter about NYT Date:Jul 29, 2020 12:33 AM https://twitter.com/arram/status/1288140786396143617?s=12 Short Notes: Manipur: Sedition case against political activist for allegedly making Facebook posts Date:Jul 29, 2020 12:46 AM https://scroll.in/latest/968826/manipur-sedition-case-against-political-activist-for-allegedly-making-facebook-posts Short Notes: Dark money and PAC's coordinated 'reopen' push are behind doctors' viral hydroxychloroquine video Date:Jul 29, 2020 12:50 AM https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/dark-money-pac-s-coordinated-reopen-push-are-behind-doctors-n1235100 Short Notes: Yashar Ali, Madonna Date:Jul 29, 2020 3:42 PM https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1288292562239856640?s=12 Short Notes: Brandy Zadrozny, Daily Beast, Amplification Date:Jul 29, 2020 3:44 PM https://twitter.com/brandyzadrozny/status/1288286760045359104?s=12 Short Notes: Blogger sued by TV channel and editor over 'baseless allegations' | Deccan Herald Date:Jul 29, 2020 11:03 PM https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/blogger-sued-by-tv-channel-and-editor-over-baseless-allegations-867068.html Short Notes: A complete guide to OTT content regulation in India | MediaNama Date:Jul 29, 2020 11:06 PM https://www.medianama.com/2020/07/223-ott-content-regulation-reading-list/ Short Notes: 4 arrested under new Hong Kong security law for online posts - The Hindu Date:Jul 30, 2020 10:42 AM https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/4-arrested-under-new-hong-kong-security-law-for-online-posts/article32227532.ece Short Notes: TikTok Boss Says Facebook Attacks Are 'Designed to Put an End' to U.S. Presence Date:Jul 30, 2020 10:43 AM https://www.newsweek.com/tiktok-facebook-kevin-mayer-blog-post-competition-copycat-product-reels-patriotism-1521403 Short Notes: US provides new expanded set of espionage charges against former Twitter employees | ZDNet Date:Jul 30, 2020 10:54 AM https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-provides-new-expanded-set-of-espionage-charges-against-former-twitter-employees/ Short Notes: Zeynep on Antitrust/Big Tech. A truly must-read story about China and AI by @andersen. Today, tech CEO's will wraps themselves in the language of freedom and say they're competing with China but they are not—they're building the same infrastructure. Once we build it, rest may follow. Date:Jul 30, 2020 10:56 AM https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1288495745444782083?s=12 Short Notes: Swara Bhasker shuts down claim of Deepika Padukone getting Rs 5 crore to attend JNU protest, calls it ‘idiotic misinformation’ - bollywood - Hindustan Times Date:Jul 30, 2020 10:59 AM https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/swara-bhasker-shuts-down-claim-of-deepika-padukone-getting-rs-5-crore-to-attend-jnu-protest-calls-it-idiotic-misinformation/story-1d8r557btSAIlg6Iietp9L.html Short Notes: Squint Neon, claim about Deepika Padukone. Date:Jul 30, 2020 11:01 AM https://twitter.com/thesquind/status/1288373634105405440?s=12 Short Notes: Swara Bhaskar QT Squint Neon Date:Jul 30, 2020 11:04 AM https://twitter.com/reallyswara/status/1288386186445230081?s=12 Short Notes: PIL in Madras HC for pre-censorship of social media, OTT | MediaNama Date:Jul 30, 2020 1:06 PM https://www.medianama.com/2020/07/223-madras-high-court-social-media-ott-regulation/ Short Notes: Several Retired SC, HC Judges Express Solidarity With Prashant Bhushan Date:Jul 30, 2020 1:08 PM https://thewire.in/law/retired-judges-statement-solidarity-prashant-bhushan Short Notes: Bill requiring Amazon to disclose Chinese products introduced in US Congress Also cpa in India Date:Jul 30, 2020 1:20 PM https://www.livemint.com/news/world/bill-requiring-amazon-to-disclose-chinese-products-introduced-in-us-congress-11596087829625.html Short Notes: Govt finalises policy to check Covid-19 disinformation – Digital Rights Monitor Date:Jul 30, 2020 6:17 PM http://www.digitalrightsmonitor.pk/govt-finalises-policy-to-check-covid-19-disinformation/ Short Notes: Elections and media in digital times - UNESCO Digital Library Date:Jul 30, 2020 9:33 PM https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000371486 Short Notes: Combating the disinfodemic: Working for truth in the time of COVID-19 Date:Jul 30, 2020 9:33 PM https://en.unesco.org/covid19/disinfodemic Short Notes: IFES Election Guide Date:Jul 30, 2020 9:40 PM http://www.electionguide.org/ Short Notes: IFES COVID-19 Briefing Series | IFES Date:Jul 30, 2020 9:41 PM https://www.ifes.org/ifes-covid-19-briefing-series Short Notes: The Global State of Democracy Indices Date:Jul 30, 2020 10:00 PM https://www.idea.int/gsod-indices/#/indices/world-map?covid19=1 Short Notes: Global overview of COVID-19: Impact on elections | International IDEA Date:Jul 30, 2020 10:01 PM https://www.idea.int/news-media/multimedia-reports/global-overview-covid-19-impact-elections Short Notes: Global overview of COVID-19: Impact on elections | International IDEA Date:Jul 30, 2020 10:34 PM https://www.idea.int/news-media/multimedia-reports/global-overview-covid-19-impact-elections Short Notes: Kate Starbird on Dtrump mail in tweet. See thread for twitter response. Date:Jul 31, 2020 9:50 AM https://twitter.com/katestarbird/status/1288847855520583680?s=12 Short Notes: Modi govt: Inside Facebook’s political unit that enables the dark art of digital propaganda - The Economic Times Date:Jul 31, 2020 9:51 PM https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/inside-facebooks-political-unit-that-enables-the-dark-art-of-digital-propaganda/articleshow/62222158.cms Short Notes: NewsMobile Logically join hands to combat fake news across South East Asia-ANI - BW Businessworld Date:Jul 31, 2020 10:56 PM http://www.businessworld.in/article/NewsMobile-Logically-join-hands-to-combat-fake-news-across-South-East-Asia/30-07-2020-303002/ Short Notes: Durga meme row and other reasons why Israeli PM’s son Yair Netanyahu is always in the news | Explained News,The Indian Express Date:Jul 31, 2020 10:57 PM https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/durga-meme-row-and-other-reasons-why-israeli-pms-son-yair-netanyahu-is-always-in-news-6529294/ Short Notes: "5 Egyptian women were sentenced to 2 years in prison for TikTok videos that were said to violate 'Egyptian family' values | Business Insider India ""public prosecutors are empowered by a 2018 cybercrimes law"" Date:Jul 31, 2020 11:00 PM" https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/news/5-egyptian-women-were-sentenced-to-2-years-in-prison-for-tiktok-videos-that-were-said-to-violate-egyptian-family-values/articleshow/77231636.cms Short Notes: Sadhvi Pragya's statement for recital of Hanuman Chalisa was deliberately twisted by media Date:Jul 31, 2020 11:04 PM https://www.opindia.com/2020/07/mainstream-media-sadhvi-pragya-thakur-bhopal-hanuman-chalisa-coronavirus-statement-fact-check/ Short Notes: 'Using Banned Chinese Apps?' AAP, BJP Trade Barbs Over CamScanner Logo in Official Order Date:Jul 31, 2020 11:06 PM https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/using-banned-chinese-apps-aap-bjp-trade-barbs-over-camscanner-logo-in-official-order-2739089.html Short Notes: Herald: Health Minister hits out at detractors (Goa) Date:Jul 31, 2020 11:08 PM https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Monsoon-Session/Health-Minister-hits-out-at-detractors-/163488 Short Notes: Fact Check: Was Tom Hanks arrested in Australia for pedophilia? - Fact Check News Date:Jul 31, 2020 11:09 PM https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-was-tom-hanks-arrested-in-australia-for-pedophilia-1705066-2020-07-27 Short Notes: Fake News: Deliberate Attempt To Defame OTV? Date:Jul 31, 2020 11:10 PM https://odishatv.in/odisha-news/fake-news-deliberate-attempt-to-defame-otv-465123 Short Notes: Teach children how to navigate through misinformation, fake news: V-P Date:Jul 31, 2020 11:12 PM http://www.uniindia.com/teach-children-how-to-navigate-through-misinformation-fake-news-v-p/india/news/2097445.html Short Notes: The gradual taming of social media - Harini Calamur Date:Jul 31, 2020 11:16 PM https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/the-gradual-taming-of-social-media Short Notes: ‘With fake news & censoring, UC acts at China’s behest’ | Gurgaon News - Times of India Date:Jul 31, 2020 11:18 PM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/with-fake-news-censoring-uc-acts-at-chinas-behest/articleshow/77188700.cms Short Notes: Jack Ma of all summons over ‘fake news’ - Telegraph India Date:Jul 31, 2020 11:19 PM https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/jack-ma-of-all-summons-over-fake-news/cid/1787417 Short Notes: Brazil's Bolsonaro asks top court to unblock supporters' profiles amid fake news probe - Reuters Date:Jul 31, 2020 11:20 PM https://in.reuters.com/article/brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-asks-top-court-to-unblock-supporters-profiles-amid-fake-news-probe-idINKCN24R0OH?il=0 Short Notes: Sambit Patra, right-wing propaganda outlet caught attributing fake quote to Azam Khan on Ram Temple, face public ridicule (combine with OpIndia fact-check) Date:Jul 31, 2020 11:24 PM http://www.jantakareporter.com/entertainment/sambit-patra-right-wing-propaganda-outlet-caught-attributing-fake-quote-to-azam-khan-on-ram-temple-face-public-ridicule/299318/ Short Notes: Exposure to social engagement metrics increases vulnerability to misinformation | HKS Misinformation Review Date:Jul 31, 2020 11:28 PM https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/exposure-to-social-engagement-metrics-increases-vulnerability-to-misinformation/ Short Notes: Green Activist Demands ‘Equal Space’ To Respond After Business Standard Publishes Advertorial Accusing Her Of 'Peddling Half Truths' | HuffPost India Date:Aug 1, 2020 1:43 PM https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/environment-news-india-pesticides-agriculture-advertising_in_5f23a8a5c5b68fbfc8814577 Short Notes: Disinformed to Death | by Jonathan Freedland | The New York Review of Books Date:Aug 1, 2020 1:47 PM https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2020/08/20/fake-news-disinformed-to-death/ Short Notes: Wajahat Farooq Bhat on Twitter: "The man in uniform is Air commodore Hilal Ahmad of Indian Air Force from Anantnag, South kashmir. Proud moment for all #Kashmirs #NayaKashmir https://t.co/pakAkFB2VJ" / Twitter Date:Aug 1, 2020 4:42 PM https://twitter.com/Wajahatfarooqbt/status/1287995323428687872?s=20 Short Notes: Fact Check: No, Kashmir's Hilal Ahmad Rather didn't fly Rafale jet from France to India - Fact Check News Date:Aug 1, 2020 4:44 PM https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-kashmir-s-hilal-ahmad-rather-didn-t-fly-rafale-jet-from-france-to-india-1706391-2020-07-31 Short Notes: Our New War: Applying a September 12th Mindset to Disinformation Date:Aug 1, 2020 9:31 PM https://www.thecipherbrief.com/column_article/our-new-war-applying-a-september-12th-mindset-to-disinformation?mc_cid=eea8897bd0&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Young Voters May Be Better Prepared For Misinformation Campaigns On Social Media Date:Aug 1, 2020 9:31 PM https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2020/07/23/young-voters-may-be-better-prepared-for-misinformation-campaigns-on-social-media/?mc_cid=eea8897bd0&mc_eid=1d705d4b77#2f3f023367dd Short Notes: International Law and “Hate Speech” Online | Cato @ Liberty Date:Aug 1, 2020 9:31 PM https://www.cato.org/blog/international-law-hate-speech-online?mc_cid=eea8897bd0&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: The Misinformation Age Has Exacerbated the COVID-19 Pandemic | Time Date:Aug 1, 2020 9:31 PM https://time.com/5870464/coronavirus-pandemic-misinformation/?mc_cid=eea8897bd0&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: The psychology of misinformation: How to prevent it (Part 3 of 3) Date:Aug 1, 2020 9:32 PM https://firstdraftnews.org/latest/the-psychology-of-misinformation-how-to-prevent-it/?mc_cid=1ae4116bc0&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: The psychology of misinformation: Why we’re vulnerable (Part 1 of 3) Date:Aug 1, 2020 9:32 PM https://firstdraftnews.org/latest/the-psychology-of-misinformation-why-were-vulnerable/ Short Notes: The psychology of misinformation: Why it’s so hard to correct (Part 2 of 3) Date:Aug 1, 2020 9:33 PM https://firstdraftnews.org/latest/the-psychology-of-misinformation-why-its-so-hard-to-correct/ Short Notes: It’s too late to stop QAnon with fact checks and account bans | MIT Technology Review Date:Aug 1, 2020 9:33 PM https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/07/26/1005609/qanon-facebook-twitter-youtuube/?mc_cid=1ae4116bc0&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Recite 'Hanuman Chalisa' 5 times a day to end coronavirus: BJP MP Pragya Thakur- The New Indian Express Date:Aug 1, 2020 9:33 PM https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/jul/26/recite-hanuman-chalisa-5-times-a-day-to-end-coronavirus-bjp-mp-pragya-thakur-2175013.html?mc_cid=1ae4116bc0&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Yaël Eisenstat: 'Facebook is ripe for manipulation and viral misinformation' | Technology | The Guardian Date:Aug 1, 2020 9:37 PM https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jul/26/yael-eisenstat-facebook-is-ripe-for-manipulation-and-viral-misinformation?mc_cid=1ae4116bc0&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Kochi: Police tighten surveillance on social media | Kochi News - Times of India Date:Aug 1, 2020 9:40 PM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/kochi-police-tighten-surveillance-on-social-media/articleshow/77300473.cms Short Notes: Brazil judge fines Facebook for not blocking Bolsonaro supporters | World News,The Indian Express Date:Aug 1, 2020 9:41 PM https://indianexpress.com/article/world/brazil-judge-fines-facebook-for-not-blocking-bolsonaro-supporters-6534039/ Short Notes: Florida teen arrested as mastermind of Obama, Biden's Twitter account hacking- The New Indian Express Date:Aug 1, 2020 10:06 PM https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2020/aug/01/florida-teen-arrested-as-mastermind-of-obama-bidens-twitter-account-hacking-2177738.html Short Notes: Adobe to Ban Political Ads Ahead of Presidential Election Date:Aug 1, 2020 10:06 PM https://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/adobe-to-ban-political-ads-ahead-of-presidential-election Short Notes: ByteDance and Microsoft offer deal to allow TikTok to remain in the U.S., per report – TechCrunch Date:Aug 1, 2020 11:41 PM https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/01/bytedance-and-microsoft-offer-a-deal-to-allow-tiktok-to-remain-in-the-u-s-per-report/ Short Notes: A message from Vanessa Pappas, General Manager of TikTok North America: “We’re not planning on going anywhere.” Contrast to India Date:Aug 1, 2020 11:44 PM https://twitter.com/taylorlorenz/status/1289579919358545920?s=12 Short Notes: Exclusive: TikTok's Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U.S. deal - sources - Reuters Date:Aug 1, 2020 11:45 PM https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance-exclusive-idUSKBN24X3SK Short Notes: Tech titans gave their House testimony virtually. But it was the congressmen who departed from reality. - The Washington Post Date:Aug 1, 2020 11:56 PM https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/tech-titans-gave-their-house-testimony-virtually-but-it-was-the-congressmen-who-departed-from-reality/2020/07/29/dd9f95fe-d1a8-11ea-9038-af089b63ac21_story.html Short Notes: Naya Kashmir, Naya Account Date:Aug 2, 2020 4:37 PM Short Notes: News Avoidance in the UK Remains High as Lockdown Restrictions Are Eased | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism Date:Aug 2, 2020 5:06 PM https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news-avoidance-uk-remains-high-lockdown-restrictions-are-eased Short Notes: How Congress Uses Facebook and Twitter| Pew Research Center Date:Aug 3, 2020 7:20 AM https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2020/07/16/congress-soars-to-new-heights-on-social-media/ Short Notes: Marc Owen Jones on Kate Stewart Date:Aug 3, 2020 7:36 AM https://twitter.com/marcowenjones/status/1290035853646016516?s=12 Short Notes: Salil Tripathi Tweet on Rajiv Malhotra criticising wikipedia in the 1990s Date:Aug 3, 2020 7:46 AM https://twitter.com/saliltripathi/status/1290058365255610369?s=12 Short Notes:Link to Virtual Hindu Rashtra Beirut explosion and the resurrection of pro-Kremlin disinformation machine SouthFront on social media | by AdiCo. | Aug, 2020 | Medium Date:Aug 6, 2020 3:38 PM https://medium.com/@adico11/beirut-explosion-and-the-resurrection-of-pro-kremlin-disinformation-machine-southfront-on-social-e1c21cc63ecb Short Notes:Return of South Front and limitations of de-platforming Mohammed Zubair on Twitter: "Hello @ANI, Why divide by getting a hateful statement from a random Studio Maulana? Sajid Rashidi is a Travel Agent and not a Maulana. Here are few of his tweets and pics. I'd done a twitter thread on this travel Agent in 2018. Here : https://t.co/yiTiOyVGsA https://t.co/KVmbBGxxa1" / Twitter Date:Aug 6, 2020 3:45 PM https://twitter.com/zoo_bear/status/1291261590109478912?s=21 Short Notes: Misreported - President Trump’s Twitter account suspended over ‘fake news’ | London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com Date:Aug 6, 2020 3:46 PM https://londonlovesbusiness.com/president-trumps-twitter-account-suspended-over-fake-news/ Short Notes: WhatsApp pilots new feature to fight misinformation: Search the web – TechCrunch Date:Aug 6, 2020 3:49 PM https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/04/whatsapp-pilot-search-the-web-fight-spread-of-misinformation/ Short Notes:Use the last line TTPBA: Beware, fake news (Trinidad and Tobago Date:Aug 6, 2020 3:50 PM https://newsday.co.tt/2020/08/05/ttpba-beware-fake-news/ Short Notes: 51 people warned or arrested over fake news this year - Khmer Times Date:Aug 6, 2020 3:55 PM https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50752322/51-people-warned-or-arrested-over-fake-news-this-year/ Short Notes: Brazil top court sets precedent by banning global access to social media accounts | News | DW | 05.08.2020 (not the first time no? extra territorial blocking) Date:Aug 6, 2020 3:58 PM https://www.dw.com/en/brazil-top-court-sets-precedent-by-banning-global-access-to-social-media-accounts/a-54452807 Short Notes: Activists pledge to curb fake news spread : The Tribune India Date:Aug 6, 2020 4:06 PM https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ludhiana/activists-pledge-to-curb-fake-news-spread-122426 Short Notes: US officials: Russia behind spread of virus disinformation Date:Aug 6, 2020 4:49 PM https://apnews.com/3acb089e6a333e051dbc4a465cb68ee1 Short Notes: zarine kharazian on Twitter: "but, ofc, it's much easier than admitting the problem begins at home" / Twitter Date:Aug 6, 2020 4:50 PM https://twitter.com/zkharazian/status/1291228743193841669?s=21 Short Notes: charlottekupsh on Twitter: "hello here's today's Rage Point: https://t.co/t1Plz0ctuA" / Twitter Date:Aug 6, 2020 4:54 PM https://twitter.com/charlottekupsh/status/1289978777179570177?s=21 Short Notes: Future still uncertain, old TikTok videos flood other social media platforms - The Economic Times Date:Aug 6, 2020 6:24 PM https://m.economictimes.com/tech/internet/future-still-uncertain-old-tiktok-videos-flood-other-social-media-platforms/articleshow/77393593.cms Short Notes: Twitter forces DNC, journalists to delete criticism of Trump’s coronavirus misinformation Date:Aug 6, 2020 10:30 PM https://mashable.com/article/twitter-trump-dnc-journalists-coronavirus-misinformation-tweet/ Short Notes: Shashi Tharoor on Twitter: "PM Modi congratulated 130 crore Indians when he spoke at the RamMandir yesterday. But India's population is estimated at 1,38,00,04,385 in mid-2020, a/c to UN data. An omission of 8 crore people is worrying to many, after CAA/NRC. If inadvertent, a correction would be reassuring." / Twitter Date:Aug 6, 2020 10:45 PM https://twitter.com/ShashiTharoor/status/1291421429376774144 Short Notes: People who engage with false news are hyper-concerned about truth. But they think it’s being hidden. » Nieman Journalism Lab Date:Aug 6, 2020 11:08 PM https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/08/people-who-engage-with-false-news-are-hyper-concerned-about-truth-but-they-think-its-being-hidden/ Short Notes: Qanon podcast point about non white extremism. Is it a result of over moderation? Date:Aug 6, 2020 11:10 PM https://overcast.fm/+bVzHU6cj0 Short Notes: Conspirador Norteño on Twitter: "What's up with all these accounts with July 2020 creation dates and stated locations in the US retweeting @ARTEM_KLYUSHIN's tweets (in Russian) about the 2020 US election? #Spamtastic cc: @ZellaQuixote https://t.co/k5C9NwqFp7" / Twitter Date:Aug 7, 2020 8:27 AM https://twitter.com/conspirator0/status/1291567496370290690 Short Notes: Spanish-language COVID fact-checking spun for political purposes | by @DFRLab | DFRLab | Aug, 2020 | Medium Date:Aug 7, 2020 9:25 AM https://medium.com/dfrlab/spanish-language-covid-fact-checking-spun-for-political-purposes-fc3a69a13071 Short Notes: GEC Special Report: Russia's Pillars of Disinformation and Propaganda - United States Department of State Date:Aug 7, 2020 9:26 AM https://www.state.gov/russias-pillars-of-disinformation-and-propaganda-report/ Short Notes: July 2020 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report - About Facebook Date:Aug 7, 2020 9:27 AM https://about.fb.com/news/2020/08/july-2020-cib-report/ Short Notes: Aviv Ovadya 🥦 on Twitter: "Before I explain how this might backfire, I want to first make clear that this *is a positive step forward for the ecosystem*. It may significantly decrease the friction for checking if something that being forwarded is false. We need more of this type of thinking, not less! 👏" / Twitter Date:Aug 7, 2020 11:27 AM https://mobile.twitter.com/metaviv/status/1290758649883721728 Short Notes: Data & Society — Alternative Influence Date:Aug 7, 2020 12:13 PM https://datasociety.net/library/alternative-influence/ Short Notes: It Doesn’t Matter Who Owns TikTok Date:Aug 7, 2020 1:35 PM https://gizmodo.com/it-doesn-t-matter-who-owns-tiktok-1844595163/amp?rev=1596741690731&__twitter_impression=true Short Notes: Trump Disputing Election A Worry For Facebook Employees Date:Aug 7, 2020 1:55 PM https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-zuckerberg-what-if-trump-disputes-election-results Short Notes: Shayan86 labeling official accounts Date:Aug 7, 2020 3:56 PM https://twitter.com/shayan86/status/1291407114691325953?s=12 Short Notes: Misinformation is Everybody’s Problem Now – Items Date:Aug 7, 2020 4:19 PM https://items.ssrc.org/covid-19-and-the-social-sciences/mediated-crisis/misinformation-is-everybodys-problem-now/ Short Notes: What are 'offensive cyber capabilities'? Date:Aug 8, 2020 2:53 PM https://www.medianama.com/2020/08/223-what-are-offensive-cyber-capabilities/ Short Notes: The American Internet Sucks. The Alternative Is China. Date:Aug 8, 2020 10:16 PM https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/us-china-internet-soft-power-social-setworks Short Notes: Prince Harry: Social media divides us, but we can rebuild it Date:Aug 8, 2020 10:37 PM https://www.fastcompany.com/90537682/prince-harry-social-media-is-dividing-us-together-we-can-redesign-it?partner=rss&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss Short Notes: Against forgetting: the need to remember the 6th of December - Telegraph India Date:Aug 9, 2020 12:08 PM https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/against-forgetting-the-need-to-remember-the-6th-of-december/cid/1788612 Short Notes: Could the TikTok and WeChat Executive Orders Undermine IEEPA? - Lawfare Date:Aug 9, 2020 10:32 PM https://www.lawfareblog.com/could-tiktok-and-wechat-executive-orders-undermine-ieepa Short Notes: The Rise of TikTok and Understanding Its Parent Company ByteDance - Turner’s Blog Date:Aug 10, 2020 8:12 AM https://turner.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-tiktok-and-understanding Short Notes: The business of fake Likes & views – unethical, but not illegal. Yet! – beastoftraal.com Date:Aug 10, 2020 8:59 AM https://beastoftraal.com/2020/08/10/the-business-of-fake-likes-views-unethical-but-not-illegal-yet/ Short Notes: Disinformation Is Democracy's Problem Date:Aug 10, 2020 10:29 AM https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/21/democracies-disinformation-russia-china-homegrown/ Short Notes: FIR against LG’s fake twitter handle - Northlines Date:Aug 10, 2020 10:52 AM http://www.thenorthlines.com/fir-against-lgs-fake-twitter-handle/ Short Notes: Belarus police crack down on mass protests against strongman president after election - Reuters Date:Aug 10, 2020 10:53 AM https://in.reuters.com/article/belarus-election/belarus-holds-election-as-street-protests-rattle-long-ruling-president-idINKCN2550PO Short Notes: Jimmy Lai Arrested Under National Security Law | Time Date:Aug 10, 2020 11:03 AM https://ti.me/30FSaCc Short Notes: The 4-Month-Old Organisation That Beat Indian-Origin Right-Wingers to Times Square Ad Space Last Week Date:Aug 10, 2020 11:42 AM https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/n7w9xw/four-month-old-organisation-fund-times-square-ad-space-at-times-square-india-pakistan-kashmir Short Notes: Why we need a Google Trends for Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and Reddit Date:Aug 10, 2020 1:52 PM https://firstdraftnews.org/latest/data-voids-google-trends-for-facebook-instagram-twitter-tiktok-and-reddit/?mc_cid=ee399b02e4&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: At stake is our bodily integrity - The Hindu Date:Aug 10, 2020 4:32 PM https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/at-stake-is-our-bodily-integrity/article32310774.ece Short Notes: Xhinua_1988 Date:Aug 10, 2020 4:36 PM Short Notes:#TamilsNotHindus, IndiaInDamascus Christopher Wylie 🏳️‍🌈 on Twitter: "I was permanently banned from Facebook after I blew the whistle and reported them to federal authorities. I’m hardly surprised that Facebook also gets rid of employees who try to stop misinformation on their platform." / Twitter Date:Aug 10, 2020 4:42 PM https://twitter.com/chrisinsilico/status/1292756942427959297 Short Notes: How Malicious Tor Relays are Exploiting Users in 2020 (Part I) | by nusenu | Aug, 2020 | Medium Date:Aug 10, 2020 5:13 PM https://medium.com/@nusenu/how-malicious-tor-relays-are-exploiting-users-in-2020-part-i-1097575c0cac Short Notes: "NetBlocks.org (@netblocks) Tweeted: ⚠️ Confirmed: Internet service has been significantly disrupted in [[belarus]] amid presidential elections. Real-time network data show social media and other services now becoming unavailable on multiple fixed-line and cellular operators 📉 [[belarus]]2020 📰 https://t.co/JcBhvhgVcR https://t.co/DBk3lxFLdi Date:Aug 10, 2020 5:30 PM" https://twitter.com/netblocks/status/1292395720486592512?s=20 Short Notes: NGO Disinfo Ads Sponsored Date:Aug 10, 2020 7:19 PM https://disinformationindex.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Aug-3rd-Disinfo-Ads-sponsored-by-NGOs_Charities.pdf Short Notes: 2020 is misinformation's tipping point Date:Aug 10, 2020 7:35 PM https://www.cyberscoop.com/domestic-disinformation-threat-us-russia/ Short Notes: Timothy Caulfield on Twitter: "Crazy 5G "study" result of rigged peer review? "Journal that published paper linking #5G to #COVID19 blames 'substantial manipulation of the peer review'" https://t.co/yNvZgtHoZq via @ivanoransky @RetractionWatch "...reviewers in this case were too good to be true." #Grr." / Twitter Date:Aug 10, 2020 7:49 PM https://twitter.com/CaulfieldTim/status/1292820560037081089 Short Notes: How Pro-Trump Forces Work the Refs in Silicon Valley - The New York Times Date:Aug 10, 2020 9:08 PM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/09/business/media/trump-facebook-google-twitter-misinformation.html Short Notes: Cyberspace is critical infrastructure – it will take effective government oversight to make it safe Date:Aug 10, 2020 9:16 PM https://theconversation.com/cyberspace-is-critical-infrastructure-it-will-take-effective-government-oversight-to-make-it-safe-143228 Short Notes: The Follower Factory - The New York Times link to Badshah Date:Aug 10, 2020 9:21 PM https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/27/technology/social-media-bots.html Short Notes: "Craig Silverman (@CraigSilverman) Tweeted: A journalist who bought fake Twitter followers opining on manufactured virality and attention-seeking journalists is also pretty rich. (https://t.co/rhh0vYoaEQ) Date:Aug 10, 2020 9:22 PM" https://twitter.com/CraigSilverman/status/1292828466359017477?s=20 Short Notes:link to Badshah Story? "Daphne Keller (@daphnehk) Tweeted: People who say ""Facebook should be infrastructure/a common carrier/etc."" have not thought the issue through. Or they have, and they are being disingenuous. https://t.co/iy4Ljc24sF Date:Aug 10, 2020 9:26 PM" https://twitter.com/daphnehk/status/1292832239567298560?s=20 Short Notes: Why All News Sounds the Same - The Atlantic Date:Aug 10, 2020 10:27 PM https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/08/why-news-sounds-same/615070/ Short Notes: First Draft - Misinformation in your backyard report Date:Aug 11, 2020 7:28 AM https://firstdraftnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/FD0035_USElectionSummit-Mid-FellowshipReport-20200805-1.pdf?x42643 Short Notes: India Debates - Social Media Does More Harm Than Good? Date:Aug 11, 2020 10:14 AM https://www.ndtv.com/video/shows/india-debates/india-debates-social-media-does-more-harm-than-good-556924 Short Notes: Carl Bildt on Twitter: "There is an interesting ambivalence in the 🇷🇺 media reporting on the ongoing crisis in 🇧🇾. https://t.co/gkmdbkPAbw" / Twitter Date:Aug 11, 2020 1:43 PM https://twitter.com/carlbildt/status/1293084541830168576 Short Notes: "Real-time monitoring vs disinformation launched in Brazil Date:Aug 11, 2020 1:49 PM" https://rappler.com/technology/aos-fatos-real-time-monitoring-system-against-disinformation Short Notes: Immunity boosters are a myth — why you shouldn't believe claims that promise to fight Covid Date:Aug 11, 2020 2:44 PM about:reader?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheprint.in%2Fhealth%2Fimmunity-boosters-are-a-myth-why-you-shouldnt-believe-claims-that-promise-to-fight-covid%2F470202%2F Short Notes: Hybrid Warfare Analytical Group on Twitter: "📺We have gathered main messages that are disseminated on [[russia]]n TV about [[belarus]]Protest and created a comprehensive infographic. 😡From what we see that the narratives are similar to the ones Kremlin as promoting during and after Revolution of Dignity in [[uk]]raine. https://t.co/I8c2QQr9Bj" / Twitter Date:Aug 11, 2020 3:05 PM https://twitter.com/hwag_ucmc/status/1293116615329013760?s=21 Short Notes: "Instagram ‘censorship’ of black model's photo reignites claims of race bias | Instagram | The Guardian Date:Aug 11, 2020 3:07 PM" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/aug/09/instagrams-censorship-of-black-models-photo-shoot-reignites-claims-of-race-bias-nyome-nicholas-williams Short Notes: Exclusive: India data-curb plan 'anathema', U.S. tech giants plan pushback - Reuters Date:Aug 11, 2020 3:10 PM https://in.reuters.com/article/us-india-data-exclusive/exclusive-india-data-curb-plan-anathema-u-s-tech-giants-plan-pushback-idINKCN2550KA Short Notes: QAnon groups have millions of members on Facebook, documents show Date:Aug 11, 2020 4:14 PM https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/qanon-groups-have-millions-members-facebook-documents-show-n1236317 Short Notes: Tech Monopolies Are the Reason the US Now Has a TikTok Problem - Pro Market Date:Aug 11, 2020 7:58 PM https://promarket.org/2020/08/07/tech-monopolies-are-the-reason-the-us-now-has-a-tiktok-problem/ Short Notes: Balkan Infodemic – How the Virus Became a Geopolitical Weapon | Balkan Insight Date:Aug 11, 2020 7:58 PM https://balkaninsight.com/2020/08/06/balkan-infodemic-how-the-virus-became-a-geopolitical-weapon/?mc_cid=ee399b02e4&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Data Voids: Where Missing Data Can Easily Be Exploited - Data-Voids-2.0-Final.pdf Date:Aug 11, 2020 7:58 PM https://datasociety.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Data-Voids-2.0-Final.pdf Short Notes: evelyn douek on Twitter: "But who decides if something is "opinion" or "content presented as opinion but based on underlying false information"? Facebook or the fact-checkers? This is the important question." / Twitter Date:Aug 11, 2020 9:35 PM https://mobile.twitter.com/evelyndouek/status/1293198517201186816 Short Notes: U.N. investigator says Facebook has not shared ‘evidence’ of Myanmar crime - Reuters Date:Aug 11, 2020 11:07 PM https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-myanmar-facebook/u-n-investigator-says-facebook-has-not-shared-evidence-of-myanmar-crime-idUKKCN2570KD?il=0 Short Notes: Poppy McPherson on Twitter: "Nicholas Koumjian, head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism on Myanmar (IIMM), told me the social media giant was holding material “highly relevant and probative of serious international crimes” but had not shared any during year-long talks. https://t.co/sKCFjaTDoG" / Twitter Date:Aug 11, 2020 11:08 PM https://twitter.com/poppymcp/status/1293069481300779008 Short Notes: Community Standards Enforcement Report, August 2020 - About Facebook Date:Aug 12, 2020 7:14 AM https://about.fb.com/news/2020/08/community-standards-enforcement-report-aug-2020/ Short Notes: issie lapowsky on Twitter: "Facebook says sending its human moderators home in March led to a decrease in takedowns on content that includes self-injury and suicide material as well as child sexual abuse material. @guyro said that's because this material is very sensitive and can't be reviewed at home." / Twitter Date:Aug 12, 2020 7:19 AM https://mobile.twitter.com/issielapowsky/status/1293244558919245824 Short Notes: New conversation settings, coming to a Tweet near you Date:Aug 12, 2020 8:42 AM https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/product/2020/new-conversation-settings-coming-to-a-tweet-near-you.html Short Notes: "Paid media trying to dictate terms to J&K administration | State Times Date:Aug 12, 2020 9:14 AM" https://news.statetimes.in/paid-media-trying-to-dictate-terms-to-jk-administration/ Short Notes:FB GYM Page has same contact number PowerPoint Presentation - Cyber_Power-TI-2018-public.pdf Date:Aug 12, 2020 10:00 AM https://srijith.net/publications/presentations/Cyber_Power-TI-2018-public.pdf Short Notes: "Trump’s TikTok ban is a gross abuse of power - The Verge Date:Aug 12, 2020 10:30 AM" https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/11/21363405/trumps-tiktok-ban-legal-corruption-free-speech-china Short Notes: Birds of Brahmanical Feather Flock Together: How MPs Reinforce a Casteist Network on Twitter Date:Aug 12, 2020 10:53 AM https://thewire.in/caste/caste-politics-twitter-brahmins-lok-sabha-mps Short Notes: The future of Indian secularism - The Hindu Date:Aug 12, 2020 2:29 PM https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-future-of-indian-secularism/article32329223.ece Short Notes: Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: Modern religious politics is born in the crucible of democracy and nationalism, not theology Date:Aug 12, 2020 2:30 PM https://t.co/0mz5nmTXwF?amp=1 Short Notes: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ on Twitter: "We're going to see an entire misinformation cycle spinning up around Kamala Harris again. Here's a good thread from Jane about what to expect." / Twitter Date:Aug 12, 2020 7:27 PM https://twitter.com/pranavdixit/status/1293546245244489729 Short Notes: Government crackdown on political ‘dark ads’ criticised for lack of implementation date | The Independent Date:Aug 12, 2020 8:05 PM https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/political-dark-ads-government-uk-politics-campaign-voters-a9665601.html Short Notes: When the news becomes religion - Columbia Journalism Review Date:Aug 12, 2020 9:33 PM https://www.cjr.org/first_person/qanon-conspiracy-religion-journalism.php Short Notes: How social justice slideshows made by activists took over Instagram - Vox Date:Aug 12, 2020 9:36 PM https://www.vox.com/the-goods/21359098/social-justice-slideshows-instagram-activism Short Notes: TikTok RIL | Mukesh Ambani: TikTok dials Mukesh Ambani, wants to know if he is willing to tango in India - The Economic Times Date:Aug 13, 2020 11:53 AM https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/tiktok-may-have-dialled-ril-asking-if-it-wants-to-tango/articleshow/77514798.cms?utm_source=twitter_pwa&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialsharebuttons&from=mdr Short Notes: Belarus Has Shut Down the Internet Amid a Controversial Election | WIRED Date:Aug 13, 2020 12:02 PM https://www.wired.com/story/belarus-internet-outage-election/ Short Notes: Project MUSE - Hacking Democracy - Thomas Rid Date:Aug 13, 2020 12:54 PM https://muse.jhu.edu/article/702123 Short Notes: Bollywood celebrities come under the scanner for fake social media followers Date:Aug 13, 2020 1:57 PM https://www.livemint.com/news/india/bollywood-celebrities-come-under-the-scanner-for-fake-social-media-followers-11597299901742.html Short Notes: The splintering of the internet and how it may affect India - India Today Insight News Date:Aug 13, 2020 2:40 PM https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/the-splintering-of-the-internet-and-how-it-may-affect-india-1710711-2020-08-13 Short Notes: Lukasz Olejnik on Twitter: "Belarusian authorities can no longer allege that the internet shutdown was not a shutdown but was due to some unspecified foreign cyberattack (DDoS). Clear signature of a deliberate internet shutdown." / Twitter Date:Aug 13, 2020 3:02 PM https://twitter.com/lukOlejnik/status/1293818441917489152 Short Notes: Exclusive: ByteDance censored anti-China content in Indonesia until mid-2020, say sources | Article [AMP] | Reuters Date:Aug 13, 2020 6:36 PM https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tiktok-indonesia-exclusive-idUSKCN2591ML Short Notes: "Australia says no India-like ban on Chinese apps at this stage despite tensions with Beijing Date:Aug 13, 2020 6:40 PM" https://theprint.in/diplomacy/australia-says-no-india-like-ban-on-chinese-apps-at-this-stage-despite-tensions-with-beijing/481019/ Short Notes: No, this doesn't mean that Joe Biden owns antifa.com Date:Aug 13, 2020 9:25 PM https://mashable.com/article/antifa-joe-biden-trump/ Short Notes: Opinion | What if We All Just Sold Non-Creepy Advertising? - The New York Times Date:Aug 13, 2020 10:25 PM https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/opinion/facebook-google-privacy.html Short Notes: Deepa Seetharaman on Twitter: "QAnon has exploded in popularity on Facebook & Instagram since the lockdowns. @Storyful analyzed 10 large public QAnon groups on FB and found membership grew almost 600%. Some of they IG accounts they found quadrupled in following. https://t.co/dSpU8pDVtO https://t.co/zMmexwCH2Y" / Twitter Date:Aug 14, 2020 8:19 AM https://twitter.com/dseetharaman/status/1294094884400324608 Short Notes: WhatsApp forwards – Weapon of Mass Dumbification (WMD) (link to google search for Truth vs Facts) Date:Aug 14, 2020 10:21 AM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/the-determined-doctor/whatsapp-forwards-weapon-of-mass-dumbification-wmd/ Short Notes:Truth vs Facts, Brial Williams tweet Was the derogatory post that triggered Bangalore riots a reaction to an ‘anti Hindu’ post? - Alt News Date:Aug 14, 2020 10:57 AM https://www.altnews.in/was-the-derogatory-post-that-triggered-bangalore-riots-a-reaction-to-an-anti-hindu-post/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=newpost Short Notes: Why Facebook's self-regulation report needs India-specific data to take on fake news, online harassment Date:Aug 14, 2020 11:04 AM https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/facebook-self-regulation-india-specific-data-fake-news-online-harassment/story/412917.html Short Notes: Kolkata cops warn against fake news posts | Kolkata News - Times of India Date:Aug 14, 2020 11:07 AM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kolkata-cops-warn-against-fake-news-posts/articleshow/77520970.cms Short Notes: Pranab Mukherjee's children dismiss 'rumours', son slams 'factory of fake news' - The Week Date:Aug 14, 2020 11:08 AM https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2020/08/13/pranab-mukherjees-children-dismiss-rumours-son-slams-factory-fake-news.html Short Notes: Benazir Shah on Twitter: "Below is a joint statement by women journalists and commentators in Pakistan against online abuse and trolling by government officials and Twitter accounts which declare their affiliation to the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. #AttacksWontSilenceUs https://t.co/oF6WkM4YWN https://t.co/cN2iuXhDgh" / Twitter Date:Aug 14, 2020 11:10 AM https://twitter.com/Benazir_Shah/status/1293450054309744646 Short Notes: Marc Owen Jones on Twitter: "Sad. Saudi Twitter attacks two women Al Jazeera journalists in disinfo op Saudi woman media personality @jalhedawi says she does not condone attacks on women Soon after, @jahedawi says hadn't intended her tweet to seem like it was defending AJ journalists Intimidation? https://t.co/AvXjEPA3CN" / Twitter Date:Aug 14, 2020 11:10 AM https://twitter.com/marcowenjones/status/1270998310241927168 Short Notes: Middle East: Female journalists resist targeted online abuse | World| Breaking news and perspectives from around the globe | DW | 18.07.2020 Date:Aug 14, 2020 11:11 AM https://www.dw.com/en/middle-east-female-journalists-resist-targeted-online-abuse/a-54224906 Short Notes: #WeWantTwitterOfficeInPak - Twitter Search / Twitter Date:Aug 14, 2020 11:15 AM https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeWantTwitterOfficeInPak?src=hashtag_click Short Notes: #WeWantTwitterOfficeInPak until:2020-08-11 since:2020-08-10 - Twitter Search / Twitter Date:Aug 14, 2020 11:18 AM https://twitter.com/search?q=%23WeWantTwitterOfficeInPak%20until%3A2020-08-11%20since%3A2020-08-10&src=typed_query&f=live Short Notes: Twitter denies allegations of bias for suspending Pak accounts posting about Kashmir - The Economic Times (1 year old story) Date:Aug 14, 2020 11:20 AM https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/twitter-denies-allegations-of-bias-for-suspending-pak-accounts-posting-about-kashmir/articleshow/70754915.cms Short Notes: محمد عثمان on Twitter: "#WeWantTwitterOfficeInPak lndian reporting teams are actively involved in suspending Pro-Pakistani accounts and hijacking the Twitter world. Twitter is a social media platform for expression of speech to all. Twitter should be unbiased to maintain its credibility. https://t.co/lIYQKhvlgT" / Twitter Date:Aug 14, 2020 11:23 AM https://twitter.com/one_pak_/status/1293117745710673920 Short Notes: Coronavirus outbreak: Fake news can land you in trouble, tweets Anuj Sharma - Telegraph India Date:Aug 14, 2020 11:31 AM https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/calcutta/coronavirus-outbreak-fake-news-can-land-you-in-trouble-tweets-anuj-sharma/cid/1788996 Short Notes: Telangana DGP cautions against posting malicious content, asks cops to stay alert | The News Minute Date:Aug 14, 2020 11:33 AM https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/telangana-dgp-cautions-against-posting-malicious-content-asks-cops-stay-alert-130635 Short Notes: Early detection of internet trolls: Introducing an algorithm based on word pairs / single words multiple repetition ratio Date:Aug 14, 2020 11:34 AM https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0236832 Short Notes: 'Is Kamala Harris Hindu?' What Many Indians Searched for After Biden Picked US Vice President Candidate Date:Aug 14, 2020 11:45 AM https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/is-kamala-harris-hindu-what-many-indians-searched-for-after-biden-picked-us-vice-president-candidate-2778823.html Short Notes:Only 1 line - with no evidence. Include Screenshot + Trends link Meet Nandini Jammi, the woman who’s tracking how brands fund hate websites | The News Minute Date:Aug 14, 2020 11:55 AM https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/meet-nandini-jammi-woman-who-s-tracking-how-brands-fund-hate-websites-130511 Short Notes: Is India A Hindu Rashtra? | Madras Courier Date:Aug 14, 2020 11:56 AM https://madrascourier.com/opinion/is-india-a-hindu-rashtra/ Short Notes: 'Don't shut up!' American documentary spotlights Filipino journalist Maria Ressa- The New Indian Express Date:Aug 14, 2020 12:04 PM https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2020/aug/09/dont-shut-up-american-documentary-spotlights-filipino-journalist-maria-ressa-2181168.html Short Notes: How to Beat Populists When the Facts Don't Matter - The Atlantic Date:Aug 14, 2020 12:07 PM https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/how-beat-populists-when-facts-dont-matter/615082/?mc_cid=cc3074558a&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: How Amazon puts misinformation at the top of your reading list | Amazon | The Guardian Date:Aug 14, 2020 12:07 PM https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/08/amazon-algorithm-curated-misinformation-books-data?mc_cid=cc3074558a&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Two held for spreading misinformation on Covid | Bhubaneswar News - Times of India Date:Aug 14, 2020 12:09 PM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/two-held-for-spreading-misinformation-on-covid/articleshow/77469384.cms?mc_cid=f7b049da97&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Technologies of Freedom Enabling Democracy in Africa | Council on Foreign Relations Date:Aug 14, 2020 12:12 PM https://www.cfr.org/blog/technologies-freedom-enabling-democracy-africa?mc_cid=fbcbcbcba2&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Facebook tells Elizabeth Warren it has two different standards for climate fact-checking - The Verge Date:Aug 14, 2020 12:15 PM https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/13/21368136/facebook-climate-change-fact-check-senators-warren Short Notes:When I want your opinion, I will give it you. Getting from Awareness to Action on Disinformation Date:Aug 14, 2020 12:19 PM https://www.thecipherbrief.com/column/perspectives-on-disinformation/getting-from-awareness-to-action-on-disinformation Short Notes: The U.S election has all the ingredients to become a river of ​​disinformation – Poynter Date:Aug 14, 2020 12:20 PM https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2020/the-u-s-election-has-all-the-ingredients-to-become-a-river-of-%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Bdisinformation/ Short Notes: In a letter to Pichai, top philanthropists slam Google for placing charity ads on disinfo sites - Protocol Date:Aug 14, 2020 12:22 PM https://www.protocol.com/google-ads-charities-disinformation-sites Short Notes: A review of "The Lie Machine" by Philip N. Howard Date:Aug 14, 2020 12:27 PM https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/2020-08-11/lie-machines Short Notes: It’s not just misinformation that’s confusing us, it’s also missing information | by an xiao mina | Aug, 2020 | Data & Society: Points Date:Aug 14, 2020 12:31 PM https://points.datasociety.net/its-not-just-misinformation-that-s-confusing-us-it-s-also-missing-information-63c8e4d5004a Short Notes: What if Facebook goes down? Ethical and legal considerations for the demise of big tech | Internet Policy Review Date:Aug 14, 2020 2:17 PM https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/what-if-facebook-goes-down-ethical-and-legal-considerations-demise-big-tech?mc_cid=fbcbcbcba2&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: 'Fake news' laws, privacy & free speech on trial: Government overreach in the infodemic? Date:Aug 14, 2020 2:19 PM https://firstdraftnews.org/latest/fake-news-laws-privacy-free-speech-on-trial-government-overreach-in-the-infodemic/ Short Notes: The annihilation of India’s political opposition is almost complete Date:Aug 17, 2020 9:12 PM https://www.ft.com/content/bf8b2503-a9cf-4506-b947-e476f7656f0c Short Notes: meena kandasamy || இளவேனில் on Twitter: "Bahujan journalist Prashant Kanojia has been arrested by the UP police from his residence at 1:30PM 'in connection with a tweet' No written orders or details were shared. He will be taken from Vasant Vihar to Lucknow, UP shortly #Release_Prashant_Kanojia" / Twitter Date:Aug 18, 2020 2:57 PM https://twitter.com/meenakandasamy/status/1295645456102576128 Short Notes: A Wall Street Journal article on what current and former Facebook employees call a pattern of favoritism toward India’s ruling party has roused opposition lawmakers Date:Aug 18, 2020 7:08 PM https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-faces-hate-speech-grilling-by-indian-lawmakers-after-journal-article-11597747734 Short Notes: Natasha Bertrand on Twitter: "JUST OUT: Volume 5 of the Senate Intelligence Committee's Russia report, focused on counterintelligence threats and vulnerabilities. It's 966 pages long. https://t.co/xr6ZSx7U69" / Twitter Date:Aug 18, 2020 10:34 PM https://twitter.com/natashabertrand/status/1295710499322159104 Short Notes: Africa Check sees huge growth in its WhatsApp podcast debunking widely circulated misinformation – Poynter Date:Aug 18, 2020 10:36 PM https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2020/africa-check-sees-huge-growth-in-subscribers-to-its-whatsapp-podcast/ Short Notes: Vaccine nationalism: How geopolitics is shaping responses to the pandemic Date:Aug 18, 2020 10:42 PM https://firstdraftnews.org/latest/vaccine-nationalism-in-the-pandemic/ Short Notes: The spread of COVID-19 conspiracy theories on social media and the effect of content moderation | HKS Misinformation Review Date:Aug 18, 2020 10:42 PM https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/the-spread-of-covid-19-conspiracy-theories-on-social-media-and-the-effect-of-content-moderation/ Short Notes: "Jane Lytvynenko (@JaneLytv) Tweeted: In my recollection (which is admittedly grainy) this is the first time a disinformation ""event"" has been announced ahead of time. Reaction to it will be telling in what the media and audiences have learned over last four years. Date:Aug 19, 2020 8:23 AM" https://twitter.com/JaneLytv/status/1295746728830918656?s=20 Short Notes: Data & Society — The Oxygen of Amplification Date:Aug 19, 2020 8:25 AM https://datasociety.net/library/oxygen-of-amplification/ Short Notes: Anti-mask group gives 'wake-up call' to boycott masks, says it’s a sign of slavery Date:Aug 19, 2020 9:44 AM https://theprint.in/india/anti-mask-group-gives-wake-up-call-to-boycott-masks-says-its-a-sign-of-slavery/484224/ Short Notes: Sleeping Giants on Twitter: ".@amazon is selling “Joe and the Ho” shirts. Cool cool cool." / Twitter Date:Aug 19, 2020 10:34 AM https://mobile.twitter.com/slpng_giants/status/1295840109934174208 Short Notes: Greg, Esq 🌵👽🌵 on Twitter: "OMG!! Former Mexican President @VicenteFoxQue made this ad trolling Trump so hard. I cant stop laughing. 😂😂😂😂 This type of content would have caused a diplomatic incident in the past, but wow. Just wow. Watch this video. Its AMAZING. https://t.co/khlhCkQFfI" / Twitter Date:Aug 19, 2020 12:27 PM https://twitter.com/gsarafan/status/1294867322088431616 Short Notes:information pollution Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "You waited several hours to correct your obvious and blatantly misleading tweet. It sparked an enormous amount of hatred and vitriol, & now the misinfo you created is circulating on other networks. All to generate hate-clicks from a pre-recorded, routine procedural motion." / Twitter Date:Aug 19, 2020 12:33 PM https://twitter.com/aoc/status/1295957460726030337 Short Notes:Aoc\\ NBC News on Twitter: "Editor's note and clarification (1/2): This tweet should have included more detail on the nominating process. We have deleted the tweet to prevent its further spread, but it can be seen here for the record. https://t.co/txXo4CCMOt" / Twitter Date:Aug 19, 2020 12:34 PM https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1295951897300480000 Short Notes:AoC Avaaz on Twitter: "During #Covid19, @Facebook’s algorithm has become a major threat to public health. Our new report shows how, in the last year, it has helped networks spreading health misinformation get an estimated 3.8 billion views. (thread) #StopTheInfodemic https://t.co/UOVhWnBXwx https://t.co/Cc5KEA4WTc" / Twitter Date:Aug 19, 2020 10:32 PM https://twitter.com/Avaaz/status/1296126974306418689 Short Notes: "Becca Lewis (@beccalew) Tweeted: I’m thinking about the Laura Loomer primary win and how maybe it’s less of a sign that de-platforming doesn’t work and more of a sign that it’s one of the only levers of change the platforms let us imagine, which leads us to put far too much emphasis on it Date:Aug 19, 2020 11:03 PM" https://twitter.com/beccalew/status/1296134912941137920?s=20 Short Notes: Abby Philips M.D., D.M. (Hepatology) on Twitter: "The quack terror @drbrcofficial @YouTube channel with >1 lakh subscribers has been closed. Thanks to the strong many who supported. Step 1 cleared. #MedTwitter #ScienceTwitter #ScienceMatters #quack #trut #pandemia #Covid_19 #CoronavirusIndia #media https://t.co/4o0yJeIfTn https://t.co/qTDHLsjHGZ" / Twitter Date:Aug 20, 2020 8:43 AM https://twitter.com/drabbyphilips/status/1296283345542815745 Short Notes: Facebook row Nishikant Dubey gives breach of privilege notice against Shashi Tharoor Rahul Gandhi-ANI - BW Businessworld Date:Aug 20, 2020 12:00 PM http://www.businessworld.in/article/Facebook-row-Nishikant-Dubey-gives-breach-of-privilege-notice-against-Shashi-Tharoor-Rahul-Gandhi/20-08-2020-310679/ Short Notes: Exclusive: Facebook employees internally question policy after India content controversy - sources, memos - Reuters Date:Aug 20, 2020 12:02 PM https://in.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-india-exclusive/exclusive-facebook-employees-internally-question-policy-after-india-content-controversy-sources-memos-idINKCN25F1VW Short Notes: Role of Media in pushing negative stereotypes of Muslims – TwoCircles.net Date:Aug 20, 2020 12:04 PM http://twocircles.net/2020aug19/438640.html Short Notes:microaggression News against government being termed as fake, alleges Chennithala | Ramesh Chennithala| Pinarayi Vijayan Date:Aug 20, 2020 12:04 PM https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/news-against-government-being-termed-as-fake-alleges-chennithala-1.4988044 Short Notes: Kashmir Media Policy: Accentuating the Curbs on the Freedom of Press | Economic and Political Weekly Date:Aug 20, 2020 12:10 PM https://www.epw.in/engage/article/kashmir-media-policy-accentuating-curbs-freedom-press Short Notes: Pune Police shares the way to break the chain of fake news, you may want to take notes - it s viral - Hindustan Times Date:Aug 20, 2020 12:12 PM https://www.hindustantimes.com/it-s-viral/pune-police-shares-the-way-to-break-the-chain-of-fake-news-you-may-want-to-take-notes/story-5WtDz40Y6fZHhIU8YxR8yL.html Short Notes: Journalists Should Stop Declaring People Dead Before Doctors Have Date:Aug 20, 2020 12:15 PM https://www.thequint.com/news/india/media-misreporting-death-of-public-figures-nishikant-kamat-pranab-mukherjee Short Notes: Should Feminists Be Worried About "Fake News" Circulation? Date:Aug 20, 2020 12:16 PM https://feminisminindia.com/2020/08/19/should-feminists-be-worried-about-fake-news-circulation/ Short Notes:microaggression Ministry of Health on Twitter: ".@ThePrintIndia story is not only mischievous, but is far from the truth. https://t.co/GB5hVHa7Sz The Healthy Ministry’s submission to the Committee is as below: https://t.co/AxO4wDLc1W" / Twitter Date:Aug 20, 2020 12:18 PM https://twitter.com/MoHFW_INDIA/status/1295719177290997766?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1295719177290997766%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.opindia.com%2F2020%2F08%2Fshekhar-guptas-website-the-print-spreads-misinformation-about-modi-govts-proposal-to-review-marriage-age-for-women-health-ministry-corrects-them%2F Short Notes: Man arrested for allegedly spreading fake news about Telangana CM KCR | The News Minute Date:Aug 20, 2020 12:25 PM https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/man-arrested-allegedly-spreading-fake-news-about-telangana-cm-kcr-130995 Short Notes: TikTok launches information hub to dispel rumours about the company Date:Aug 20, 2020 12:27 PM https://www.medianama.com/2020/08/223-tiktok-information-hub/ Short Notes: Maha Cyber files 601 cases amid lockdown 299 arrested so far - The Week Date:Aug 20, 2020 12:30 PM https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2020/08/17/bes12-mh-lockdown-cyber.html Short Notes: Agenda vs Facts: Freedom from fake news - The Financial Express Date:Aug 20, 2020 12:34 PM https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/agenda-vs-facts-freedom-from-fake-news/2055620/ Short Notes:Microaggression Domestic Terrorism in the US, Disinformation and the Impact of COVID19 | ORF Date:Aug 20, 2020 12:36 PM https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/domestic-terrorism-in-the-us-disinformation-and-the-impact-of-covid19/ Short Notes: Facebook sued over warning labels on anti-vaccine posts - world news - Hindustan Times Date:Aug 20, 2020 12:37 PM https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/facebook-sued-over-warning-labels-on-anti-vaccine-posts/story-t05vKVFGWPmkGAf5Ul05SI.html Short Notes: The threat to vote by mail isn't fraud. It's disinformation and sabotage - CNET Date:Aug 20, 2020 12:38 PM https://www.cnet.com/news/the-threat-to-vote-by-mail-isnt-fraud-its-disinformation-and-sabotage/ Short Notes: Facebook, Twitter Block Spread of Sequel to Coronavirus Conspiracy Video ‘Plandemic’ Date:Aug 20, 2020 12:45 PM https://www.thedailybeast.com/facebook-twitter-block-spread-of-sequel-to-coronavirus-conspiracy-video-plandemic Short Notes:link to Jane's Tweet about promoted disinfo Opinion: Conspiracy theorists aren't the problem - it's the rest of us | RNZ News Date:Aug 20, 2020 12:46 PM https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/424010/opinion-conspiracy-theorists-aren-t-the-problem-it-s-the-rest-of-us Short Notes: How to Call Out Dodgy Claims on Social Media Without Giving Them More Fuel Date:Aug 20, 2020 12:47 PM https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2020/08/how-to-call-out-dodgy-claims-on-social-media-without-giving-them-more-fuel/ Short Notes: Photos of USPS mailboxes being removed aren’t always what they seem - Vox Date:Aug 20, 2020 12:55 PM https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/8/19/21375303/mailboxes-removed-usps-postal-service-collection-boxes-mail-in-voting Short Notes: Mali: Misinformation circulates on social media in aftermath of coup | #TheCube | Euronews Date:Aug 20, 2020 12:56 PM https://www.euronews.com/2020/08/19/mali-misinformation-circulates-on-social-media-in-aftermath-of-coup-thecube Short Notes: