Fake texts and YouTube video spread disinformation about Republican primary candidate on election day - CNNPolitics Date:Aug 20, 2020 12:58 PM https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/18/politics/byron-donalds-fake-texts-florida-republican-primary/index.html Short Notes: Facebook blocks users from linking to new Plandemic hoax video - The Verge Date:Aug 20, 2020 12:59 PM https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/18/21374081/plandemic-indoctornation-conspiracy-video-facebook-misinformation Short Notes: The Growing Threat of Domestic Disinformation in Poland | Center for a New American Security Date:Aug 20, 2020 1:00 PM https://www.cnas.org/publications/commentary/the-growing-threat-of-domestic-disinformation-in-poland Short Notes: "Hiba Bég (@HibaBeg) Tweeted: Hindustani Bhau’s account was taken down by Instagram today. Date:Aug 20, 2020 4:16 PM" https://twitter.com/HibaBeg/status/1296387924628344833?s=20 Short Notes: Qanon is an Enormous Alternate Reality Game (ARG) Run by Malevolent Puppetmasters | by Jim Stewartson | Aug, 2020 | Medium Date:Aug 20, 2020 6:35 PM https://medium.com/@registrarproject17/qanon-is-an-enormous-alternate-reality-game-arg-run-by-malevolent-puppetmasters-27e6b098ce9b Short Notes: Alex Stamos on Twitter: "I would love to look up the statistics about this ad, who is seeing it and whether it is targeted at all, but not a single major newspaper offers a political ad archive where I can do that." / Twitter Date:Aug 20, 2020 6:36 PM https://twitter.com/alexstamos/status/1296431421448486914 Short Notes: Evaluating Platform Election-Related Speech Policies — Election Integrity Partnership Date:Aug 20, 2020 6:37 PM https://www.eipartnership.net/news/platform-policies Short Notes: Egyptian TikTok influencers’ funds frozen under their conviction - Coda Story Date:Aug 20, 2020 8:00 PM https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/egypt-tiktok-influencers/ Short Notes: Rebel Telegram channels stymie authoritarian clampdown in Belarus - Coda Story Date:Aug 20, 2020 8:01 PM https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/belarus-protests-telegram/ Short Notes: Public Safety and Disinformation- GMFUS Date:Aug 20, 2020 8:01 PM https://georgetownlawtechreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4.2-p610-623-Kornbluh-Weiner.pdf Short Notes: Threats, Lies and Videotape: Prigozhin's Long-Running War on Free Media - bellingcat Date:Aug 20, 2020 8:07 PM https://www.bellingcat.com/news/africa/2020/08/20/threats-lies-and-videotape-prigozhins-long-running-war-on-free-media/ Short Notes: Pakistan TV channel fined for gendered slurs Date:Aug 20, 2020 8:10 PM https://twitter.com/nayabgjan/status/1296423121176735747?s=12 Short Notes: QAnon: Facebook takes action on conspiracy groups - BBC News Date:Aug 20, 2020 8:12 PM https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53849295 Short Notes: Erin G fake russian tweet. Link to Whitney P series Date:Aug 20, 2020 10:41 PM https://twitter.com/3r1ng/status/1165457541851156480?s=12 Short Notes: 7K retweets and 17.5K likes on this viral tweet calling a fake antifa account a “Russian bot” Date:Aug 20, 2020 10:46 PM https://twitter.com/3r1ng/status/1296455720112709635?s=12 Short Notes: Saketh Gokhale on HB Date:Aug 21, 2020 1:54 PM https://twitter.com/saketgokhale/status/1296718131461726210?s=12 Short Notes: Coronavirus: How pro-mask posts boost the anti-mask movement Date:Aug 21, 2020 1:55 PM https://firstdraftnews.org/latest/coronavirus-how-pro-mask-posts-boost-the-anti-mask-movement/ Short Notes: Can WhatsApp benefit from debunked fact-checked stories to reduce misinformation? | HKS Misinformation Review Date:Aug 21, 2020 3:51 PM https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/can-whatsapp-benefit-from-debunked-fact-checked-stories-to-reduce-misinformation/ Short Notes: An Update to How We Address Movements and Organizations Tied to Violence - About Facebook Date:Aug 21, 2020 4:27 PM https://about.fb.com/news/2020/08/addressing-movements-and-organizations-tied-to-violence/ Short Notes: With Hacks and Cameras, Beijing’s Electronic Dragnet Closes on Hong Kong - The New York Times Date:Aug 25, 2020 7:30 PM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/25/technology/hong-kong-national-security-law.html Short Notes: Improving the accuracy of Community Standards enforcement by certainty estimation of human decisions - Facebook Research Date:Aug 25, 2020 8:51 PM https://research.fb.com/blog/2020/08/improving-the-accuracy-of-community-standards-enforcement-by-certainty-estimation-of-human-decisions/ Short Notes: Detecting Coordination in Disinformation Campaigns | by Ray Serrato | Aug, 2020 | Medium Date:Aug 25, 2020 11:18 PM https://medium.com/@raymserrato/detecting-coordination-in-disinformation-campaigns-7e9fa4ca44f3 Short Notes: I'm the one who made Tomi Lahren call Trump a 'jackass' in Hindi. Here's why I actually did it | The Independent Date:Aug 26, 2020 4:45 PM https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/tomi-lahren-trump-jackass-hindi-india-why-a9688716.html Short Notes: How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism, a New Book by Cory Doctorow | OneZero Date:Aug 26, 2020 10:30 PM https://onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy-surveillance-capitalism-8135e6744d59 Short Notes: Democracy And The Algorithm-Shubhranshu Singh - BW Businessworld Date:Aug 27, 2020 11:50 AM http://www.businessworld.in/article/Democracy-And-The-Algorithm/25-08-2020-312974/ Short Notes: Delhi Confidential: Fact VS Fake | Delhi Confidential News,The Indian Express Date:Aug 27, 2020 11:59 AM https://indianexpress.com/article/delhi-confidential/pinarayi-vijayan-kerala-government-fact-check-corona-6567137/ Short Notes: U.S. officials see no evidence of foreign meddling with mail-in ballots | Law-Order Date:Aug 27, 2020 12:05 PM https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/law-order/1185983-us-officials-see-no-evidence-of-foreign-meddling-with-mail-in-ballots Short Notes: Do intelligence agencies need restructuring for the digital disinformation age? | ZDNet Date:Aug 27, 2020 12:06 PM https://www.zdnet.com/article/do-intelligence-agencies-need-restructuring-for-the-digital-disinformation-age/ Short Notes: The role of human voice in the communication of digital disinformation | ORF Date:Aug 27, 2020 12:09 PM https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/the-role-of-human-voice-in-the-communication-of-digital-disinformation/ Short Notes:Link to voice based corrections Information Warfare: Why India needs to give Pak propaganda machinery a taste of its own medicine Date:Aug 27, 2020 1:28 PM https://www.dailyo.in/politics/india-pakistan-information-warfare-open-source-intelligence-ispr-isi-raw/story/1/33542.html Short Notes: Small but growing Russian support for QAnon conspiracies seen online - Reuters Date:Aug 27, 2020 1:29 PM https://in.reuters.com/article/usa-election-qanon-russia/small-but-growing-russian-support-for-qanon-conspiracies-seen-online-idINL1N2FP0DM Short Notes: Threatened by Facebook disinformation, a Buddhist monk flees Cambodia | World News,The Indian Express (Syndicated) Date:Aug 27, 2020 1:30 PM https://indianexpress.com/article/world/threatened-by-facebook-disinformation-a-buddhist-monk-flees-cambodia-6567749/ Short Notes: Pakistan's ISI using Khalistani forces to accelerate disinformation campaigns against India | India News | Zee News Date:Aug 27, 2020 1:31 PM https://zeenews.india.com/india/pakistans-isi-using-khalistani-forces-to-accelerate-disinformation-campaigns-against-india-2304501.html Short Notes: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube prepare to tackle Trump attacks if he doesn’t ‘go quietly’ Date:Aug 27, 2020 1:32 PM https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/in-other-news/220820/facebook-twitter-youtube-prepare-to-tackle-trump-attacks-if-he-doesn.html Short Notes: Marketing Conclave 2020: Prakash Javadekar calls for media literacy in India to combat fake news Date:Aug 27, 2020 1:32 PM https://english.jagran.com/india/marketing-conclave-2020-prakash-javadekar-calls-for-media-literacy-in-india-to-combat-fake-news-10015823 Short Notes: Nearly 50 people in North Texas drank bleach this month and officials are warning people it won't prevent or cure coronavirus | Business Insider India Date:Aug 27, 2020 1:34 PM https://www.businessinsider.in/international/news/nearly-50-people-in-north-texas-drank-bleach-this-month-and-officials-are-warning-people-it-wont-prevent-or-cure-coronavirus/articleshow/77774494.cms Short Notes: in.pcmag.com/the-why-axis/137672/republicans-feel-theyre-being-censored-on-social-media Date:Aug 27, 2020 1:36 PM https://in.pcmag.com/the-why-axis/137672/republicans-feel-theyre-being-censored-on-social-media Short Notes: "Why Did the Authors of 'Delhi Riots 2020' Go to Bloomsbury in the First Place? Date:Aug 27, 2020 1:41 PM" https://thewire.in/communalism/bloomsbury-delhi-riots-2020-garuda-free-speech Short Notes: Facebook reportedly plans to sue Thailand's government over its demand that the company block users within the country from accessing a group critical of its king | Business Insider India Date:Aug 27, 2020 1:42 PM https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/facebook-reportedly-plans-to-sue-thailands-government-over-its-demand-that-the-company-block-users-within-the-country-from-accessing-a-group-critical-of-its-king/articleshow/77732400.cms Short Notes: Delhi Riots: The Link Between Misinformation and Radicalisation Date:Aug 27, 2020 1:43 PM https://thewire.in/communalism/delhi-riots-misinformation-radicalisation-social-media Short Notes: Bangladesh to lift Rohingya internet ban 'very soon'- The New Indian Express Date:Aug 27, 2020 1:44 PM https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2020/aug/24/bangladesh-to-lift-rohingya-internet-ban-very-soon-2187619.html Short Notes: LeBron James called out political ad campaign using his tweet about voter suppression to discourage mail-in voting | Business Insider India Date:Aug 27, 2020 1:46 PM https://www.businessinsider.in/sports/news/lebron-james-called-out-political-ad-campaign-using-his-tweet-about-voter-suppression-to-discourage-mail-in-voting/articleshow/77698392.cms Short Notes: If data is the new oil, get ready to pay for it too - The Financial Express Date:Aug 27, 2020 1:49 PM https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/if-data-is-the-new-oil-get-ready-to-pay-for-it-too/2062173/lite/ Short Notes: Social Media Can Apply COVID-19 Policies To Reduce the Spread of Election Disinformation | Techdirt Date:Aug 27, 2020 1:50 PM https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200819/09471545142/social-media-can-apply-covid-19-policies-to-reduce-spread-election-disinformation.shtml Short Notes: "Battle for Britain: Analyzing Events as Drivers of Political Tribalism in Twitter Discussions of Brexit Samantha North Lukasz Piwek Adam Joinson onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/poi3.247 Date:Aug 27, 2020 1:54 PM" https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/poi3.247 Short Notes: Progressive groups calling for Trump’s RNC to be aired on delay to ‘stop speakers spreading lies’ Date:Aug 27, 2020 2:23 PM https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12498331/progressive-groups-rnc-aired-delay-stop-spreading-lies/ Short Notes: The Coming Wave of Disinformation - The Dispatch Date:Aug 27, 2020 2:24 PM https://thedispatch.com/p/the-coming-wave-of-disinformation Short Notes: Fake News Runs Rampant in Moldova | Institute for War and Peace Reporting Date:Aug 27, 2020 2:31 PM https://iwpr.net/global-voices/fake-news-runs-rampant-moldova Short Notes: T.Colley, F.Granelli and J.Althuis. Disinformation’s Societal Impact: Britain, Covid, And Beyond | StratCom Date:Aug 27, 2020 2:34 PM https://www.stratcomcoe.org/tcolley-fgranelli-and-jalthuis-disinformations-societal-impact-britain-covid-and-beyond Short Notes: Real Fake News about COVID Date:Aug 27, 2020 2:42 PM https://www.ft.com/content/e5954181-220b-4de5-886c-ef02ee432260 Short Notes:WHO Let the horses bolt Content Moderation And Human Nature | Techdirt Date:Aug 27, 2020 2:44 PM https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200818/15424345138/content-moderation-human-nature.shtml Short Notes: Content Moderation Knowledge Sharing Shouldn't Be A Backdoor To Cross-Platform Censorship | Techdirt Date:Aug 27, 2020 2:45 PM https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200820/08564545152/content-moderation-knowledge-sharing-shouldnt-be-backdoor-to-cross-platform-censorship.shtml Short Notes: Detecting Digital Fingerprints: Tracing Chinese Disinformation in Taiwan Date:Aug 27, 2020 2:48 PM https://graphika.com/reports/detecting-digital-fingerprints-tracing-chinese-disinformation-in-taiwan/?mc_cid=cb62df0f54&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Facebook shares data on Myanmar with United Nations investigators - Reuters Date:Aug 27, 2020 2:52 PM https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-myanmar-facebook/facebook-shares-data-on-myanmar-with-united-nations-investigators-idUKKBN25L2HE?mc_cid=cb62df0f54&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Immunizing the public against misinformation Date:Aug 27, 2020 2:52 PM https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/immunizing-the-public-against-misinformation?mc_cid=cb62df0f54&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Hatemongering YouTubers in India Target Women, Foreigners, Muslims Date:Aug 27, 2020 2:53 PM https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/08/25/india-youtube-stars-hatemongers-nationalism/?mc_cid=cb62df0f54&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Evangelicals are looking for answers online. They’re finding QAnon instead. | MIT Technology Review Date:Aug 27, 2020 2:54 PM https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/08/26/1007611/how-qanon-is-targeting-evangelicals/?mc_cid=cb62df0f54&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 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 27, 2020 2:56 PM https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/youtube-claims-plandemic-sequel-violates-its-rules-has-still-allowed-it-get?mc_cid=0471be3b88&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Recognize Misinformation on the Internet - The New York Times Date:Aug 27, 2020 2:56 PM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/22/at-home/recognize-misinformation-internet.html?mc_cid=0471be3b88&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Pro-Russian vaccine politics drives new disinformation narratives - Pro Russian vaccine politics.pdf Date:Aug 27, 2020 2:56 PM https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/ad-aspi/2020-08/Pro%20Russian%20vaccine%20politics.pdf?vMuk2m7DlWP_GG25A86MqWZ_bg_jxlXL=&mc_cid=0471be3b88&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Gun Sellers Use New Tactic to Deal on Facebook Marketplace - WSJ Date:Aug 27, 2020 2:56 PM https://www.wsj.com/articles/gun-sellers-use-new-tactic-to-deal-on-facebook-marketplace-11598270872?mc_cid=0471be3b88&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: QAnon looms behind nationwide rallies and viral #SavetheChildren hashtags Date:Aug 27, 2020 2:57 PM https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/qanon-looms-behind-nationwide-rallies-viral-hashtags-n1237722?mc_cid=27e114f8d9&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: WHO Director-General Attacked on Twitter with CCP-Related Memes - bellingcat Date:Aug 27, 2020 2:58 PM https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/08/21/who-director-general-attacked-on-twitter-with-ccp-related-memes/?mc_cid=27e114f8d9&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes:WHO Let the horses bolt Facebook chose not to act on militia complaints before Kenosha shooting - The Verge Date:Aug 27, 2020 4:15 PM https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/26/21403004/facebook-kenosha-militia-groups-shooting-blm-protest Short Notes: Facebook was warned about a Kenosha militia group that rallied armed counter-protesters to the city — but says users' reports didn't make it to the right team in time | Business Insider India Date:Aug 27, 2020 8:56 PM https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-warned-about-kenosha-guard-group-before-shooting-2020-8 Short Notes: US election 2020: Twitter suspends accounts sharing poll message - BBC News Date:Aug 27, 2020 9:47 PM https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53925051 Short Notes: 'Communal, Irresponsible': IPS Association Condemns Sudarshan TV's 'UPSC Jihad' Trailer Date:Aug 27, 2020 9:56 PM https://thewire.in/communalism/sudarshan-news-tv-ips-association-upsc-muslims-jihad Short Notes: "Kate Starbird (@katestarbird) Tweeted: On Sunday morning, Pres. Trump posted a tweet with false/misleading information about voting & election integrity. It violated Twitter’s policies. At the @2020Partnership, we analyzed the actions Twitter took to enforce those policies and their impact: https://t.co/kqi4fe0Zy6 Date:Aug 27, 2020 10:18 PM" https://twitter.com/katestarbird/status/1299025036834004993?s=20 Short Notes: Three Easy Ways to Spot Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Online - Samantha North Date:Aug 27, 2020 11:18 PM https://samanthanorth.com/three-easy-ways-to-spot-coordinated-inauthentic-behavior-online/ Short Notes: The Risks of Exaggerating Foreign Influence Operations and Disinformation | Centre for International Governance Innovation Date:Aug 27, 2020 11:21 PM https://www.cigionline.org/articles/risks-exaggerating-foreign-influence-operations-and-disinformation Short Notes: How hate speech reveals the invisible politics of internet infrastructure Date:Aug 27, 2020 11:58 PM https://www.brookings.edu/techstream/how-hate-speech-reveals-the-invisible-politics-of-internet-infrastructure/ Short Notes: All of YouTube, Not Just the Algorithm, is a Far-Right Propaganda Machine | by Becca Lewis | FFWD Date:Aug 28, 2020 12:05 AM https://ffwd.medium.com/all-of-youtube-not-just-the-algorithm-is-a-far-right-propaganda-machine-29b07b12430 Short Notes: Blanked-Out Spots On China's Maps Helped Us Uncover Xinjiang's Camps Date:Aug 28, 2020 9:42 AM https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alison_killing/satellite-images-investigation-xinjiang-detention-camps Short Notes: alex hern on Twitter: "We don't need Baidu to answer that question, and we don't even need to be looking at China. Let's head to the border with India https://t.co/GvPyfQZjoA" / Twitter Date:Aug 28, 2020 9:47 AM https://mobile.twitter.com/alexhern/status/1299002344030515200 Short Notes: Viral pro-Trump tweets came from fake African American spam accounts, Twitter says Date:Aug 28, 2020 10:26 AM https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/viral-pro-trump-tweets-came-fake-african-american-spam-accounts-n1238553 Short Notes:Poing about difference in speed of action. Use Twitter Comms Tweet too. Proposals-for-Improved-Regulation-of-Harmful-Online-Content-Formatted-v5.2.2.pdf Date:Aug 28, 2020 10:27 AM https://dangerousspeech.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Proposals-for-Improved-Regulation-of-Harmful-Online-Content-Formatted-v5.2.2.pdf Short Notes: Facebook Ties to India’s BJP Under Scrutiny Over Hate Speech | Time Date:Aug 28, 2020 10:29 AM https://time.com/5883993/india-facebook-hate-speech-bjp/ Short Notes: Facebook, Jio tie-up will bring 25 million SMEs online: Ajit Mohan | Business Standard News Date:Aug 28, 2020 10:38 AM https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/facebook-jio-tie-up-will-bring-25-mn-smes-online-facebook-india-md-120082701384_1.html Short Notes:Use numbers to demonstrate dependence on FB. Fake News, Misogyny, Bigotry: A Snapshot of Madhu Kishwar’s Timeline Date:Aug 28, 2020 3:17 PM https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/madhu-kishwar-profile-fake-news-misogyny-hindutva Short Notes: Google pulls 'fediverse' Android apps for allegedly enabling hate speech | Engadget Date:Aug 29, 2020 9:42 PM https://www.engadget.com/google-pulls-fediverse-android-apps-160433088.html Short Notes: Current approaches to terrorist and violent extremist content among the global top 50 online content-sharing services | en | OECD Date:Aug 30, 2020 4:49 PM https://www.oecd.org/sti/current-approaches-to-terrorist-and-violent-extremist-content-among-the-global-top-50-online-content-sharing-services-68058b95-en.htm Short Notes: Censored Contagion II: A Timeline of Information Control on Chinese Social Media During COVID-19 - The Citizen Lab Date:Aug 30, 2020 5:22 PM https://citizenlab.ca/2020/08/censored-contagion-ii-a-timeline-of-information-control-on-chinese-social-media-during-covid-19/ Short Notes:brick Secretariat fire: Govt to approach Press Council over fake news, starts collecting details of media | Secretariat Fire Date:Aug 30, 2020 5:42 PM https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/secretariat-fire-govt-to-approach-press-council-over-fake-news-starts-collecting-details-of-media-1.5016092 Short Notes:Arrest Is saying you’re not going to vote - vote suppression? Date:Aug 30, 2020 6:58 PM https://twitter.com/wildeclover/status/1300059913209536512?s=12 Short Notes:election Twitter study shows Australians focused on panic buying as US users blamed China for Covid-19 | Australia news | The Guardian Date:Aug 31, 2020 7:43 AM https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/aug/28/twitter-study-shows-australians-focused-on-panic-buying-as-us-users-blamed-china-for-covid-19 Short Notes: How Shadowbanning Went from a Conspiracy Theory to a Selling Point Date:Aug 31, 2020 9:09 PM https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v7gq4x/how-shadowbanning-went-from-a-conspiracy-theory-to-a-selling-point-v27n3 Short Notes: Joan Donovan, PhD on Twitter: "If you are reporting on Patriot Prayer and Proud Boys, be very careful and follow recommendations on amplification of far-right and racist groups: https://t.co/FWd49iWMeH" / Twitter Date:Aug 31, 2020 10:37 PM https://twitter.com/BostonJoan/status/1300441863850262528 Short Notes: How official affiliates circumvented Facebook’s political ad policies in 2019 elections and beyond - The Economic Times Date:Aug 31, 2020 10:38 PM https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/how-official-affiliates-circumvented-facebooks-political-ad-policies-in-2019-elections-and-beyond/articleshow/77855547.cms Short Notes: Before 2019 polls, BJP flagged 44 ‘rival’ pages, 14 now off Facebook | India News,The Indian Express Date:Sep 1, 2020 10:05 AM https://indianexpress.com/article/india/before-2019-polls-bjp-flagged-44-rival-pages-14-now-off-facebook-6578139/ Short Notes:FB Facebook project will study its impact on the 2020 election - Protocol Date:Sep 1, 2020 4:17 PM https://www.protocol.com/facebooks-research-election-2020 Short Notes:election Formulating Deformation: The Flows of Formless Information | Brennen | International Journal of Communication Date:Sep 1, 2020 9:57 PM https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/12744 Short Notes: In China, the ‘Great Firewall’ Is Changing a Generation - POLITICO Date:Sep 1, 2020 10:18 PM https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/09/01/china-great-firewall-generation-405385 Short Notes:brick How social media is pushing us toward 1984 Date:Sep 1, 2020 10:50 PM https://www.fastcompany.com/90545787/how-social-media-is-pushing-us-toward-1984?partner=rss&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss Short Notes: India’s IT minister accuses Facebook of suppressing right-leaning pages – TechCrunch Date:Sep 2, 2020 7:44 AM https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/01/indias-it-minister-accuses-facebook-of-suppressing-right-leaning-pages/ Short Notes: August 2020 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report - About Facebook Date:Sep 2, 2020 7:56 AM https://about.fb.com/news/2020/09/august-2020-cib-report/ Short Notes: Shireen Mitchell on Fighting Back against Disinformation and Digital Voter Suppression | by Indivisible Plus Washington | Sep, 2020 | Medium Date:Sep 2, 2020 8:05 AM https://medium.com/@IndiPlusWA/shireen-mitchell-on-fighting-back-against-disinformation-and-digital-voter-suppression-634b2a1a1424 Short Notes:election Shayan Sardarizadeh on Twitter: "US election: The digital campaign battle I'm starting a weekly blog to track weekly engagements of the official social media accounts and pages of the two presidential and VP candidates, official campaign teams and the GOP vs Democrats till election day https://t.co/nUpn52xkc8" / Twitter Date:Sep 2, 2020 8:07 AM https://twitter.com/shayan86/status/1300974904590962688 Short Notes:election New Steps to Combat Disinformation - Microsoft on the Issues Date:Sep 2, 2020 8:11 AM https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2020/09/01/disinformation-deepfakes-newsguard-video-authenticator/ Short Notes:deepfake Twitter Safety on Twitter: "We suspended five Twitter accounts for platform manipulation that we can reliably attribute to Russian state actors. As standard, they will be included in updates to our database of information operations in the coming weeks to empower academic research. https://t.co/9RqOiDNB7d" / Twitter Date:Sep 2, 2020 9:33 AM https://twitter.com/twittersafety/status/1300848632120242181?s=21 Short Notes: social media: Twitter to add context to trending topics, Technology News, ETtech Date:Sep 2, 2020 9:42 AM https://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/internet/twitter-to-add-context-to-trending-topics/77881932 Short Notes: Netflix restrained from releasing ‘Bad Boy Billionaires’ on plea by Ramalinga Raju | The News Minute Date:Sep 2, 2020 9:44 AM https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/netflix-restrained-releasing-bad-boy-billionaires-plea-ramalinga-raju-132116 Short Notes: FSI | Cyber | Internet Observatory - Reporting for Duty Date:Sep 2, 2020 10:20 AM https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/io/news/reporting-duty Short Notes:cross border Statement on Facebook | ACCC Date:Sep 2, 2020 8:01 PM https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/statement-on-facebook Short Notes:AU News Irony evelyn douek on Twitter: "Content moderation at scale is all about error choice -- what kinds of errors to we want to prefer? https://t.co/oszsNjhDEW" / Twitter Date:Sep 2, 2020 11:38 PM https://mobile.twitter.com/evelyndouek/status/1301218861581316097 Short Notes:Moderation is Hard Report of Russian Voter Information Hack Found to Be False Date:Sep 3, 2020 6:54 AM https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/02/russia-election-hack-false-misinformation-voter-information/ Short Notes:election A Saudi Prince's Attempt to Silence Critics on Twitter | WIRED Date:Sep 3, 2020 10:35 AM https://www.wired.com/story/mohammed-bin-salman-twitter-investigation/ Short Notes: Adding More Context To Trends Date:Sep 3, 2020 10:53 AM https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/product/2020/adding-more-context-to-trends.html?utm_campaign=The%20Interface&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter Short Notes: Katie Notopoulos on Twitter: "Twitter trending categories mainly fall in 3 categories: - #MotivationMonday - some horrible racist/misinformation/qanon/bad place stuff - celeb name and you’re not sure if they’re dead, canceled, or it’s their birthday. This seems mainly aimed at clarifying this last one" / Twitter Date:Sep 3, 2020 10:57 AM https://twitter.com/katienotopoulos/status/1301339160775741440 Short Notes: Govt doctor takes WhatsApp video route to fight Covid misinformation | Cities News,The Indian Express Date:Sep 3, 2020 10:59 AM https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/govt-doctor-whatsapp-video-fight-covid-misinformation-6581102/ Short Notes: Internet companies urge FCC to reject Trump bid to impose new regulations | Business Standard News Date:Sep 3, 2020 11:00 AM https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/internet-companies-urge-fcc-to-reject-trump-bid-to-impose-new-regulations-120090300148_1.html Short Notes: Antisocial media: Why Facebook’s missteps threaten internet and society - india news - Hindustan Times Date:Sep 3, 2020 11:01 AM https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/facebook-missteps-deepen-legal-riddle/story-6jvWhL2JWtfSmb07ohqDML.html Short Notes: It's upto Facebook to respond on its fact checking programme, say FB fact-checkers after IT minister raises concerns - The Economic Times Date:Sep 3, 2020 11:02 AM https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/its-up-to-facebook-to-respond-on-its-fact-checking-programme-says-fb-after-it-minister-raises-concerns/articleshow/77895695.cms Short Notes: New Facebook and Instagram Research Initiative to Look at US 2020 Presidential Election - About Facebook Date:Sep 3, 2020 11:05 AM https://about.fb.com/news/2020/08/research-impact-of-facebook-and-instagram-on-us-election/ Short Notes:election Facebook expands misinformation policy in Myanmar ahead of polls - DTNext.in Date:Sep 3, 2020 11:07 AM https://www.dtnext.in/Lifestyle/Technology/2020/09/01175659/1248747/Facebook-expands-misinformation-policy-in-Myanmar-.vpf Short Notes:election Sure, criticise the Modi govt, but with facts and truth Date:Sep 3, 2020 11:10 AM https://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/sure-do-criticise-the-modi-govt-but-do-it-with-facts-and-truth-121844977.html Short Notes:Facts Facebook warns it can remove any content that might put it at regulatory or legal risk | Business Insider India Date:Sep 3, 2020 11:11 AM https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/facebook-warns-it-can-remove-any-content-that-might-put-it-at-regulatory-or-legal-risk/articleshow/77870829.cms Short Notes:AU News Irony Democracy Reporting International 2020-09-01-DRI-deepfake-publication-no-1.pdf Date:Sep 3, 2020 11:26 AM https://democracy-reporting.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2020-09-01-DRI-deepfake-publication-no-1.pdf Short Notes:deepfake Misinformation and meddling: India needs an urgent relook at the conduct of Facebook and WhatsApp Date:Sep 3, 2020 11:26 AM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-editorials/misinformation-and-meddling-india-needs-an-urgent-relook-at-the-conduct-of-facebook-and-whatsapp/ Short Notes: Facebook's threat would only worsen the misinformation epidemic it created Date:Sep 3, 2020 11:29 AM https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/facebook-s-threat-would-only-worsen-the-misinformation-problem-it-created-20200901-p55rfc.html Short Notes:AU News Irony Warning witnesses of the possibility of misinformation helps protect their memory accuracy – BIOENGINEER.ORG Date:Sep 3, 2020 11:33 AM https://bioengineer.org/warning-witnesses-of-the-possibility-of-misinformation-helps-protect-their-memory-accuracy/ Short Notes: The Pandemic and the Infodemic: Disinformation in the Modern Age - YouTube Date:Sep 3, 2020 11:35 AM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpVexxrQ2M0 Short Notes: Facebook partially documents its content recommendation system – TechCrunch Date:Sep 3, 2020 11:37 AM https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/31/facebook-partially-documents-its-content-recommendation-system/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS91cmw_cmN0PWomc2E9dCZ1cmw9aHR0cHM6Ly90ZWNoY3J1bmNoLmNvbS8yMDIwLzA4LzMxL2ZhY2Vib29rLXBhcnRpYWxseS1kb2N1bWVudHMtaXRzLWNvbnRlbnQtcmVjb21tZW5kYXRpb24tc3lzdGVtLyZjdD1nYSZjZD1DQUl5R21Nek1EQXhOR1l3WXpFeE4yTm1aalU2WTI5dE9tVnVPbFZUJnVzZz1BRlFqQ05FSnU4Um8xQ0tCeWlHakppNVBhdkw2OVAwU0p3&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAB7f7w-toR7cZrEoLjrLK6E3-kCnK22WGuQ4kxdoh5cTy29QFv2py2ebQgecCrz7UWtNZYL9_YKrCFyo_ZFqsw_sEHyb_H1ICGBAGLk0eo65q_dVF4PzZXWgx3OanZn6zRqBQmt94GEsEkzP1QejwMzWQ1l7FkGKcJmrbEQl82Bd Short Notes: China’s internet watchdog tightens online controls with new app to squash rumours | South China Morning PostSouth China Morning Post Date:Sep 3, 2020 11:38 AM https://www.scmp.com/tech/apps-social/article/3099567/chinas-internet-watchdog-tightens-online-controls-new-app-squash Short Notes:brick 'Culture of misinformation': artists protest against London thinktanks | Climate change | The Guardian Date:Sep 3, 2020 11:44 AM https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/02/ground-zero-of-lies-on-climate-artists-protest-at-london-thinktanks Short Notes: Duped by Russia, freelancers ensnared in disinformation campaign by promise of easy money - Reuters Date:Sep 3, 2020 11:48 AM https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-facebook-russia/duped-by-russia-freelancers-ensnared-in-disinformation-campaign-by-promise-of-easy-money-idUSKBN25T35E Short Notes: Disinformation Metadata Date:Sep 3, 2020 11:50 AM https://inkdroid.org/2020/09/02/disinformation-metadata/ Short Notes: Balochistan govt bans 'propaganda' sites | The Express Tribune Date:Sep 3, 2020 11:53 AM https://tribune.com.pk/story/2262011/balochistan-govt-bans-propaganda-sites Short Notes:Jail Kate Starbird on Twitter: "The pervasive use of disinformation is, at its most basic level, an attack on democracy — it erodes our trust in information and diminishes our ability to come together around a shared reality to make informed decisions about how to govern ourselves." / Twitter Date:Sep 3, 2020 11:55 AM https://twitter.com/katestarbird/status/1300510525336420353?s=20 Short Notes:Election #UntrendOctober Wants to End Twitter's Trending Topics Before Election Date:Sep 3, 2020 11:56 AM https://www.dailydot.com/debug/twitter-trending-topics-untrend-october/ Short Notes: Facebook, Under Pressure in India, Bans Politician for Hate Speech - WSJ Date:Sep 3, 2020 11:59 AM https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-under-pressure-in-india-bans-politician-for-hate-speech-11599105042 Short Notes: Pakistani journalists receive death threats after reporting called ‘fake news’ in TV program - Committee to Protect Journalists Date:Sep 3, 2020 12:08 PM https://cpj.org/2020/09/pakistani-journalists-receive-death-threats-after-reporting-called-fake-news-in-tv-program/ Short Notes:Hate Narendra Modi Twitter: PM Modi's Website's Twitter Account Hacked, Twitter Actively Investigating Date:Sep 3, 2020 12:09 PM https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/twitter-account-of-pm-modis-personal-website-hacked-taken-steps-to-secure-compromised-account-says-twitter-2289574 Short Notes: National Health Authority (NHA) on Twitter: "Grossly misinterpreted and sensationalized. Govt has not asked, and doesn't intend to ask for any such personal information. Information like only name, year of birth, state & district are required while registering for Health ID. 1/4" / Twitter Date:Sep 3, 2020 12:12 PM https://twitter.com/AyushmanNHA/status/1300475816057339904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1300475816057339904%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.opindia.com%2F2020%2F09%2Fscroll-fake-news-fact-check-health-cards-sensitive-information%2F Short Notes:Facts Opinion | It’s official: In Egypt, you can now get 15 years in jail for a tweet - The Washington Post Date:Sep 3, 2020 12:14 PM https://www.washingtonpost.com/ Short Notes:Jail Swaziland Introduces Law With 10 Year Jail Term for Publishing 'Fake News' - allAfrica.com Date:Sep 3, 2020 12:15 PM https://allafrica.com/stories/202008310623.html Short Notes:Jail How Fake News Spreads: Mainstream Media Republish Suspect Sites’ Stories | Balkan Insight Date:Sep 3, 2020 12:16 PM https://balkaninsight.com/2020/08/31/how-fake-news-spreads-mainstream-media-republish-suspect-sites-stories/ Short Notes: 'Bois locker room' shows Facebook failed to tackle fake news, former RSS idealogue tells HC - India News Date:Sep 3, 2020 12:17 PM https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/-bois-locker-room-shows-facebook-failed-to-tackle-fake-news-former-rss-idealogue-tells-hc-1716848-2020-08-30 Short Notes:Facts Cong again writes to FB on JPC probe - india news - Hindustan Timesn(You've got mail) Date:Sep 3, 2020 12:18 PM https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cong-again-writes-to-fb-on-jpc-probe/story-cAHWqz0kNVJOB46nsIMGRM.html Short Notes:Got Mail Scribe held for fake news, not questioning Jagan | greatandhra.com Date:Sep 3, 2020 12:19 PM https://www.greatandhra.com/politics/andhra-news/scribe-held-for-fake-news-not-questioning-jagan-107131 Short Notes:Arrest How Are Social Media Companies Supposed To Handle Government-Sponsored Misinformation? – Reason.com Date:Sep 3, 2020 12:21 PM https://reason.com/2020/09/02/how-are-social-media-companies-suppose-to-handle-government-sponsored-misinformation/ Short Notes: Inside Amazon’s Secret Program to Spy On Workers’ Private Facebook Groups Date:Sep 3, 2020 12:25 PM https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3azegw/amazon-is-spying-on-its-workers-in-closed-facebook-groups-internal-reports-show?mc_cid=2cd99d74a9&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes:AOSLT on Privacy Covid Is Accelerating a Global Censorship Crisis | WIRED Date:Sep 3, 2020 12:27 PM https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-covid-is-accelerating-a-global-censorship-crisis/?mc_cid=71c2811ef0&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: One village’s response to misinformation? Burn the internet towers and take hostages. - Rest of World Date:Sep 3, 2020 12:32 PM https://restofworld.org/2020/high-speed-conspiracy/?mc_cid=71c2811ef0&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Kenosha shooting: Facebook banned violent right-wing militia groups. We still found plenty of them on its platform. - Vox Date:Sep 3, 2020 12:35 PM https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/8/28/21406022/facebook-banned-violent-militia-groups-kenosha-protests-jacob-blake-shooting-kyle-rittenhouse?mc_cid=313bcde6ff&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes:Moderation is hard Prateek Waghre on Twitter: "Bandemic 2 - The one with PUBG. Not yet up on the PIB website. https://t.co/ngt25d78O2" / Twitter Date:Sep 3, 2020 12:54 PM https://twitter.com/prateekwaghre/status/1301128858645667841?s=21 Short Notes:brick pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1650669 Date:Sep 3, 2020 12:55 PM https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1650669 Short Notes:brick Prateek Waghre on Twitter: "Calling it Internet Nationalism or NayaBharatNet or whatever, doesn’t change the underlying nature of such a system driven by our China-envy. It is a model loaded against the individual and society. I’ve seen pretty much first-hand in China how companies fell in line. https://t.co/M3qzyQxdsx" / Twitter Date:Sep 3, 2020 12:55 PM https://twitter.com/prateekwaghre/status/1301344192283643904?s=21 Short Notes:brick india pakistan news: India calls out Pakistan for motivated false propaganda on social media - The Economic Times (link to oxford report) Date:Sep 3, 2020 1:01 PM https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/india-calls-out-pakistan-for-motivated-false-propaganda-on-social-media/articleshow/77881857.cms Short Notes:link to oxford report. shoe on the other foot hate speech: Officials debate whether India should have its own social media content moderation rules, Technology News, ETtech Date:Sep 3, 2020 1:31 PM https://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/internet/officials-debate-whether-india-should-have-its-own-social-media-content-moderation-rules/77863009 Short Notes: Protecting memory from misinformation: Warnings modulate cortical reinstatement during memory retrieval | PNAS Date:Sep 3, 2020 2:27 PM https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/08/26/2008595117 Short Notes: Conspiracists like what they hear at the RNC - Coda Story Date:Sep 3, 2020 3:43 PM https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/rnc-disinformation-day1-day2/ Short Notes: Pepe the Frog, human trafficking and secret cabals — QAnon’s take on the RNC - Coda Story Date:Sep 3, 2020 3:43 PM https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/rnc-conspiracy-theories-day3-day4/ Short Notes: Islamic State’s Use of Gamification and Low-Tech Terror Tactics – GNET Date:Sep 3, 2020 4:16 PM https://gnet-research.org/2020/09/02/iss-use-of-gamification-and-low-tech-terror-tactics/ Short Notes: West Bengal: FIR registered against BJP MP Arjun Singh for spreading fake news on Twitter Date:Sep 3, 2020 4:19 PM https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/west-bengal-fir-registered-against-bjp-mp-arjun-singh-for-spreading-fake-news-on-twitter Short Notes:Arrest Facebook suspends 453 accounts spreading fake news with anti-India propaganda, South Asia News | wionews.com Date:Sep 3, 2020 4:23 PM https://www.wionews.com/south-asia/facebook-suspends-453-accounts-spreading-fake-news-with-anti-india-propaganda-324722 Short Notes:cross border Darius Kazemi on Twitter: "@SachaBaronCohen This article is from May and is based on a press release where a lab is making claims with no published or pre-printed study to back it up. It's really bad. I write about it in this thread. https://t.co/oISbogjiEX" / Twitter Date:Sep 3, 2020 4:26 PM https://twitter.com/tinysubversions/status/1300591443434643458 Short Notes: Kiran Garimella on Twitter: "We have some work (under review) that shows how political parties manipulate trends using closed groups like WhatsApp, *at scale*, and set national talking points in India. Its terrible to allow such algorithmic amplification with a shoddy product. Easy to replicate in the US." / Twitter Date:Sep 3, 2020 4:47 PM https://twitter.com/gvrkiran/status/1300769982108893184?s=21 Short Notes: Facebook Moves to Stop Election Misinformation - The New York Times Date:Sep 3, 2020 4:49 PM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/03/technology/facebook-election-chaos-november.html Short Notes: The Lawfare Podcast: Alissa Starzak on Cloudflare, Content Moderation and the Internet Stack - Lawfare Date:Sep 3, 2020 5:33 PM https://www.lawfareblog.com/lawfare-podcast-alissa-starzak-cloudflare-content-moderation-and-internet-stack Short Notes: Governing Online Speech: From 'Posts-As-Trumps' to Proportionality and Probability by Evelyn Douek :: SSRN Date:Sep 3, 2020 5:41 PM https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3679607 Short Notes: Pro-Kremlin media misrepresent Belarusian opposition’s policy platform | by @DFRLab | DFRLab | Sep, 2020 | Medium Date:Sep 3, 2020 7:23 PM https://medium.com/dfrlab/pro-kremlin-media-misrepresent-belarusian-oppositions-policy-platform-d24c26a31aa5 Short Notes: Mike Wagner on Twitter: "🚨Delighted to share the new article @JianingJaniceLi and have published in Journal of Communication. When is fact-checking more likely to affect what one knows? https://t.co/qQzF2a1akY 1/" / Twitter Date:Sep 3, 2020 7:28 PM https://twitter.com/prowag/status/1301499187176058883 Short Notes: Pando: Facebook ads aren't the problem Date:Sep 3, 2020 9:07 PM https://pando.com/2020/09/03/facebook-ads-arent-problem/ Short Notes: Carly Miller on Twitter: "I'm stumped on Trump's tweet vs Trump's FB post this am. Huge to see this FB label, but we've been here before: Trump posts misleading messages on both platforms & the platforms have taken opposite positions (action vs no action) on the info. See screenshots in next tweets👉" / Twitter Date:Sep 3, 2020 11:07 PM https://twitter.com/carlymil/status/1301573274556461056 Short Notes: Paper_WhatsApp.pdf I don't think that's true bro Date:Sep 9, 2020 4:40 PM https://sumitrabadrinathan.github.io/Assets/Paper_WhatsApp.pdf Short Notes: Social media groups’ admin, sender to be held responsible for fake news | India News,The Indian Express Date:Sep 9, 2020 5:11 PM https://indianexpress.com/article/india/social-media-groups-admin-sender-to-be-held-responsible-for-fake-news-6589126/ Short Notes:1 Debunking Disinformation : Can India learn from the West? | ORF Date:Sep 9, 2020 5:14 PM https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/debunking-disinformation-can-india-learn-from-the-west/ Short Notes: A platform-by-platform prescription for treating the disinformation disease - Marketplace Date:Sep 9, 2020 5:16 PM https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/social-media-platforms-prescription-for-treating-the-disinformation-disease/?mc_cid=ff695b14ab&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: SICSS Boot Camp (Beta) Date:Sep 9, 2020 5:29 PM https://compsocialscience.github.io/summer-institute/boot_camp Short Notes: TOI, HT, ABP News Fall For Fake Account Impersonating Indrajit Chakraborty Date:Sep 9, 2020 5:36 PM https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/toi-ht-abp-news-fall-for-fake-account-impersonating-indrajit-chakraborty-9671 Short Notes: Inside the secret plan to reboot Isis from a huge digital backup | WIRED UK Date:Sep 9, 2020 5:41 PM https://www.wired.co.uk/article/isis-digital-backup Short Notes: Will WhatsApp’s Misinfo Cure Work for Facebook Messenger? | WIRED Date:Sep 9, 2020 5:42 PM https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-messenger-limits-misinformation-election-2020/?mc_cid=ff695b14ab&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Why Facebook’s political-ad ban is taking on the wrong problem | MIT Technology Review Date:Sep 9, 2020 5:42 PM https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/06/1008192/why-facebooks-political-ad-ban-is-taking-on-the-wrong-problem/?mc_cid=ff695b14ab&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Indian States, Deradicalisation and Online Platforms | ORF Date:Sep 9, 2020 5:51 PM https://www.orfonline.org/research/indian-states-deradicalisation-and-online-platforms/ Short Notes: DemocracyWatch: famine and fake news | openDemocracy Date:Sep 9, 2020 5:55 PM https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/democracywatch-famine-and-fake-news/ Short Notes: How Instagram Aesthetics Repackage QAnon - The Atlantic Date:Sep 9, 2020 10:41 PM https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/08/how-instagram-aesthetics-repackage-qanon/615364/ Short Notes:QAnfluencers Cross-Promotion – GNET Date:Sep 9, 2020 10:42 PM https://gnet-research.org/2020/07/22/cross-promotion/ Short Notes: Marc-André Argentino on Twitter: "1/ Tonight I want to share some of the research I have been doing on what I am calling "Pastel QAnon". I have been spending some time researching Women QAnon believers on Instagram. Many are lifestyle influencers, mommy pages, fitness pages, diet pages, and alternative healing https://t.co/0YWeTdo5QW" / Twitter Date:Sep 9, 2020 10:56 PM https://twitter.com/_maargentino/status/1300974361491406849 Short Notes: Ben Collins on Twitter: "It is remarkable how dramatic of a demographic shift QAnon has undergone in about two months. Suburban white women have completely taken over this movement. Seeing the OG messageboard men lose control of it is fascinating. The political death cult they created is unrecognizable." / Twitter Date:Sep 9, 2020 10:56 PM https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1303738585984761857 Short Notes: Major Human Rights and Internet Watchdog Organizations Sign On to Demands for #AuditFBIndia Date:Sep 9, 2020 11:05 PM https://www.globalextremism.org/post/facebookindia Short Notes: Yael Eisenstat on Twitter: "My TED talk launched! Wrote it 9 months ago then lost the iconic stage+audience due to COVID, but I still poured my❤️into it. Thanks to all who’ve encouraged me to keep speaking out over the past 5 years. I won’t stop fighting; our democracy’s at stake. https://t.co/Xkp2SwGT18" / Twitter Date:Sep 10, 2020 7:19 AM https://twitter.com/YaelEisenstat/status/1303350706494205953 Short Notes: A Conversation Divided: A Covid-19 Vaccine is Still in the Making, but Remarkable Polarization Between Traditional Media and Anti-Science Sources has Already Emerged | by AdiCo. | Sep, 2020 | Medium Date:Sep 10, 2020 10:53 AM https://medium.com/@adico11/a-conversation-divided-a-covid-19-vaccine-is-still-in-the-making-but-remarkable-polarization-6735f2bc06a3 Short Notes: Who Do You Sue? State and Platform Hybrid Power Over Online Speech - Lawfare Date:Sep 10, 2020 11:01 AM https://www.lawfareblog.com/who-do-you-sue-state-and-platform-hybrid-power-over-online-speech Short Notes: Daphne Keller on Twitter: "I see a continuum from the Saudi Twitter spy bribery story to the Trump censorship executive order. They are all just different ways to launder govt power to get platforms to do the state’s bidding. New thread, more theoretical, building on the prior just-the-facts thread. 1/" / Twitter Date:Sep 10, 2020 11:17 AM https://twitter.com/daphnehk/status/1303762916575903744 Short Notes: Date:Sep 10, 2020 11:33 AM Short Notes: Free The Republic Date:Sep 10, 2020 11:34 AM Short Notes: Jency Jacob on Twitter: "BOOM Impact: Post our fact check, publishers including The Times of India, Zee News, Hindustan Times, Live Hindustan, Sakal, Amar Ujala, Pinkvilla, ABP News, Maharashtra Times have either deleted the story or issued corrections. Thread on who acknowledged https://t.co/GsUOVeeGmp" / Twitter Date:Sep 10, 2020 11:56 AM https://twitter.com/jencyjac/status/1303937593470382082 Short Notes: Indian TV news serves up a potboiler to distract from national malaise | Financial Times Date:Sep 10, 2020 12:06 PM https://www.ft.com/content/18ecb41b-3a43-4103-8228-198e2854fbb5 Short Notes:Something about a frog in a pot that boils Facebook, Google, Twitter urged by EU to do more against fake news - Reuters Date:Sep 10, 2020 2:45 PM https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-tech-disinformation/facebook-google-twitter-urged-by-eu-to-do-more-against-fake-news-idUSKBN2610GU Short Notes: Shayan Sardarizadeh on Twitter: "THREAD: I've been looking for the biggest non-English QAnon pages (not groups) still up on Facebook after the company's clampdown on QAnon content. From what I've seen so far, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy and Mexico seem to have the biggest QAnon pages on Facebook https://t.co/j2I4vhERQU" / Twitter Date:Sep 10, 2020 3:00 PM https://twitter.com/Shayan86/status/1303842738761330693 Short Notes: Iran′s new attempt to introduce ′military control′ over social networks | Middle East| News and analysis of events in the Arab world | DW | 08.09.2020 Date:Sep 10, 2020 3:10 PM https://www.dw.com/en/irans-new-attempt-to-introduce-military-control-over-social-networks/a-54858379?mc_cid=3b37cd1ba4&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Ben Collins on Twitter: "The Oathkeepers, a far-right militia group, has been banned by Twitter. They recently tweeted there'll be "open warfare against the Marxist insurrectionists by election night, no matter what you do" and "Civil War is here, right now." Its founder Stewart Rhodes is also banned." / Twitter Date:Sep 10, 2020 11:29 PM https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1304112053041463298 Short Notes: In the battle over content moderation, transparency seems to be all anyone can agree on - Poynter Date:Sep 11, 2020 12:21 AM https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2020/in-the-battle-over-content-moderation-transparency-seems-to-be-all-anyone-can-agree-on/ Short Notes: Here’s How Police Request Data From WhatsApp and Facebook Date:Sep 11, 2020 12:22 AM https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/k7q94v/heres-how-police-request-data-from-whatsapp-and-facebook Short Notes: QAnon Key Figure Revealed as Financial Information Security Analyst from New Jersey Date:Sep 11, 2020 11:43 AM https://www.logically.ai/articles/qanon-key-figure-man-from-new-jersey Short Notes: Expanding our policies to further protect the civic conversation Date:Sep 11, 2020 12:08 PM https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/civic-integrity-policy-update.html Short Notes: Brazil’s “fake news” bill won’t solve its misinformation problem | MIT Technology Review Date:Sep 11, 2020 12:11 PM https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/10/1008254/brazil-fake-news-bill-misinformation-opinion Short Notes: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ on Twitter: "This tweet clearly violates Twitter's own rules about 5G misinformation but is still up. @TwitterIndia issued me this (non) statement when I asked about this tweet. Silicon Valley tech companies have had double standards for non-Western markets for years. https://t.co/GL9cCRe3z3 https://t.co/BPv3Ef49Ur" / Twitter Date:Sep 11, 2020 12:47 PM https://twitter.com/PranavDixit/status/1304313813395800065 Short Notes: Rasmus Kleis Nielsen on Twitter: "100% true no amount of fact-checking will give people in intensely polarized US “a common ground of reality on which to stand” as @Sulliview wrote Aug 29. But since many seem to jump from that to idea fact-checking doesn’t work, public service announcement RE"backfire effect” 1/9" / Twitter Date:Sep 11, 2020 5:25 PM https://twitter.com/rasmus_kleis/status/1300470874747940864 Short Notes: Daphne Keller on Twitter: "Turkey's new social media law is bad news." / Twitter Date:Sep 11, 2020 6:59 PM https://twitter.com/daphnehk/status/1304411464430546949 Short Notes: The internet of protest is being built on single-page websites | MIT Technology Review Date:Sep 12, 2020 12:41 AM https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/08/27/1007714/carrd-internet-of-protest-is-being-built-on-one-shot-websites/ Short Notes: QAnon Key Figure Revealed as Financial Information Security Analyst from New Jersey Date:Sep 12, 2020 7:36 AM https://www.logically.ai/articles/qanon-key-figure-man-from-new-jersey Short Notes: Shayan Sardarizadeh on Twitter: "THREAD: This week in QAnon, 5-12 September These are last week's biggest posts in QAnon communities, which will hopefully give us an idea of the narratives QAnon believers are focusing on during the campaign and also the social media numbers they get despite ongoing restrictions https://t.co/u2I7TR864u" / Twitter Date:Sep 12, 2020 7:48 AM https://twitter.com/Shayan86/status/1304588220231974912 Short Notes: Andy Stone on Twitter: "We are removing false claims that the wildfires in Oregon were started by certain groups. This is based on confirmation from law enforcement that these rumors are forcing local fire and police agencies to divert resources from fighting the fires and protecting the public. (1/2)" / Twitter Date:Sep 13, 2020 8:16 AM https://twitter.com/andymstone/status/1304911070025441280 Short Notes: 4 Simple Ways To Stop Sharing Fake News and Disinformation - Samantha North Date:Sep 13, 2020 6:00 PM https://samanthanorth.com/4-simple-ways-to-stop-sharing-fake-news-and-disinformation/ Short Notes: Made in China 2025 - Modernizing China’s Industrial Capability. Date:Sep 13, 2020 9:48 PM https://isdp.eu/publication/made-china-2025/ Short Notes: “Made in China 2025” Industrial Policies: Issues for Congress Date:Sep 13, 2020 9:49 PM https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/IF10964.pdf Short Notes: Made in China 2025 | South China Morning Post Date:Sep 13, 2020 9:49 PM https://www.scmp.com/topics/made-china-2025 Short Notes: "Statement before the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee “Made in China 2025 and the Future of American Industry” A Testimony by: Bonnie S. Glaser Director, China Power Project Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Date:Sep 13, 2020 9:53 PM" https://www.sbc.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/0/9/090fe492-3ed9-4a1a-b6c1-ebdecec39858/1AB7520770B9032F388CC9E94C79321B.glaser-testimony.pdf Short Notes: Fact Check of Claims Made in UPSC Jihad Episode: Suresh Chavhanke’s UPSC Jihad Episode Makes Various False Claims Date:Sep 14, 2020 3:27 PM https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/suresh-chavhanke-upsc-jihad-episode-makes-false-claims Short Notes: How China surveils the world | MIT Technology Review Date:Sep 14, 2020 10:49 PM https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/08/19/1006455/gtcom-samantha-hoffman-tiktok/ Short Notes: "Nandini Jammi (@nandoodles) Tweeted: HOLY SHIT: @hotjar just terminated the @GOP & @TeamTrump’s account. This is the first software company to openly drop the Trump 2020 campaign!! Thank you, Hotjar! Date:Sep 14, 2020 11:25 PM" https://twitter.com/nandoodles/status/1305541810144636928?s=20 Short Notes: New Age communities are driving QAnon conspiracies in Brazil · Global Voices Date:Sep 14, 2020 11:35 PM https://globalvoices.org/2020/09/13/new-age-communities-are-driving-qanon-conspiracies-in-brazil/ Short Notes: “I Have Blood On My Hands”: A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation Date:Sep 15, 2020 6:41 AM https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-ignore-political-manipulation-whistleblower-memo Short Notes: Carl T. Bergstrom on Twitter: "So this morning I thought it was pretty crazy that a top US pandemic response official and former Putin PR guy, Michael Caputo, was spreading misinformation about leftist hit squads, encouraging people to stockpile ammo, and accusing CDC scientists of sedition. Hold my beer." / Twitter Date:Sep 15, 2020 8:03 PM https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1305742845278470144 Short Notes: "Carl T. Bergstrom (@CT_Bergstrom) Tweeted: Tonight an odd research institute released a bizarre and unfounded preprint claiming an engineered origin to the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Already downloaded 100K times, the paper was picked up by the NY Post. The research institute? Directed by Steve Bannon until his recent conviction. https://t.co/btuK7Xt15T Date:Sep 15, 2020 8:03 PM" https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1305743494913245184?s=20 Short Notes: Moving Beyond Fears of the ‘Russian Playbook’ - Lawfare Date:Sep 15, 2020 9:09 PM https://www.lawfareblog.com/moving-beyond-fears-russian-playbook Short Notes: Frederike Kaltheuner on Twitter: "Steve Bannon was running a fake research institute to spread Covid disinformation! Let that sink in. Fact checking, labels, and patiently explaining science seems utterly hopeless in the face of such level of organised malice." / Twitter Date:Sep 16, 2020 8:06 AM https://twitter.com/F_Kaltheuner/status/1305998215137947650 Short Notes: Turning Point Action enlists teenagers in 'troll farm' spreading coordinated pro-Trump messaging - The Washington Post Date:Sep 16, 2020 9:06 AM https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/turning-point-teens-disinformation-trump/2020/09/15/c84091ae-f20a-11ea-b796-2dd09962649c_story.html Short Notes: Pro-Trump youth group enlists teens in secretive campaign likened to a ‘troll farm,’ prompting rebuke by Facebook and Twitter Date:Sep 16, 2020 2:18 PM https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/turning-point-teens-disinformation-trump/2020/09/15/c84091ae-f20a-11ea-b796-2dd09962649c_story.html Short Notes: When you browse Instagram and find former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's passport number Date:Sep 16, 2020 4:58 PM https://mango.pdf.zone/finding-former-australian-prime-minister-tony-abbotts-passport-number-on-instagram Short Notes: Facebook Admits Climate Denialist Content is 'Viral' on Platform, Launches Hub to Combat Misinformation Date:Sep 16, 2020 7:27 PM https://www.newsweek.com/facebook-climate-change-information-hub-combat-denialism-1531912 Short Notes: Exclusive: False fire rumors keep spreading on Facebook despite ban - Axios Date:Sep 16, 2020 7:43 PM https://www.axios.com/facebook-false-fire-rumors-keep-spreading-despite-ban-a014ee1c-8bd7-4fe1-a644-928f2a580e19.html Short Notes: Twitter Public Policy on Twitter: "For years, tech companies have worked together and with U.S. government agencies tasked with protecting the integrity of elections to counter shared election threats. 🧵" / Twitter Date:Sep 17, 2020 1:45 AM https://mobile.twitter.com/policy/status/1306324634346942466 Short Notes: 2,500 social media propaganda accounts on government radar, Technology News, ETtech Date:Sep 17, 2020 9:13 AM https://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/internet/2500-social-media-propaganda-accounts-on-government-radar/78158837?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Morning-Dispatch Short Notes: 5 cases in 25 years of Internet that changed how India logs online Date:Sep 17, 2020 9:42 AM https://theprint.in/opinion/5-cases-in-25-years-of-internet-that-changed-how-india-logs-online/503621/ Short Notes: International Human Rights Law Is Not Enough to Fix Content Moderation’s Legitimacy Crisis | by Brenda Dvoskin | Berkman Klein Center Collection | Sep, 2020 | Medium Date:Sep 17, 2020 10:31 AM https://medium.com/berkman-klein-center/international-human-rights-law-is-not-enough-to-fix-content-moderations-legitimacy-crisis-a80e3ed9abbd Short Notes: Our Latest Steps to Keep Facebook Groups Safe - About Facebook Date:Sep 17, 2020 10:31 PM https://about.fb.com/news/2020/09/keeping-facebook-groups-safe/ Short Notes: Coordinated harmful activity Date:Sep 17, 2020 11:36 PM https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/coordinated-harmful-activity Short Notes: But Facebook’s Not a Country: How to Interpret Human Rights Law for Social Media Companies - Yale Journal on Regulation Date:Sep 18, 2020 9:50 AM https://www.yalejreg.com/bulletin/but-facebooks-not-a-country-how-to-interpret-human-rights-law-for-social-media-companies/ Short Notes: Prep for the Polls: Text message course from the MediaWise Voter Project - Poynter Date:Sep 18, 2020 2:52 PM https://www.poynter.org/mediawise-voter-project-mvp/prep-for-the-polls/ Short Notes: Freedom and Accountability | The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania Date:Sep 18, 2020 5:08 PM https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/feature/transatlantic-working-group-freedom-and-accountability/#en--30 Short Notes: Dear news media, stop covering the US as if it’s a democracy - The Correspondent Date:Sep 19, 2020 7:02 AM https://thecorrespondent.com/698/dear-news-media-stop-covering-the-us-as-if-its-a-democracy/16288608270-e977e9fe Short Notes: Fake news did not trigger India’s worst migrant crisis. Government apathy did Date:Sep 19, 2020 7:26 AM https://scroll.in/article/973301/fake-news-did-not-trigger-indias-worst-migrant-crisis-government-apathy-did Short Notes: Ad Homonym on Twitter: "On August 21, a Twitter thread identified several South African Twitter accounts as fake Chinese Communist Party accounts pushing for a national lockdown. My investigation for @DFRLab found these were actually regular South Africans. https://t.co/kZNFZOLxTp" / Twitter Date:Sep 19, 2020 7:49 AM https://twitter.com/jean_leroux/status/1306293328414150658 Short Notes: Shireen, Harlem's Shuri, In Political Mecca! on Twitter: "omg the freaking headline. the lie in the headline in the trends. Like media do better. You can't sit here wanting to control the trending topics when the disinformation is in your headlines." / Twitter Date:Sep 19, 2020 7:54 AM https://twitter.com/digitalsista/status/1307137939605000192 Short Notes: Is the Internet Conscious? If It Were, How Would We Know? | WIRED Date:Sep 19, 2020 11:47 AM https://www.wired.com/story/is-the-internet-conscious-if-it-were-how-would-we-know/ Short Notes: Facebook Tried to Limit QAnon. It Failed. - The New York Times Date:Sep 19, 2020 3:40 PM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/technology/facebook-tried-to-limit-qanon-it-failed.html Short Notes: Facebook Tried to Limit QAnon. It Failed. - The New York Times Date:Sep 19, 2020 4:10 PM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/technology/facebook-tried-to-limit-qanon-it-failed.html Short Notes: Spanish-language misinformation is flourishing — and often hidden. Is help on the way? » Nieman Journalism Lab Date:Sep 19, 2020 4:26 PM https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/09/spanish-language-misinformation-is-flourishing-and-often-hidden-is-help-on-the-way/ Short Notes: Two arrested for cyber attacks against Kerala journo Nisha Purushothaman | The News Minute Date:Sep 19, 2020 9:24 PM https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/two-arrested-cyber-attacks-against-kerala-journo-nisha-purushothaman-133420 Short Notes: Are Journalists and Researchers the Real Content Moderators? | Revue Date:Sep 19, 2020 10:50 PM https://www.getrevue.co/profile/themarkup/issues/are-journalists-and-researchers-the-real-content-moderators-277640 Short Notes: Indian journalist attacked and newspaper threatened in Tripura state following chief minister’s criticism of press - Committee to Protect Journalists Date:Sep 19, 2020 10:55 PM https://cpj.org/2020/09/indian-journalist-attacked-and-newspaper-threatened-in-tripura-state-following-chief-ministers-criticism-of-press/ Short Notes: Frank Pasquale on Twitter: "Wisdom on tech: the term content flattens "distinctions between propaganda & evidence-based research &...other kinds of knowledge...[We need] counterweights—resistance to that kind of instant-gratification model. I liken it to the slow food vs. industrialized fast food models."" / Twitter Date:Sep 19, 2020 10:58 PM https://twitter.com/FrankPasquale/status/1307352650145558529 Short Notes: As Bengal Elections Approach, Digital Media Fills Up with Propaganda Camouflaged as News Date:Sep 19, 2020 11:42 PM https://thewire.in/politics/west-bengal-elections-digital-media-propaganda Short Notes: kit on Twitter: "Compilation of Twitter crop tests ⬇️" / Twitter Date:Sep 20, 2020 7:47 AM https://twitter.com/taintedavenue/status/1307450266690572289 Short Notes: Sara-Jayne Terp is in the PNW on Twitter: "Relaxing with some talks from Interactive Adaptive Learning 2020 https://t.co/vyTqHSZ1Ou (human-in-the-loop AI appears in many areas, including disinformation). eg Andreas Holzinger: AI covers Kahneman system 1 but not system 2, which is why include humans; "gesundenhautverstand"" / Twitter Date:Sep 20, 2020 8:02 AM https://twitter.com/bodaceacat/status/1307462228250034176 Short Notes: First Draft on Twitter: "As part of our webinar series we dive into how to understand and spot inauthentic and coordinated online activity. This is a crucial but often misunderstood feature of information disorder https://t.co/LGFEvhpkSm" / Twitter Date:Sep 20, 2020 8:06 AM https://twitter.com/firstdraftnews/status/1307454423455674376 Short Notes: In Brazil, a Journalist Tackles Disinformation Date:Sep 20, 2020 8:08 AM https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/19/tackling-disinformation-in-brazil-interview-patricia-campos-mello/ Short Notes: Friends And Family Members Of QAnon Believers Are Going Through A "Surreal Goddamn Nightmare" Date:Sep 20, 2020 8:12 AM https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/qanon-families-friends Short Notes: NSA director ranks influence operations as a top concern Date:Sep 20, 2020 10:46 AM https://www.cyberscoop.com/nsa-director-nakasone-influence-operations/ Short Notes: Social influence and unfollowing accelerate the emergence of echo chambers Date:Sep 20, 2020 12:36 PM https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s42001-020-00084-7.pdf Short Notes: EU seeks new powers to penalise tech giants | Financial Times Date:Sep 20, 2020 4:01 PM https://www.ft.com/content/7738fdd8-e0c3-4090-8cc9-7d4b53ff3afb Short Notes: What Even Is ‘Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior’ on Platforms? | WIRED Date:Sep 20, 2020 4:36 PM https://www.wired.com/story/what-even-is-coordinated-inauthentic-behavior-on-platforms/ Short Notes: YouTube’s Plot to Silence Conspiracy Theories | WIRED (link to NYT story about FB + Jennifer Cobbe research paper on moderation) Date:Sep 20, 2020 4:41 PM https://www.wired.com/story/youtube-algorithm-silence-conspiracy-theories/ Short Notes: Donie O'Sullivan on Twitter: "Maatje Benassi, a US Army reservist, who has been falsely accused by conspiracy theorists of starting the Covid-19 pandemic has setup a GoFundMe to go to court. This conspiracy theory was helped spread by Chinese Communist Party media. https://t.co/KuOwX1CuNA" / Twitter Date:Sep 20, 2020 8:54 PM https://twitter.com/donie/status/1307699511570071553 Short Notes: TikTok Deal Exposes a Security Gap, and a Missing China Strategy - The New York Times Date:Sep 21, 2020 8:28 AM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/20/us/politics/tiktok-trump-national-security.html Short Notes: YouTube reverts to human moderators in fight against misinformation | Financial Times Date:Sep 21, 2020 12:12 PM https://www.ft.com/content/e54737c5-8488-4e66-b087-d1ad426ac9fa?sharetype=blocked Short Notes: Between reward and guilt? Date:Sep 21, 2020 1:08 PM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/Citycitybangbang/between-reward-and-guilt/ Short Notes: Covid-related misinformation on YouTube: The spread of misinformation videos on social media and the effectiveness of platform policies – The Computational Propaganda Project Date:Sep 21, 2020 4:53 PM https://comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/youtube-platform-policies/ Short Notes: COVID-RELATED MISINFORMATION ON YOUTUBE Date:Sep 21, 2020 4:54 PM https://comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/93/2020/09/YouTube-misinfo-memo.pdf Short Notes: Opinion | Facebook Has Been a Disaster for the World - The New York Times Date:Sep 21, 2020 7:55 PM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/opinion/facebook-democracy.html Short Notes: "evelyn douek (@evelyndouek) Tweeted: Facebook conspiracy theorist runs headlong into Australia's, um, robust defamation laws... Date:Sep 22, 2020 7:49 AM" https://twitter.com/evelyndouek/status/1308226003295240192?s=20 Short Notes: FSI | Cyber | Internet Observatory - Who Are the President of Guinea's Facebook Trolls? The Blurry Line Between Modern Campaigning and Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Date:Sep 22, 2020 8:00 AM https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/io/news/who-are-president-guineas-facebook-trolls-0 Short Notes: Jack Cable on Twitter: "Today, the Stanford Internet Observatory released research into domestic information campaigns in Guinea. We document a network of nearly 100 pages opaquely run by Pres Alpha Condé’s political party coordinating posting to paint Condé in a positive light. https://t.co/KGXwwRZLDB" / Twitter Date:Sep 22, 2020 8:08 AM https://twitter.com/jackhcable/status/1308079212134199296 Short Notes: Made in China 2025, Explained – The Diplomat Date:Sep 22, 2020 8:12 AM https://thediplomat.com/2019/02/made-in-china-2025-explained/ Short Notes: Facebook Says it Will Stop Operating in Europe If Regulators Don’t Back Down Date:Sep 22, 2020 1:27 PM https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/889pk3/facebook-threatens-to-pull-out-of-europe-if-it-doesnt-get-its-way Short Notes: "Marc-André Argentino (@_MAArgentino) Tweeted: Soft colours, soft branding, softened message, easy Q pill to swallow. https://t.co/QkvEDpJRhv Date:Sep 23, 2020 1:36 PM" https://twitter.com/_MAArgentino/status/1308636184952934401?s=20 Short Notes: Response to the ‘Call for Comments’ on The Santa Clara Principles on Transparency and Accountability — The Centre for Internet and Society Date:Sep 23, 2020 2:12 PM https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/response-to-the-2018call-for-submissions2019-on-the-santa-clara-principles-on-transparency-and-accountability Short Notes: Operation Naval Gazing Date:Sep 23, 2020 3:45 PM https://graphika.com/reports/operation-naval-gazing/ Short Notes: Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Sep 22 Date:Sep 23, 2020 3:59 PM https://about.fb.com/news/2020/09/removing-coordinated-inauthentic-behavior-china-philippines/ Short Notes: The truth will not set you free -> Opinion: People seeking absolutes in times of uncertainty are falling for conspiracies online Date:Sep 23, 2020 4:01 PM https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/misinformation-far-right-ireland-5206178-Sep2020/ Short Notes: QAnon came for me Date:Sep 23, 2020 4:03 PM https://feedbin.com/entries/6fa9f93b0bffaaf46dcf2a56afc5cecee1efcb34/newsletter Short Notes: Aric Toler on Twitter: "I don't recommend watching it, but RIA FAN (Petersburg Troll Factory) just released a crappy 30-minute documentary about how they are actually good. All you need to see are a series of definitely real emails that Facebook and Instagram executives sent to them. https://t.co/xYMTBA1bmd" / Twitter Date:Sep 23, 2020 11:14 PM https://mobile.twitter.com/arictoler/status/1308767629570707464 Short Notes: Victims Of Violence During Kenosha Protests Are Suing Facebook And Rittenhouse Date:Sep 23, 2020 11:36 PM https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/kenosha-facebook-lawsuit Short Notes: The Making of Political Ads: Classification as Distraction – The Internet Democracy Project Date:Sep 24, 2020 8:21 AM https://internetdemocracy.in/reports/the-making-of-political-ads-classification-as-distraction/ Short Notes: Operation Naval Gazing Date:Sep 24, 2020 9:15 AM https://graphika.com/reports/operation-naval-gazing/ Short Notes: Advertisers agree deal with social media on steps to curb harmful content | Reuters Date:Sep 24, 2020 12:00 PM https://in.reuters.com/article/tech-advertising/advertisers-agree-deal-with-social-media-on-steps-to-curb-harmful-content-idINL5N2GK1SF Short Notes: Twitter Let Dozens Of Tweets Doxing Indian Interfaith Couples Stay Up For Months Date:Sep 24, 2020 12:23 PM https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pranavdixit/twitter-doxing-interfaith-couples-india?mc_cid=f40c2cacbc&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Facebook Suspends Accounts Of Environmental Groups Without Explanation | The Swaddle Date:Sep 24, 2020 12:27 PM https://theswaddle.com/facebook-suspends-accounts-of-environmental-groups-without-explanation-one-day-before-online-protest/ Short Notes: Here’s the Truth: We Believe Misinformation Because We Want To – OpenAxis Date:Sep 24, 2020 12:29 PM https://openaxis.in/2020/09/23/heres-the-truth-we-believe-misinformation-because-we-want-to/ Short Notes: Targeted ads: Is there an ethical, economically-viable alternative? – OpenAxis Date:Sep 24, 2020 12:30 PM https://openaxis.in/2020/09/23/targeted-ads-is-there-an-ethical-economically-viable-alternative/ Short Notes: Sudarshan News show ‘UPSC Jihad’ riddled with false claims - Alt News Date:Sep 24, 2020 12:31 PM https://www.altnews.in/sudarshan-news-show-upsc-jihad-riddled-with-false-claims/ Short Notes: No explosion in concrete tank in Uranium-rich Meghalaya Date:Sep 24, 2020 12:41 PM http://www.uniindia.com/no-explosion-in-concrete-tank-in-uranium-rich-meghalaya/east/news/2172867.html Short Notes: 'D for depression, D for drugs...': Labour Ministry RTs photo-shopped pic of Deepika Padukone, deletes later Date:Sep 24, 2020 12:42 PM https://www.freepressjournal.in/viral/d-for-depression-d-for-drugs-labour-ministry-rts-photo-shopped-pic-of-deepika-padukone-deletes-later Short Notes: Andhra Pradesh Police Seva App offers 87 services including filing of complaints, detection of fake news | India News,The Indian Express Date:Sep 24, 2020 12:59 PM https://indianexpress.com/article/india/andhra-pradesh-police-seva-app-services-6604894/ Short Notes: Citizen Social Responsibility (CSR): Indian Media Makes a Mockery of Freedom of Speech - The CSR Journal Date:Sep 24, 2020 1:31 PM https://thecsrjournal.in/india-media-news-tv-journalist-foe-freedom-speech/ Short Notes: As Bengal Elections Approach, Digital Media Fills Up with Propaganda Camouflaged as News Date:Sep 24, 2020 1:33 PM https://thewire.in/politics/west-bengal-elections-digital-media-propaganda Short Notes: Youth held for fake post against Telangana minister on social media Date:Sep 24, 2020 1:34 PM https://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/youth-held-for-fake-post-against-telangana-minister-on-social-media-646535 Short Notes: Election officials in Bihar told to fact check, call out fake news - bihar election - Hindustan Times Date:Sep 24, 2020 1:38 PM https://www.hindustantimes.com/bihar-election/election-officials-in-bihar-told-to-fact-check-call-out-fake-news/story-s3mfJhMrwaC7Jr9M0Qyy9O.html Short Notes: Media Policy 2020: Mocking Freedom of Speech and Expression in Jammu and Kashmir - TheLeaflet Date:Sep 24, 2020 1:41 PM https://www.theleaflet.in/media-policy-2020-mocking-freedom-of-speech-and-expression-in-jammu-and-kashmir/# Short Notes: The Real Cyber Bully: Police In Kashmir Question Twitter Users Date:Sep 24, 2020 1:42 PM https://www.article-14.com/post/the-real-cyber-bully-police-in-kashmir-question-twitter-users Short Notes: To curb fake news and hate speech, first regulate digital media, Centre tells Supreme Court - The Economic Times Date:Sep 24, 2020 1:44 PM https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/to-curb-fake-news-and-hate-speech-first-regulate-digital-media-centre-tells-supreme-court/articleshow/78176329.cms Short Notes: Action against fake news won t affect media freedom Kerala CM-ANI - BW Businessworld Date:Sep 24, 2020 1:54 PM http://www.businessworld.in/article/Action-against-fake-news-won-t-affect-media-freedom-Kerala-CM/18-09-2020-321796/ Short Notes: UPSC Jihad is abhorrent, but it is not the only culprit - The Financial Express (link to TOI Love Jihad) Date:Sep 24, 2020 1:54 PM https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/upsc-jihad-is-abhorrent-but-it-is-not-the-only-culprit/2085936/ Short Notes: Sep 14 Cluster, Tattle: Love Jihad Date:Sep 24, 2020 1:55 PM https://services.tattle.co.in/khoj/dashboard/ Short Notes: Freedom and bias: How Facebook is facing a reckoning Date:Sep 24, 2020 1:56 PM https://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/op-ed/170920/freedom-and-bias-how-facebook-is-facing-a-reckoning.html Short Notes: AI reveals India successfully used nudge campaign to fight Covid - Let me fix that for you Date:Sep 24, 2020 1:58 PM https://newsd.in/ai-reveals-india-successfully-used-nudge-campaign-to-fight-covid/ Short Notes: 'Fact or Fake': 61% news consumers in India see fake news as major concern | Indian Television Dot Com Date:Sep 24, 2020 1:59 PM https://www.indiantelevision.com/mam/media-and-advertising/digital-agencies/fact-or-fake-61-news-consumers-in-india-see-fake-news-as-major-concern-200917 Short Notes: Full article: Democratic regression in comparative perspective: scope, methods, and causes Date:Sep 24, 2020 6:32 PM https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13510347.2020.1807517 Short Notes:Democracy Series Reporting on 2020: Free press, disinformation, and election integrity - Atlantic Council Date:Sep 24, 2020 8:02 PM https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/reporting-on-2020/ Short Notes: Twitter Comms on Twitter: "We shouldn't have to say this, but you should read an article before you Tweet it. https://t.co/Apr9vZb2iI So, we’ve been prompting some people to do exactly that. Here’s what we’ve learned so far. ⤵️" / Twitter Date:Sep 24, 2020 11:13 PM https://twitter.com/twittercomms/status/1309178715717369856 Short Notes: Western influencers boost their careers by embracing Chinese nationalism - Coda Story Date:Sep 24, 2020 11:21 PM https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/western-influencers-in-china/ Short Notes: Disinformation against Indian Muslims during the COVID-19 pandemic | Media@LSE Date:Sep 24, 2020 11:24 PM https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/2020/09/24/disinformation-against-indian-muslims-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/ Short Notes: Social-media platforms are destroying evidence of war crimes Date:Sep 24, 2020 11:34 PM https://flip.it/-izmR0 Short Notes: China unveils ‘strategic emerging industries’ plan in fresh push to get away from US technologies | South China Morning Post Date:Sep 25, 2020 1:02 PM https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3102911/china-unveils-strategic-emerging-industries-plan-fresh-push Short Notes: The Breakout Scale: Measuring the impact of influence operations Date:Sep 25, 2020 11:08 PM https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-breakout-scale-measuring-the-impact-of-influence-operations/ Short Notes: Ben Nimmo on Twitter: "Category One ops stay on the platform where they were posted, and don't get picked up beyond the original community. Most political spam and clickbait belong here. So does bot-driven astroturfing, like the Polish batch we found with @DFRLab. https://t.co/GuvZ68f9AZ https://t.co/TlDUumJf0r" / Twitter Date:Sep 25, 2020 11:13 PM https://twitter.com/benimmo/status/1309538418590994432?s=12 Short Notes: GRU and the Minions Date:Sep 25, 2020 11:19 PM https://graphika.com/reports/gru-and-the-minions/ Short Notes: How America Became The Land Of Conspiracy Theories | by Nathan Allebach | Sep, 2020 | Medium Date:Sep 25, 2020 11:27 PM https://medium.com/@nathanallebach/how-america-became-the-land-of-conspiracy-theories-7c8b0353c667 Short Notes:Link to TikTok video Twitter aims to label more state-affiliated accounts worldwide Date:Sep 25, 2020 11:34 PM https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/twitter-aims-to-label-more-state-affiliated-accounts-worldwide-11601052212793.html Short Notes: Why the right-wing has a massive advantage on Facebook - POLITICO Date:Sep 27, 2020 12:23 AM https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/26/facebook-conservatives-2020-421146 Short Notes: Exclusive: Facebook Groups Removed for Trump Train, Candace Owens, and Ivanka Trump Date:Sep 28, 2020 8:21 AM https://www.snopes.com/news/2020/09/25/facebook-groups-removed/ Short Notes: (1) casey briggs on Twitter: "This person on tiktok has developed a classification model for conspiracy theories https://t.co/fFJ4ZVfeQ8" / Twitter Date:Sep 28, 2020 9:49 AM https://twitter.com/CaseyBriggs/status/1309826779146629122 Short Notes: Designing an Australian grand strategy for China | The Strategist Date:Sep 28, 2020 12:26 PM https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/designing-an-australian-grand-strategy-for-china/ Short Notes: Benedict Evans on Twitter: "I am trying to understand how the NY Times editorial board has written a long piece about what tech platforms should do if Trump says X or Y on their platforms without mentioning in any way how the actual media should report the same statements. https://t.co/Wh8iVu84if" / Twitter Date:Sep 28, 2020 1:29 PM https://twitter.com/benedictevans/status/1310488649344192512 Short Notes:Framing matters Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior - About Facebook 24th September Russia Date:Sep 28, 2020 1:48 PM https://about.fb.com/news/2020/09/removing-coordinated-inauthentic-behavior-russia/ Short Notes: Research note: The spread of political misinformation on online subcultural platforms | HKS Misinformation Review Date:Sep 28, 2020 1:48 PM https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/research-note-the-spread-of-political-misinformation-on-online-subcultural-platforms/ Short Notes: How Iran’s diaspora are using old-school tech to fight censorship at home - Rest of World Date:Sep 28, 2020 1:57 PM https://restofworld.org/2020/cat-and-mouse-censorship/ Short Notes: Inside eBay’s Cockroach Cult: The Ghastly Story of a Stalking Scandal - The New York Times Date:Sep 28, 2020 1:58 PM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/26/technology/ebay-cockroaches-stalking-scandal.html Short Notes: China’s Progress Reporton Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2019) Date:Sep 28, 2020 2:09 PM https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/topics_665678/2030kcxfzyc/P020190924780823323749.pdf Short Notes: Unbridled Flow of Fake News on Telegram is Fuelling Hate in India Date:Sep 28, 2020 4:23 PM https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/fake-news-on-telegram-is-fuelling-hate-in-india Short Notes:W-T-F Trio, link to Akriti Gaur piece ThePrint Video report on Punjab. Did rumours and misinformation derail Punjab’s Covid-19 fatality rate? - YouTube (people claimed they couldn't see it anywhere, organ harvesting). Major task when a vaccine comes out. Date:Sep 28, 2020 4:46 PM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIi_XdZFmtU Short Notes: 'Wow this is crazy': Netizens debunk COVID-19 conspiracy theories on pandemic Date:Sep 28, 2020 4:48 PM https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/wow-this-is-crazy-netizens-debunk-covid-19-conspiracy-theories-on-pandemic Short Notes: West Bengal: BJP 'padyatras' to counter TMC propaganda on farm Bills (in addition to Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan Date:Sep 28, 2020 4:55 PM https://in.news.yahoo.com/west-bengal-bjp-padyatras-counter-085642843.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS91cmw_cmN0PWomc2E9dCZ1cmw9aHR0cHM6Ly9pbi5uZXdzLnlhaG9vLmNvbS93ZXN0LWJlbmdhbC1ianAtcGFkeWF0cmFzLWNvdW50ZXItMDg1NjQyODQzLmh0bWwmY3Q9Z2EmY2Q9Q0FJeUhHRmpPR00zTmpsbE5HRXhZbVUwT1RZNlkyOXRPbVZ1T2tsT09sSSZ1c2c9QUZRakNOSFpDb05saUxiaHpyVFgzSXlxekJVaVVZZHJHdw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAB59Bcbc9xjRa4LFa12Lj5fgy-UdGod2d_Yi4M15lrimS9aVh9sI3Zn63MJnUMvNWVC7X289lKNI2T2Xr_lm8zV4shNzWHEvKu9cleMTSJEGDPzMrbmvHf2rS05i4lYkfkBN4Ccvvi4DdIX1IuSCHp_CkNsnnfJUv835A6unpHfr Short Notes: Farm bills: Yediyurappa accuses Congress of misleading farmers, to tour state to raise awareness- The New Indian Express Date:Sep 28, 2020 4:57 PM https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2020/sep/28/farm-bills-yediyurappa-accuses-congress-of-misleading-farmers-to-tour-state-to-raise-awareness-2202999.html Short Notes: Scoop: Google to block election ads after Election Day - Axios Date:Sep 28, 2020 5:03 PM https://www.axios.com/google-to-block-election-ads-after-election-day-4b60650d-b5c2-4fb4-a856-70e30e19af17.html Short Notes: Terrorists spreading misinformation through hate speeches, fake news on social media: India at UNHRC | India News Date:Sep 28, 2020 5:05 PM https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/terrorists-spreading-misinformation-through-hate-speeches-fake-news-on-social-media-india-at-unhrc/657956 Short Notes: Indians first: How not to become a digital colony: US treatment of TikTok holds lessons Date:Sep 28, 2020 5:09 PM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-editorials/indians-first-how-not-to-become-a-digital-colony-us-treatment-of-tiktok-holds-lessons/ Short Notes:Also, Wadhwa ET article + Indian App store Putin wants a truce in cyberspace — while denying Russian interference Date:Sep 28, 2020 5:12 PM https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/world/putin-wants-a-truce-in-cyberspace-while-denying-russian-interference-5888851.html Short Notes: Opinion | Get ready for a tsunami of disinformation when Trump declares victory - The Washington Post Date:Sep 28, 2020 5:14 PM https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/25/get-ready-tsunami-disinformation-when-trump-declares-victory/ Short Notes: Let’s build an informed democracy- The New Indian Express Date:Sep 28, 2020 5:18 PM https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2020/sep/28/lets-build-an-informed-democracy-2202803.html Short Notes: Our brains in a crowd - news Date:Sep 28, 2020 5:22 PM https://www.mid-day.com/articles/our-brains-in-a-crowd/23009229 Short Notes: BJP may have strong IT cell, but its Punjab unit is facing online heat | Chandigarh News - Times of India Date:Sep 28, 2020 5:22 PM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/bjp-may-have-strong-it-cell-but-its-punjab-unit-is-facing-online-heat/articleshow/78341664.cms Short Notes: Fact Check: No, Deepika did not appear before NCB in a t-shirt with pro-farmer message - Fact Check News (Link to last week's twitter analysis) Date:Sep 28, 2020 5:24 PM https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-deepika-did-not-appear-before-ncb-in-a-t-shirt-with-pro-farmer-message-1725747-2020-09-26 Short Notes:Link to last week tag cloud Newschecker, MyGate join hands to fact-check info on coronavirus for RWAs - The Financial Express Date:Sep 28, 2020 5:28 PM https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/newschecker-mygate-join-hands-to-fact-check-info-on-coronavirus-for-rwas/2091781/ Short Notes: SC Dismisses Plea To Stop Dissemination of Information/ Data of Covid19 On the Basis of Religion Date:Sep 28, 2020 5:29 PM https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/sc-dismisses-plea-to-stop-dissemination-of-information-data-of-covid19-on-the-basis-of-religion-163528 Short Notes: NATO STRATCOMCOE releases podcast on disinformation / Article / Eng.lsm.lv Date:Sep 28, 2020 5:30 PM https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/nato-stratcomcoe-releases-podcast-on-disinformation.a375962/ Short Notes: Untamed spirit: News television is immune to regulation - Telegraph India Date:Sep 28, 2020 5:43 PM https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/untamed-spirit-news-television-is-immune-to-regulation/cid/1793220 Short Notes: Opinion | What’s the Plan if Trump Tweets That He’s Won Re-election? - The New York Times Date:Sep 28, 2020 8:14 PM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/27/opinion/social-media-trump-election.html Short Notes: American Could Face Prison in Thailand Over Negative Reviews of a Resort - The New York Times Date:Sep 28, 2020 9:32 PM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/28/world/asia/thailand-koh-chang-defamation.html Short Notes: 2020 election influence operations target journalists - Axios Date:Sep 28, 2020 9:50 PM https://www.axios.com/election-influence-operations-target-journalists-d8141b69-402b-41ad-8d61-dca862093851.html Short Notes: Delhi HC directs Twitter to take down tweets defaming India Today and Rajdeep Sardesai Date:Sep 28, 2020 10:51 PM https://www.medianama.com/2020/09/223-delhi-hc-directs-twitter-takedown-tweet-defaming-india-today-rajdeep-sardesai/ Short Notes: Mona Elswah منى السواح on Twitter: "🚨New Publication Alert🚨 [Thread] 1) Glad to see my paper with @pnhoward published in "Journal of Communication" @icahdq @oiioxford @polbots We interviewed RT journalists to understand the organizational behaviour of the channel. Full paper here 🔓https://t.co/AvQ13tJtC4" / Twitter Date:Sep 29, 2020 3:19 PM https://twitter.com/monaelswah/status/1310557851048382465 Short Notes: Info-Deficiency in an Infodemic: The Gender Digital Gap, Arab Women and the COVID-19 Pandemic – Arab Media & Society Date:Sep 29, 2020 3:25 PM https://www.arabmediasociety.com/info-deficiency-in-an-infodemic-the-gender-digital-gap-arab-women-and-the-covid-19-pandemic/ Short Notes: The arrested: Hongkongers caught up in the security law | World news | The Guardian Date:Sep 29, 2020 3:27 PM https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2020/sep/29/the-hong-kong-arrested Short Notes: Army captain named as operator of fake Facebook accounts Date:Sep 29, 2020 3:29 PM https://www.rappler.com/technology/philippine-army-soldiers-operating-fake-facebook-accounts Short Notes: The first six months of the pandemic, as told by the fact checks Date:Sep 29, 2020 3:30 PM https://firstdraftnews.org/latest/the-first-six-months-of-the-pandemic-as-told-by-the-fact-checks/ Short Notes: ComProp-Misinformation-Weekly-Briefing-29-09-2020.pdf Social MediaJunk News on the Death of Justice Ginsburg Date:Sep 29, 2020 4:38 PM https://comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/93/2020/09/ComProp-Misinformation-Weekly-Briefing-29-09-2020.pdf Short Notes: China and India, 2025: A Comparative Assessment - RAND_MG1009.pdf Date:Sep 29, 2020 4:48 PM https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/2011/RAND_MG1009.pdf Short Notes: Made-in-China-Backgrounder.pdf Date:Sep 29, 2020 4:48 PM https://isdp.eu/content/uploads/2018/06/Made-in-China-Backgrounder.pdf Short Notes: How Civil Society Can Combat Misinformation and Hate Speech Without Making It Worse | by TaSC | PoliticalPandemonium2020 | Sep, 2020 | Medium (Joan Donovan) Date:Sep 29, 2020 4:53 PM https://medium.com/political-pandemonium-2020/how-civil-society-can-combat-misinformation-and-hate-speech-without-making-it-worse-887a16b8b9b6 Short Notes: How platforms are responding to the ‘disinfodemic’ | EU DisinfoLab Date:Sep 29, 2020 5:51 PM https://www.disinfo.eu/publications/how-platforms-are-responding-to-the-disinfodemic Short Notes: Explained: Do Deepika & Rhea’s WhatsApp Leaks Mean Private Encrypted Chats Are Vulnerable? Date:Sep 29, 2020 6:19 PM https://www.thequint.com/tech-and-auto/deepika-padukone-rhea-ncb-whatsapp-chats-leaked-privacy-encryption-explained?mc_cid=0af7af415b&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: We need to rethink social media before it's too late. We've accepted a Faustian bargain | Social media | The Guardian Date:Sep 29, 2020 6:20 PM https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/27/social-dilemma-media-facebook-twitter-society?mc_cid=0af7af415b&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes:From the Social Dilemma maker The weaponization of web archives: Data craft and COVID-19 publics | HKS Misinformation Review Date:Sep 29, 2020 6:23 PM https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/the-weaponization-of-web-archives-data-craft-and-covid-19-publics/ Short Notes: Emerging Narratives Around ‘Mail Dumping’ and Election Integrity — Election Integrity Partnership Date:Sep 29, 2020 8:42 PM https://www.eipartnership.net/rapid-response/mail-dumping Short Notes: 8Chan founder says current site owner Jim Watkins behind QAnon – report Date:Sep 29, 2020 8:49 PM https://www.rappler.com/technology/8chan-founder-fredrick-brennan-jim-watkins-behind-qanon Short Notes: The technology that powers the 2020 campaigns, explained | MIT Technology Review Date:Sep 29, 2020 8:54 PM https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/28/1008994/the-technology-that-powers-political-campaigns-in-2020-explained/ Short Notes: Like US and China, India must ensure that foreign tech companies here are locally owned Date:Sep 29, 2020 9:19 PM https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/like-us-and-china-india-must-ensure-that-foreign-tech-companies-here-are-locally-owned/articleshow/78364664.cms Short Notes: How democracies can claim back power in the digital world | MIT Technology Review Date:Sep 29, 2020 10:01 PM https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/29/1009088/democracies-power-digital-social-media-governance-tech-companies-opinion/ Short Notes: Interference 2020 - DFRLab Tool Date:Sep 30, 2020 8:41 AM https://interference2020.org/ Short Notes: The Politics and Optics of the TikTok Ban | by Milovan Savic | Sep, 2020 | Data & Society: Points Date:Sep 30, 2020 9:07 AM https://points.datasociety.net/the-politics-and-optioncs-of-the-tiktok-ban-d88bdcb532d Short Notes: Made in China 2025: Progress and Reasoning — The Idea Meritocracy Date:Sep 30, 2020 11:08 AM https://www.ideameritocracy.org/academia/made-in-china-2025-progress-and-reasoning Short Notes: Understanding China's 2025 Ambitions Date:Sep 30, 2020 11:08 AM https://www.thecipherbrief.com/understanding-chinas-2025-ambitions Short Notes: MakeinChina2025–isitonTrack? 146dab405b687c6c44009a3fb5e90565.pdf Date:Sep 30, 2020 11:08 AM https://www.icsin.org/uploads/2019/04/01/146dab405b687c6c44009a3fb5e90565.pdf Short Notes: China’s Progress Reporton Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2019) P020190924780823323749.pdf Date:Sep 30, 2020 11:10 AM https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/topics_665678/2030kcxfzyc/P020190924780823323749.pdf Short Notes: Undress or fail: Instagram’s algorithm strong-arms users into showing skin – AlgorithmWatch Date:Sep 30, 2020 12:08 PM https://algorithmwatch.org/en/story/instagram-algorithm-nudity/ Short Notes: Tackling Social Media’s Hate Speech Problem in India - Date:Sep 30, 2020 2:02 PM https://protegopress.com/tackling-social-medias-hate-speech-problem-in-india/ Short Notes: Trump campaign microtargeted Black Americans disproportionally 'to deter' them from voting in 2016 election, Channel 4 reports - CNNPolitics Date:Sep 30, 2020 2:05 PM https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/29/politics/trump-2016-campaign-voter-deterrence/index.html Short Notes: Tim Harford on Twitter: "Yes. I worry about the incentives that social media produce - favouring anger and bad-faith debate. I can imagine improvements. But ultimately it's up to politicians to behave better and voters to reward them for it. All too easy to blame the algorithm and the screen." / Twitter Date:Sep 30, 2020 2:22 PM https://twitter.com/timharford/status/1311225758392688640 Short Notes: Microsoft report shows increasing sophistication of cyber threats - Microsoft on the Issues Date:Sep 30, 2020 6:37 PM https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2020/09/29/microsoft-digital-defense-report-cyber-threats/ Short Notes: Facebook is melding its mega apps together: Inside 'interop' Date:Sep 30, 2020 6:59 PM https://www.fastcompany.com/90555442/facebook-messenger-instagram-whatsapp-zuckerberg-privacy-integration?partner=rss&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss Short Notes: The EU’s Role in the Fight Against Disinformation: Developing Policy Interventions for the 2020s - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Date:Sep 30, 2020 11:23 PM https://carnegieendowment.org/2020/09/30/eu-s-role-in-fight-against-disinformation-developing-policy-interventions-for-2020s-pub-82821 Short Notes: Study Finds ‘Single Largest Driver’ of Coronavirus Misinformation: Trump - The New York Times Date:Oct 1, 2020 7:52 AM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-misinformation.html Short Notes: One held for spreading fake news on lockdown - Kolkata Date:Oct 1, 2020 12:11 PM http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/one-held-for-spreading-fake-news-on-lockdown-419804 Short Notes: Bengal Peaceful State, Those Concerned about Law & Order Should Look at UP, Gujarat: Mamata Date:Oct 1, 2020 12:13 PM https://www.news18.com/news/politics/bengal-peaceful-state-those-concerned-about-law-order-should-look-at-up-gujarat-mamata-2922605.html Short Notes:Social Media surveillance has to be strong Bengaluru: RWA turns moral police, issues fake info; terms bachelors & spinsters as drug hoarders | Bengaluru News Date:Oct 1, 2020 12:16 PM https://www.timesnownews.com/bengaluru/article/bengaluru-rwa-issues-turns-moral-police-issues-fake-info-terms-bachelors-spinsters-as-drug-hoarders/660102 Short Notes: COVID controls turn Asia into global surveillance hotspot, analysts say - The Economic Times Date:Oct 1, 2020 12:25 PM https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/covid-controls-turn-asia-into-global-surveillance-hotspot-analysts-say/articleshow/78418648.cms Short Notes: We Watched 'The Social Dilemma' and Went Right Back to Our Phones. Here's Why - News18 Date:Oct 1, 2020 12:27 PM https://www.news18.com/news/lifestyle/we-watched-the-social-dilemma-and-went-right-back-to-our-phones-heres-why-2918169.html Short Notes: Indian startups explore alliance and alternative app store to fight Google’s ‘monopoly’ | TechCrunch Date:Oct 1, 2020 12:30 PM https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/30/indian-startups-explore-forming-an-alliance-and-alternative-app-store-to-fight-googles-monopoly/ Short Notes: Twitter Safety on Twitter: "Based on intel provided by the @FBI, last night we removed approximately 130 accounts that appeared to originate in Iran. They were attempting to disrupt the public conversation during the first 2020 US Presidential Debate." / Twitter Date:Oct 1, 2020 12:31 PM https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1311462538056544258 Short Notes: Bangladesh Officials Blame Myanmar Minister for ‘Disinformation Campaign’ Date:Oct 1, 2020 12:41 PM https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/bengali/disinformation-campaign-09302020175805.html Short Notes: Pakistani doctor urges people to volunteer for COVID-19 vaccine trial | Reuters Date:Oct 1, 2020 12:42 PM https://in.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pakistan-vaccine/pakistani-doctor-urges-people-to-volunteer-for-covid-19-vaccine-trial-idINKBN26L22E Short Notes: Project Veritas Video Was a ‘Coordinated Disinformation Campaign,’ Researchers Say - The New York Times Date:Oct 1, 2020 12:42 PM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/us/politics/project-veritas-ilhan-omar.html Short Notes: Trump's spy chief just released 'Russian disinformation' against Hillary Clinton that he acknowledged may be fabricated | Business Insider India Date:Oct 1, 2020 12:43 PM https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/trumps-spy-chief-just-released-russian-disinformation-against-hillary-clinton-that-he-acknowledged-may-be-fabricated/articleshow/78396299.cms Short Notes: Philippine President Duterte blasts Facebook after military, police pages taken down | Technology News,The Indian Express Date:Oct 1, 2020 12:44 PM https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/philippine-president-duterte-blasts-facebook-after-military-police-pages-taken-down-6629491/ Short Notes: Fake news and conspiracy theories can be defeated by government transparency and the sharing of knowledge – Catherine Stihler | The Scotsman (Creative Commons) Date:Oct 1, 2020 12:46 PM https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/fake-news-and-conspiracy-theories-can-be-defeated-government-transparency-and-sharing-knowledge-catherine-stihler-2988474 Short Notes: Intel agency chief grilled over ‘fake news’ posts he shared | Inquirer News Date:Oct 1, 2020 12:47 PM https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1342278/intel-agency-chief-grilled-over-fake-news-posts-he-shared Short Notes: Falling down the rabbit hole: a deep look into the appeal of conspiracy theories - The State News Date:Oct 1, 2020 12:50 PM https://statenews.com/article/2020/09/falling-down-the-rabbit-hole-a-deep-look-into-the-motor-of-conspiracy-theories Short Notes: Twitter took down a network of 130 fake accounts in Iran that tried to spread disinformation during the US presidential debate | Business Insider India Date:Oct 1, 2020 12:50 PM https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/twitter-took-down-a-network-of-130-fake-accounts-in-iran-that-tried-to-spread-disinformation-during-the-us-presidential-debate/articleshow/78418568.cms Short Notes: How bots threaten to derail the 2020 U.S. elections | VentureBeat Date:Oct 1, 2020 12:51 PM https://venturebeat.com/2020/09/30/how-bots-threaten-to-influence-conversations-ahead-of-the-2020-u-s-elections/ Short Notes: Fake news punishable by years in prison under proposed Nicaraguan law - France 24 Date:Oct 1, 2020 12:54 PM https://www.france24.com/en/20200929-fake-news-punishable-by-years-in-prison-under-proposed-nicaraguan-law Short Notes: Facebook groups are rife with disinformation | kgw.com Date:Oct 1, 2020 12:57 PM https://www.kgw.com/article/news/investigations/disinformation-expert-facebook-groups-are-destroying-america/283-7c77d42a-3ebf-424d-8430-452e39f9e8e8 Short Notes:Jankowicz said a shift happened in 2016, when Facebook pivoted from a digital town square to a digital living room, with an emphasis on these private groups. Confronting Disinformation: A Conversation with Audrey Tang | Shorenstein Center Date:Oct 1, 2020 1:00 PM https://shorensteincenter.org/confronting-disinformation-a-conversation-with-audrey-tang/ Short Notes:Humour over Rumour, use slides from Disinfo2020 Conspirador Norteño on Twitter: "Who's retweeting @TulsiGabbard's tweet claiming that Project Veritas's recent heavily-edited video constitutes "evidence of the need to ban ballot harvesting"? It's pretty much all #MAGA accounts, based on profile content, hashtags used, and accounts retweeted. cc: @ZellaQuixote https://t.co/isio5sqtCV" / Twitter Date:Oct 1, 2020 1:33 PM https://twitter.com/conspirator0/status/1310946816133943300 Short Notes: The "novelty hypothesis" explains how — and why — people fall for fake news bots | Salon.com Date:Oct 1, 2020 1:42 PM https://www.salon.com/2020/09/27/fake-news-bots-spreading-misinformation-2020-election-propaganda/?mc_cid=042262d06b&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes:Bot-ching Democracy Humour, Disinfo2020 Date:Oct 1, 2020 2:08 PM Short Notes: The Real Facebook Oversight Board - Press Conference - YouTube Date:Oct 1, 2020 2:28 PM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R36qQRsXWQk Short Notes: Rasmus Kleis Nielsen on Twitter: "How can AI contribute to ensuring quality journalism? Speaking at @BundesKultur program supporting [[eu]]2020DE today (link below), on panel w/@KenzaAbbou @merbroussard and @CharlieBeckett. Few links to @risj_oxford work and fellow paneslists in thread https://t.co/5bzJqtbwIy 1/7" / Twitter Date:Oct 1, 2020 2:36 PM https://twitter.com/rasmus_kleis/status/1311584843164155905 Short Notes: Schools’ silent mass protest against ‘misinformation’ today | Bhopal News - Times of India Date:Oct 1, 2020 2:40 PM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/schools-silent-mass-protest-against-misinformation-today/articleshow/78422890.cms Short Notes: How Facebook's AI Spreads Misinformation and Threatens Democracy | Unite.AI Date:Oct 1, 2020 2:42 PM https://www.unite.ai/how-facebooks-ai-spreads-misinformation-and-threatens-democracy/ Short Notes: The Proud Boys Got A Bunch Of New Followers After Trump Said To “Stand By” Date:Oct 1, 2020 4:16 PM https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/proud-boys-new-followers-after-trump Short Notes: Step into My Parler - Graphika Report Date:Oct 1, 2020 7:55 PM https://graphika.com/reports/step-into-my-parler/ Short Notes: Facebook and Twitter missed QAnon warnings for years - The Washington Post Date:Oct 2, 2020 7:43 AM https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/01/facebook-qanon-conspiracies-trump/ Short Notes: #NathuramGodseZindabad trends on Gandhi Jayanti. Here’s how Twitter hashtags go viral trigger trigger Date:Oct 3, 2020 8:19 AM https://theprint.in/tech/nathuramgodsezindabad-trends-on-gandhi-jayanti-heres-how-twitter-hashtags-go-viral/515500/ Short Notes: Researchers: Twitter bots only account for 4% of anti-vaccine content exposed to users | ZDNet Date:Oct 5, 2020 8:02 AM https://www.zdnet.com/article/researchers-twitter-bots-only-account-for-4-of-anti-vaccine-content-exposed-to-users/ Short Notes: Twitter is building ‘Birdwatch,’ a system to fight misinformation by adding more context to tweets | TechCrunch Date:Oct 5, 2020 10:26 AM https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/02/twitter-is-building-birdwatch-a-system-to-fight-misinformation-by-adding-more-context-to-tweets/ Short Notes: Trump Is a Super-Spreader of Disinformation - The Atlantic Date:Oct 5, 2020 10:29 AM https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/trump-super-spreader-disinformation/616604/ Short Notes: Will brands stand up against toxic content? Date:Oct 5, 2020 2:12 PM https://www.livemint.com/ Short Notes: As Channels Plumb New Depths, Advertising Executives Are Making the Case Against Hate TV Date:Oct 5, 2020 2:12 PM https://thewire.in/media/as-channels-plumb-new-depths-advertising-executives-are-making-the-case-against-hate-tv Short Notes: Made in China - Rubio 3EDECA923DB439A8E884C6229A4C6003.02.12.19-final-sbc-project-mic2025-report.pdf Date:Oct 5, 2020 4:06 PM https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/d1c6db46-1a68-481a-b96e-356c8100f1b7/3EDECA923DB439A8E884C6229A4C6003.02.12.19-final-sbc-project-mic2025-report.pdf Short Notes: 2-2-16 Sector and Localization Targets for Made in China 2025.pdf Date:Oct 5, 2020 5:20 PM https://www.uschina.org/sites/default/files/2-2-16%20Sector%20and%20Localization%20Targets%20for%20Made%20in%20China%202025.pdf Short Notes: MADE IN CHINA 2025 The making of a high-tech superpower and consequences for industrial countries MPOC_IndustrialInternet_V17.indd - MadeinChina_2025_merics.pdf Date:Oct 5, 2020 5:33 PM http://www.iberchina.org/files/2016/MadeinChina_2025_merics.pdf Short Notes: Thank you for posting: Smoking’s lessons for regulating social media | MIT Technology Review Date:Oct 5, 2020 6:07 PM https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10/05/1009231/social-media-facebook-tobacco-secondhand-smoke/ Short Notes: Why QAnon Left Reddit - The Atlantic Date:Oct 5, 2020 7:03 PM https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/09/reddit-qanon-ban-evasion-policy-moderation-facebook/616442/ Short Notes: Why QAnon Left Reddit - The Atlantic (Compare with YT and FB failing) Date:Oct 5, 2020 7:25 PM https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/09/reddit-qanon-ban-evasion-policy-moderation-facebook/616442/ Short Notes: Anatomy of a Rumour: Social media and the suicide of Sushant Singh Rajput - 2009.11744.pdf Date:Oct 6, 2020 1:25 PM https://arxiv.org/pdf/2009.11744.pdf Short Notes: The Hateful Facebook Adventures Of Ragini Tiwari & Friends Date:Oct 6, 2020 2:12 PM https://www.article-14.com/post/the-hateful-facebook-adventures-of-ragini-tiwari-friends Short Notes: Made in China 2025 - A Halftime Analysis - Policy general review Date:Oct 6, 2020 5:31 PM https://www.chinatechblog.org/blog/madeinchina2025 Short Notes: US Chamber Made in China 2025 final_made_in_china_2025_report_full.pdf Date:Oct 6, 2020 5:32 PM https://www.uschamber.com/sites/default/files/final_made_in_china_2025_report_full.pdf Short Notes: madeinchina2025 - english.gov.cn Date:Oct 6, 2020 5:32 PM http://english.www.gov.cn/2016special/madeinchina2025/ Short Notes: MERICS-Made-in-China-2025.pdf Date:Oct 6, 2020 5:33 PM http://www.cittc.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/MERICS-Made-in-China-2025.pdf Short Notes: china_manufacturing_2025_putting_industrial_policy_ahead_of_market_force[english-version].pdf Date:Oct 6, 2020 5:34 PM http://www.cscc.it/upload/doc/china_manufacturing_2025_putting_industrial_policy_ahead_of_market_force%5Benglish-version%5D.pdf Short Notes: The Potential Impacts of the Made in China 2025 Roadmap on the IC Industries in the U.S., EU, and Japan Date:Oct 6, 2020 5:34 PM https://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/working_papers/id_19_061_china_integrated_circuits_technology_roadmap_final_080519_kim_verwey-508_compliant.pdf Short Notes: How China is implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development | Development Matters Date:Oct 6, 2020 5:34 PM https://oecd-development-matters.org/2020/02/28/how-china-is-implementing-the-2030-agenda-for-sustainable-development/ Short Notes: The Internet's Original Sin - The Atlantic Date:Oct 6, 2020 6:21 PM https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/advertising-is-the-internets-original-sin/376041/ Short Notes: Facebook removes Trump post falsely saying COVID-19 is less deadly than the flu - The Verge Date:Oct 6, 2020 9:33 PM https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/6/21504206/facebook-removed-trump-post-covid-19-coronavirus-flu-lethal-misinformation Short Notes: DFRLab on Twitter: "China, who has traditionally favored a non-interventionist approach to foreign policy, is swiftly transitioning to “discourse power.” A new report from the @DFRLab, @atlanticcouncil, and @AliciaFawcet, "Chinese Discourse Power." https://t.co/GDLRYOPEBo" / Twitter Date:Oct 6, 2020 10:39 PM https://twitter.com/dfrlab/status/1313496623708766210 Short Notes: Davey Alba on Twitter: "There appears to be some confusion over whether this is the first ORIGINAL post of President Trump that Facebook took down. I have the receipts from now/last Aug: https://t.co/Hs8ukrFAuX" / Twitter Date:Oct 6, 2020 10:41 PM https://twitter.com/daveyalba/status/1313508381869645826?s=12 Short Notes: Bulldozing the Public Square : Democracy Journal Date:Oct 6, 2020 10:42 PM https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/specialissue/bulldozing-the-public-square/ Short Notes: Trump Vs. Democracy : Democracy Journal Date:Oct 6, 2020 10:45 PM https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/specialissue/trump-v-democracy/ Short Notes: How a Coronavirus-Celebrity Is Made - The Atlantic Date:Oct 6, 2020 10:51 PM https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/10/how-coronavirus-denialist-celebrity-made/616486/ Short Notes: Rasmus Kleis Nielsen on Twitter: "Misinformation - and disinformation - often comes from the top, exhibit no. ∞" / Twitter link with Trump super spreader Date:Oct 6, 2020 10:55 PM https://twitter.com/rasmus_kleis/status/1313504993664798722 Short Notes: Alex Stamos on Twitter: "Facebook's recent decisions raise a really interesting question: what is QAnon? Is it an organization? A movement? A religion? Facebook is treating it as a "dangerous organization", a category that includes Islamic and white supremacist terror groups, which doesn't totally fit." / Twitter Date:Oct 7, 2020 7:23 AM https://mobile.twitter.com/alexstamos/status/1313612163483746304 Short Notes:Use this instead: https://mobile.twitter.com/juliacarriew/status/1313622803585753088 SamSays on Twitter: "This is how propaganda works. Union ministers are sharing an article as the ‘real picture’ without disclosing that it is written by a party leader who was the former President of BJP minority cell in Rajasthan. https://t.co/8RZK3XLHd8" / Twitter Date:Oct 7, 2020 11:05 AM https://twitter.com/samjawed65/status/1313479586160742404 Short Notes: Online Groups Stoked Anger Over Sushant Singh Rajput's Death Date:Oct 7, 2020 1:18 PM https://www.article-14.com/post/online-groups-stoked-anger-over-sushant-singh-rajput-s-death Short Notes: The Hateful Facebook Adventures Of Ragini Tiwari & Friends Date:Oct 7, 2020 1:19 PM https://www.article-14.com/post/the-hateful-facebook-adventures-of-ragini-tiwari-friends Short Notes: Jamie Bartlett on Twitter: "Videos like this mostly serve to undermine genuine and well founded concerns & criticisms." / Twitter - Link to Modi and Tunnel Date:Oct 7, 2020 1:22 PM https://twitter.com/jamiejbartlett/status/1313748408428101633 Short Notes:Link to Modi and Tunnel, and nature of discourse. RG (actlikepappu) Sushant Singh Rajput death case: Over 80k fake accounts created to discredit Mumbai police probe - mumbai news - Hindustan Times Date:Oct 7, 2020 1:26 PM https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/sushant-singh-rajput-death-case-over-80k-fake-accounts-created-to-discredit-mumbai-police-probe/story-qjpqRUsgC95wBwshReLiyI.html Short Notes: No filter for right - CORRECTIV Date:Oct 7, 2020 1:38 PM https://correctiv.org/top-stories/2020/10/06/kein-filter-fuer-rechts-instagram-rechtsextremismus-frauen-der-rechten-szene/ Short Notes:Scope to link with report about skin show on Instagram? (1) Ethan Zuckerman on Twitter: "“The whole edifice of online advertising is, in short, bunk.” - @timhwang" / Twitter Date:Oct 7, 2020 1:46 PM https://twitter.com/EthanZ/status/1313443073217769473 Short Notes: Far-right 'exploiting coronavirus crisis to try to recruit people' - LBC (link to German story) Date:Oct 7, 2020 1:47 PM https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/far-right-exploiting-coronavirus-crisis-to-try-to-recruit-people/?mc_cid=c473be5521&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Why QAnon Left Reddit - The Atlantic Date:Oct 7, 2020 1:47 PM https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/09/reddit-qanon-ban-evasion-policy-moderation-facebook/616442/ Short Notes: Facebook bans 'dangerous' QAnon groups amid surging online misinformation | US News | Sky News Date:Oct 7, 2020 1:48 PM https://news.sky.com/story/facebook-bans-dangerous-qanon-groups-amid-surging-online-misinformation-12096464?dcmp=snt-sf-twitter Short Notes: NDTV on Twitter: "FIR Against Journalist, Arrested On Way To Hathras, Under Anti-Terror Law, NDTV's @alok_pandey reports Read more here : https://t.co/EQlvV8ab7d #Hathras https://t.co/Qdt6Sdm1ps" / Twitter Date:Oct 7, 2020 3:00 PM https://twitter.com/ndtv/status/1313771319670964224 Short Notes: joyojeet pal on Twitter: "Example of how political affiliation of celebrities can have financial consequences. Take film/tv ratings. Lower the ratings, the less likely they are to be viewed. Eg. Rasbhari. The data show it is artificially rated low, and the low ratings primarily from young males. https://t.co/HOLpnOYFJJ" / Twitter Date:Oct 7, 2020 3:16 PM https://twitter.com/joyopal/status/1313209425763524609 Short Notes: One Year After Charlottesville’s “Unite The Right” Riots: Following Karl Popper, We Should Tolerate Intolerance, Within Reason | Libertarianism.org Date:Oct 7, 2020 7:52 PM https://www.libertarianism.org/prototype/one-year-after-charlottesvilles-unite-right-riots-following-karl-popper-we-should-tolerate Short Notes:tolerance Mike Godwin on Twitter: "Gödwin’s Theorem: Any democratic governmental system designed to prevent the rise of fascism or autocracy will eventually be proved to be either incomplete or inconsistent (or both)." / Twitter Date:Oct 7, 2020 7:52 PM https://twitter.com/sfmnemonic/status/1313503701794000898 Short Notes: How the truth was murdered | MIT Technology Review Date:Oct 7, 2020 9:02 PM https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10/07/1009336/how-the-truth-was-murdered-disinformation-abuse-harassment-online-2/ Short Notes:Is Laughter the best medicine? The rise of a quiet Uighur counter-surveillance state - Rest of World Date:Oct 7, 2020 10:43 PM https://restofworld.org/2020/counter-surveillance-revolution/ Short Notes: The questions we need to ask before the next infodemic | by First Draft | First Draft Footnotes | Oct, 2020 | Medium Date:Oct 7, 2020 10:49 PM https://medium.com/1st-draft/the-questions-we-need-to-ask-before-the-next-infodemic-ff68671d07aa Short Notes: Misinformation Spreads Like a Virus. Scientists Should Study It Like One. - The Wire Science Date:Oct 7, 2020 10:52 PM https://science.thewire.in/the-sciences/misinformation-online-virality-liberals-conservatives-older-people-epidemiology/ Short Notes: Etsy will remove all QAnon-related items from its marketplace - Insider Date:Oct 7, 2020 10:52 PM https://www.insider.com/etsy-will-remove-all-qanon-related-items-from-its-marketplace-2020-10 Short Notes:QA(g)on(e) Public Figures, Public Rage: Candidate abuse on social media - ISD Date:Oct 7, 2020 10:53 PM https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-publications/public-figures-public-rage-candidate-abuse-on-social-media/ Short Notes: Coda Infodemic: Trump’s Covid-19 test and why this would never happen to Vladimir Putin Date:Oct 7, 2020 10:55 PM https://newsletters.feedbinusercontent.com/3b9/3b9cc064b236ef99e9e5c7dda5fc4894112954d2.html Short Notes:Trump Coverage Misinformation on vaccination goes viral in the Philippines | The Star Date:Oct 7, 2020 10:57 PM https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2020/10/07/misinformation-on-vaccination-goes-viral-in-the-philippines Short Notes: Do Twitter bots spread vaccine misinformation its not that simple - The University of Sydney Date:Oct 7, 2020 10:58 PM https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/10/07/do-twitter-bots-spread-vaccine-misinformation-its-not-that-simpl.html Short Notes: Hathras ‘conspiracy’: ED starts probe, PFI under the scanner Date:Oct 7, 2020 11:00 PM https://newsroompost.com/india/hathras-conspiracy-ed-starts-probe-pfi-under-the-scanner/549304.html Short Notes: Fake news: Harsh Vardhan denies offering personal cognisance of Sushant Singh Rajput's death- The New Indian Express Date:Oct 7, 2020 11:01 PM https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/oct/07/fake-news-harsh-vardhan-denies-offeringpersonal-cognisance-of-sushant-singh-rajputs-death-2207005.html Short Notes: Britney Spears’ song gets a Hinglish twist; turns into an anti-fake anthem | Hindi Movie News - Times of India Date:Oct 7, 2020 11:06 PM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/britney-spears-song-gets-a-hinglish-twist-turns-into-an-anti-fake-anthem/articleshow/78515137.cms Short Notes: Fake News Peddled In Hathras Incident To Malign State: UP Govt To SC Date:Oct 7, 2020 11:08 PM https://www.boomlive.in/law/fake-news-peddled-in-hathras-incident-to-malign-state-up-govt-to-sc-10062 Short Notes: Mumbai Police crackdown hard on fake news and rumours, arrest 32 people and file 37 FIRs | Mumbai News Updates Date:Oct 7, 2020 11:08 PM https://www.timesnownews.com/mumbai/article/mumbai-police-crackdown-hard-on-fake-news-and-rumours-arrest-32-people-and-file-37-firs/663113 Short Notes: Republic TV, News 18, Zee News see many conspiracies in Hathras gang-rape case Date:Oct 7, 2020 11:10 PM https://theprint.in/plugged-in/primetime/republic-tv-news18-zee-news-see-many-conspiracies-in-hathras-gang-rape-case/517652/ Short Notes: Singapore PM takes the stand in defamation case against blogger | Reuters Date:Oct 7, 2020 11:11 PM https://in.reuters.com/article/singapore-court-lee-idINKBN26R0CC Short Notes: Facebook's QAnon ban omits high-profile Australians linked to conspiracy theory | QAnon | The Guardian Date:Oct 8, 2020 9:22 AM https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/oct/07/facebooks-qanon-ban-omits-high-profile-australians-linked-to-conspiracy-theory Short Notes: Sriram Venkitaraman to identify fake news for govt | Sriram Venkitaraman Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:19 AM https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/sriram-venkitaraman-to-identify-fake-news-for-govt-1.5113623 Short Notes: U.S. Seizes 92 Websites Used by Iran to Spread Disinformation Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:20 AM https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/u-s-seizes-92-websites-used-by-iran-to-spread-disinformation Short Notes: FIR against journalist and Pilot’s media advisor | Jaipur News - Times of India Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:20 AM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/fir-against-journalist-and-pilots-media-advisor/articleshow/78542163.cms Short Notes: Stringent action against fake news: Andhra Pradesh Police Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:21 AM https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/stringent-action-against-fake-news-andhra-pradesh-police-650128 Short Notes: Man booked for spreading Covid-19 rumours in Bhayandar Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:21 AM https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/man-booked-for-spreading-covid-19-rumours-in-bhayandar Short Notes: I&B Minister Javadekar slams TRP-driven journalism | MorungExpress | morungexpress.com Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:22 AM https://morungexpress.com/ib-minister-javadekar-slams-trp-driven-journalism Short Notes:add TRP Tweet: https://twitter.com/republic/status/1311566167899738112 PIB Guwahati webinar on ‘COVID Information Management and Public Awareness’ | MorungExpress | morungexpress.com Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:22 AM https://morungexpress.com/pib-guwahati-webinar-on-covid-information-management-and-public-awareness Short Notes: Tripura journalists’ body writes to PM Modi, Amit Shah, press council against CM Biplab Deb’s threat Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:23 AM https://scroll.in/latest/975184/tripura-journalists-body-writes-to-modi-amit-shah-on-chief-ministers-remarks-against-media Short Notes: Two scribes booked for running 'fake news' during power tussle between Ashok Gehlot, Pilot- The New Indian Express Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:23 AM https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/oct/07/two-scribes-booked-for-running-fake-news-during-power-tussle-between-ashok-gehlot-pilot-2207167.html Short Notes: Why It Is So Difficult to Regulate Disinformation Online (Chapter 8) - The Disinformation Age Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:25 AM https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/disinformation-age/why-it-is-so-difficult-to-regulate-disinformation-online/A7613D7394F18AAE8F241894E8DA064A/core-reader Short Notes: The Disinformation Age - Edited by W. Lance Bennett, University of Washington, Steven Livingston, George Washington University, Washington DC Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:26 AM https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/disinformation-age/1F4751119C7C4693E514C249E0F0F997 Short Notes: Trump doesn’t need Russian trolls to spread disinformation. The mainstream media does it for him. - The Washington Post Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:28 AM https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/trump-doesnt-need-russian-trolls-to-spread-disinformation-the-mainstream-media-does-it-for-him/2020/10/06/9612d602-07da-11eb-9be6-cf25fb429f1a_story.html Short Notes: Russia IRA trolls tied to the conservative sites Parler and Gab - The Washington Post Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:29 AM https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/07/russian-trolls-graphika-parler-gab/ Short Notes: How Not to Cover Voter Fraud Disinformation - Nieman Reports Date:Oct 8, 2020 10:29 AM https://niemanreports.org/articles/how-not-to-cover-voter-fraud-disinformation/ Short Notes: LUISS Data Lab: The difference between Disinformation and Fact Checking | SOMA Disinfobservatory Date:Oct 21, 2020 1:41 PM https://www.disinfobservatory.org/luiss-data-lab-the-difference-between-disinformation-and-fact-checking-everyone-is-entitled-to-his-own-opinion-but-not-to-his-own-facts/ Short Notes: ASCI announces advisory on Covid misinformation, Marketing & Advertising News, ET BrandEquity Date:Oct 21, 2020 1:54 PM https://brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/advertising/asci-announces-advisory-to-protect-consumers-from-misinformation/78770361 Short Notes: Scientists raise alarm over signs of vaccine 'hesitancy' Date:Oct 21, 2020 1:55 PM https://www.livemint.com/science/news/scientists-raise-alarm-over-signs-of-vaccine-hesitancy-11603197097682.html Short Notes: TRS files plaint against fake post, man arrested | Hyderabad News - Times of India Date:Oct 21, 2020 1:58 PM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/trs-files-plaint-against-fake-post-man-arrested/articleshow/78757676.cms Short Notes: Spotify removed 4 QAnon-related podcasts after an investigation found the conspiracy theory had a presence on the audio platform | Business Insider India Date:Oct 21, 2020 2:00 PM https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/news/spotify-removed-4-qanon-podcasts-after-an-investigation-found-the-conspiracy-theory-thriving-on-the-audio-platform/articleshow/78758807.cms Short Notes: ‘Don’t want to hear that rubbish’: Kiwi journalist earns praise for shutting up politician over Covid misinformation | World News,The Indian Express (see how his supporters are reacting) Date:Oct 21, 2020 2:02 PM https://indianexpress.com/article/world/tova-brien-new-zealand-journalist-coronavirus-6789434/ Short Notes: Facebook has blocked 2.2 million ads for breaking its rules on elections ahead of the November vote | Business Insider India Date:Oct 21, 2020 2:03 PM https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/facebook-has-rejected-2-2-million-ads-for-trying-to-obstruct-voting-in-the-us-presidential-election/articleshow/78748428.cms Short Notes: Facebook is 'the 800-pound gorilla in the misinformation market' Date:Oct 21, 2020 2:05 PM https://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/facebook-gorilla-misinformation-132924117.html Short Notes: Reminders of Everyday Misinformation Statements Can Enhance Memory for and Beliefs in Corrections of Those Statements in the Short Term - Christopher N. Wahlheim, Timothy R. Alexander, Carson D. Peske, 2020 Date:Oct 21, 2020 2:09 PM https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797620952797#articleShareContainer Short Notes: Adobe brings its misinformation-fighting content attribution tool to the Photoshop beta | TechCrunch Date:Oct 21, 2020 2:11 PM https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/20/adobe-cai-photoshop-beta-misinformation/ Short Notes: Facebook and YouTube’s moves against QAnon are only a first step in the battle against dangerous conspiracy theories » Nieman Journalism Lab Date:Oct 21, 2020 2:16 PM https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/10/facebook-and-youtubes-moves-against-qanon-are-only-a-first-step-in-the-battle-against-dangerous-conspiracy-theories/?mc_cid=72cfd1bae8&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Why A Gamer Started A Web Of Disinformation Sites Aimed At Latino Americans | FiveThirtyEight Date:Oct 21, 2020 2:17 PM https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-a-gamer-started-a-web-of-disinformation-sites-aimed-at-latino-americans/ Short Notes: Misinfographic: The Spread of “Jihad Chart” in India | Media Manipulation Casebook Date:Oct 21, 2020 2:19 PM https://mediamanipulation.org/case-studies/misinfographic-spread-jihad-chart-india Short Notes: Joan “at least I tried” Donovan on Twitter: "Introducing https://t.co/rnO6wYFg9z, a new resource for those working in the field of Critical Internet Studies. We have created a custom theory/methods package for detecting, documenting, and debunking media manipulation and disinformation campaigns. https://t.co/WS3T32mE9V" / Twitter Date:Oct 21, 2020 2:19 PM https://twitter.com/BostonJoan/status/1318536328842272770 Short Notes: Brave new word - From plandemic to breadcrumbs: conspiracy-theory slang | 1843 magazine | The Economist Date:Oct 21, 2020 4:04 PM https://www.economist.com/1843/2020/09/17/from-plandemic-to-breadcrumbs-conspiracy-theory-slang Short Notes: Bombay HC seeks information from I&B ministry on AI bot that turns photos into nudes - mumbai news - Hindustan Times Date:Oct 21, 2020 5:55 PM https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/bombay-hc-seeks-information-from-i-b-ministry-on-ai-bot-that-turns-photos-into-nudes/story-U8B1FkeYCFw3WRjYl41P3L.html Short Notes: The Media Must Prepare for Another Hack-and-Leak - Lawfare Date:Oct 22, 2020 4:37 PM https://www.lawfareblog.com/media-must-prepare-another-hack-and-leak Short Notes: The Puzzle of the GRU Indictment - Lawfare Date:Oct 22, 2020 4:37 PM https://www.lawfareblog.com/puzzle-gru-indictment Short Notes: Inauthentic Behavior Report: Update on Our Work Against Deceptive Behavior - About Facebook Date:Oct 22, 2020 5:30 PM https://about.fb.com/news/2020/10/inauthentic-behavior-report/ Short Notes: evelyn douek on Twitter: "As someone who has been calling for much more transparency around the vast grey area of inauthentic activity on social media that falls short of the narrow "coordinated inauthentic behavior" definition, this is a good step forward. A few thoughts /1" / Twitter Date:Oct 22, 2020 5:34 PM https://twitter.com/evelyndouek/status/1319068839209017344 Short Notes: Who controls the conversation - How to deal with free speech on social media | Leaders | The Economist Date:Oct 22, 2020 6:59 PM https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/10/22/how-to-deal-with-free-speech-on-social-media?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/whocontrolstheconversationhowtodealwithfreespeechonsocialmedialeaders Short Notes: It’s time to start wielding Section 230 against QAnon Date:Oct 22, 2020 10:33 PM https://www.fastcompany.com/90566930/section-230-isnt-just-a-shield-its-a-sword-and-its-time-to-start-wielding-it-against-qanon?partner=rss&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss Short Notes: Marc-André Argentino on Twitter: "1/Facebook updated their policy against enforcement in regards to QAnon, by implementing the redirect method. I've had some questions about this over the past 24hrs about what is this? What does it mean? Why now? So here are my thoughts https://t.co/ZdIqvEsaQE https://t.co/83hCBjlXWl" / Twitter Date:Oct 22, 2020 10:36 PM https://twitter.com/_MAArgentino/status/1319320843881762818 Short Notes: What happened when humans stopped managing social media content – POLITICO Date:Oct 22, 2020 11:10 PM https://www.politico.eu/article/facebook-content-moderation-automation/ Short Notes: Supporting Elections Across Africa - About Facebook Date:Oct 22, 2020 11:15 PM https://about.fb.com/news/2020/10/supporting-elections-across-africa/ Short Notes: How India's Media Landscape Changed Over Five Years | The India Forum Date:Oct 23, 2020 1:33 PM https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/how-indias-media-landscape-changed-over-five-years Short Notes: The role the media shouldbe playing in Indiaby Markandey Katju Date:Oct 23, 2020 1:34 PM https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/9127207.pdf Short Notes: The Changing Role of the News Media in Contemporary IndiaN. Ram Date:Oct 23, 2020 1:34 PM https://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/archive/00863/Contemporary_India__863821a.pdf Short Notes: MEDIA EDUCATION, REGULATION AND PUBLIC POLICY IN INDIA Keval J. Kumar, Ph.D. Date:Oct 23, 2020 1:34 PM https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/KevalKumar.pdf Short Notes: How Facebook censorship helps suppress dissent in Vietnam - Los Angeles Times Date:Oct 23, 2020 10:42 PM https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-10-22/facebook-censorship-suppress-dissent-vietnam Short Notes: Big tech and free speech - Social media’s struggle with self-censorship | Briefing | The Economist Date:Oct 23, 2020 11:04 PM https://www.economist.com/briefing/2020/10/22/social-medias-struggle-with-self-censorship Short Notes: Analysis of Wednesday’s foreign election interference announcement — Election Integrity Partnership Date:Oct 23, 2020 11:04 PM https://www.eipartnership.net/rapid-response/foreign-election-interference-announcement Short Notes: Facebook Seeks Shutdown of NYU Research Project Into Political Ad Targeting - WSJ Date:Oct 24, 2020 8:33 AM https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-seeks-shutdown-of-nyu-research-project-into-political-ad-targeting-11603488533 Short Notes: Anti-science extremism in America: escalating and globalizing - ScienceDirect Date:Oct 24, 2020 11:29 AM https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1286457920301581 Short Notes: Spanish-language disinformation intensifies among Florida Latinos, worrying Democrats Date:Oct 24, 2020 7:05 PM https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/spanish-language-disinformation-intensifies-among-florida-latinos-worrying-democrats-n1240361 Short Notes:Tech Validation - language Anti-social network - In Myanmar, Facebook struggles with a deluge of disinformation | Asia | The Economist Date:Oct 24, 2020 7:12 PM https://www.economist.com/asia/2020/10/22/in-myanmar-facebook-struggles-with-a-deluge-of-disinformation Short Notes: Patreon will remove creator accounts that promote QAnon content - The Verge Date:Oct 24, 2020 10:43 PM https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/24/21531804/patreon-remove-qanon-content-conspiracy-theory-creators Short Notes: How The Epoch Times Created a Giant Influence Machine - The New York Times Date:Oct 25, 2020 8:35 AM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/24/technology/epoch-times-influence-falun-gong.html Short Notes: The Hunter Biden laptop could be fake. Or it could be real. We may never know. - The Washington Post Date:Oct 25, 2020 8:47 AM https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/10/24/hunter-biden-laptop-disinformation/ Short Notes: The Shadowy Online Hindutva World That Killed The Tanishq Ad Date:Oct 25, 2020 12:28 PM https://www.article-14.com/post/the-shadowy-online-hindutva-world-that-killed-the-tanishq-ad Short Notes: Beyond the Great Firewall: China’s vast censorship apparatus ropes in companies to do the work themselves | South China Morning Post Date:Oct 26, 2020 7:19 AM https://www.scmp.com/abacus/tech/article/3105522/beyond-great-firewall-chinas-vast-censorship-apparatus-ropes-companies Short Notes: Why Canada appears to be one of the top spreaders of Russian disinformation online | The Star Date:Oct 26, 2020 8:14 AM https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/10/25/why-canada-appears-to-be-one-of-the-top-spreaders-of-russian-disinformation-online.html Short Notes: Digitally Mediated Protest: Social Media Affordances for Collective Identity Construction - 2056305118765740 Date:Oct 26, 2020 8:37 AM https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2056305118765740 Short Notes: Indian Media Trolled For False Claims Of 'Civil War' In Pakistan Date:Oct 26, 2020 9:04 AM https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/indian-media-trolled-for-false-claims-of-civil-war-in-pakistan-10317 Short Notes: Marc-André Argentino on Twitter: "Looks like google has blocked QAnon in the shopping tab. Hit for the grifters. https://t.co/RmsVXzVHR7" / Twitter Date:Oct 26, 2020 9:29 AM https://twitter.com/_maargentino/status/1320559287026987008?s=12 Short Notes: "Anti-media Populism: Media Criticism by Right-Wing Alternative Media in India Date:Oct 26, 2020 10:04 AM" https://drum.lib.umd.edu/bitstream/handle/1903/26607/Bhat_umd_0117E_21100.pdf Short Notes: The Anatomy Of An Election Disinformation Campaign | On Point Date:Oct 26, 2020 4:23 PM https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2020/10/26/the-anatomy-of-an-election-disinformation-campaign Short Notes: US Election 2020: In 2020, homegrown US disinformation surpasses Russian effort | World News - Times of India Date:Oct 26, 2020 4:23 PM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/us-presidential-elections/in-2020-homegrown-us-disinformation-surpasses-russian-effort/articleshow/78865470.cms Short Notes: No More Normal: The Disinformation Age | KUNM Date:Oct 26, 2020 4:25 PM https://www.kunm.org/post/no-more-normal-disinformation-age Short Notes: NYT Video Election 2019 Kentucky made up tweet Date:Oct 26, 2020 5:35 PM https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000007313607/russia-us-election-disinformation-video.html?referringSource=articleShare Short Notes: Exclusive: 600 U.S. Groups Linked to Chinese Communist Party Influence Effort with Ambition Beyond Election Date:Oct 26, 2020 5:38 PM https://www.newsweek.com/2020/11/13/exclusive-600-us-groups-linked-chinese-communist-party-influence-effort-ambition-beyond-1541624.html Short Notes: Phenomenal World | Data as Property? Date:Oct 26, 2020 8:10 PM https://phenomenalworld.org/analysis/data-as-property Short Notes: Tiered Governance and Demonetization: The Shifting Terms of Labor and Compensation in the Platform Economy - Robyn Caplan, Tarleton Gillespie, 2020 Date:Oct 26, 2020 8:25 PM https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2056305120936636 Short Notes: Kate Starbird on Twitter: "Our @2020Partnership team wrote an article describing what we expect to see on Election Day and the days following in terms of misinformation, disinformation, and other attacks on election integrity: https://t.co/4CL2VSh5sp" / Twitter Date:Oct 26, 2020 8:33 PM https://twitter.com/katestarbird/status/1320741994038136832 Short Notes: How Technology is Shaping Democracy and the 2020 Election | Coursera Date:Oct 26, 2020 10:40 PM https://www.coursera.org/learn/technology-shaping-democracy-2020-election Short Notes: Opinion | I Spoke to a Scholar of Conspiracy Theories and I’m Scared for Us - The New York Times Date:Oct 26, 2020 10:41 PM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/opinion/q-anon-conspiracy.html Short Notes: The sources and correlates of exposure to vaccine-related (mis)information online - ScienceDirect Date:Oct 26, 2020 10:43 PM https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X20313116 Short Notes: The Now-Defunct Firms Behind 8chan, QAnon — Krebs on Security Date:Oct 26, 2020 10:49 PM https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/10/the-now-defunct-firms-behind-8chan-qanon/ Short Notes: Twitter launches 'pre-bunks' to get ahead of voting misinformation Date:Oct 26, 2020 10:50 PM https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/twitter-launches-pre-bunks-get-ahead-voting-misinformation-n1244777 Short Notes:Prebunks Wikipedia's Plan to Resist Election Day Misinformation | WIRED Date:Oct 26, 2020 10:50 PM https://www.wired.com/story/wikipedias-plan-to-resist-election-day-misinformation/ Short Notes: YouTube can’t place all the political ads it gets Date:Oct 26, 2020 10:55 PM https://www.livemint.com/industry/media/youtube-can-t-place-all-the-political-ads-it-gets-11603506164569.html Short Notes: Joe Biden and Ukraine: Social media shouldn't referee misinformation | Fortune Date:Oct 26, 2020 10:57 PM https://fortune.com/2020/10/22/social-media-misinformation-biden-ukraine/ Short Notes: 'Important for IDMA to set the policy & direction for digital media': Founding Members Date:Oct 26, 2020 10:58 PM https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/general-news/important-for-idma-to-set-the-policy-and-direction-for-digital-media-founding-members.html Short Notes:Digipub IDMA Mumbai: Republic TV team booked for ‘creating disaffection’ | Mumbai News - Times of India Date:Oct 26, 2020 11:02 PM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/republic-tv-team-booked-for-creating-disaffection/articleshow/78839115.cms Short Notes: Patreon Becomes Latest Social Media Platform to Take on QAnon - Bloomberg Date:Oct 27, 2020 8:43 AM https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-23/patreon-becomes-latest-social-media-platform-to-take-on-qanon?sref=ExbtjcSG Short Notes: Even Peloton Can’t Make It Through the Election Unscathed - Link to Chowkidaar on LinkedIn Date:Oct 27, 2020 9:15 AM https://www.thecut.com/2020/10/even-peloton-cant-make-it-through-the-election-unscathed.html Short Notes: Rallies Are the Core of Trump’s Campaign, and a Font of Lies and Misinformation Date:Oct 27, 2020 9:21 AM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/us/politics/trump-rallies.html?referringSource=articleShare Short Notes: Platforms of Babel: Inconsistent misinformation support in non-English languages — Election Integrity Partnership Date:Oct 27, 2020 2:18 PM https://www.eipartnership.net/policy-analysis/inconsistent-efforts-against-us-election-misinformation-in-non-english Short Notes:Tech Validation - language Eleven digital outlets launch new body to create ‘a healthy news ecosystem’ Date:Oct 27, 2020 5:54 PM https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/10/27/eleven-digital-outlets-launch-new-body-to-create-a-healthy-news-ecosystem Short Notes:Digipub IDMA Revealed: $280m ‘dark money’ spent by US Christian right groups globally | openDemocracy Date:Oct 27, 2020 5:58 PM https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/trump-us-christian-spending-global-revealed/ Short Notes:Indian connection? PREBUNK Leticia Bode on Twitter: "Twitter is trying to prebunk misinformation about vote by mail. Our research (@ekvraga @johnfocook @sojungckim ) shows this may only work w/logical info rather than factual info that Twitter is using. https://t.co/3RFDhjLtpE article here https://t.co/ZMG4LJraIr" / Twitter Date:Oct 27, 2020 6:22 PM https://twitter.com/leticiabode/status/1320826505044381699 Short Notes: Prebunk Emily Vraga on Twitter: "Yes! Good news after the holiday weekend - new study with @sojungckim @johnfocook @LeticiaBode on correcting misinformation on Instagram is published! https://t.co/LjTRBCGbcM (1)" / Twitter Date:Oct 27, 2020 6:24 PM https://twitter.com/ekvraga/status/1265282081892052992 Short Notes: The World is Trapped in America's Culture War - The Atlantic Date:Oct 27, 2020 6:50 PM https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/10/internet-world-trapped-americas-culture-war/616799/ Short Notes:Tech Validation Daphne Keller on Twitter: "Lawmakers keep thinking regulators can hear appeals of platform content moderation decisions. Regulators keep discovering the sheer impossibility of that task, given scale. 1/" / Twitter Date:Oct 27, 2020 7:30 PM https://mobile.twitter.com/daphnehk/status/1321088163469639680 Short Notes: Some Senate Democrats are seeking to empower regulators to protect local news outlets from tech giants Date:Oct 27, 2020 7:41 PM https://www.wsj.com/articles/lawmakers-want-to-protect-local-newspapers-from-google-facebook-11603789201 Short Notes:Local goes vocal The White Extremist Group Patriot Front Is Preparing For A World After Donald Trump Date:Oct 28, 2020 7:17 AM https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/janelytvynenko/patriot-front-preparing-after-trump#click=https://t.co/wUncBuBGHZ Short Notes: Fake News Spread on WhatsApp to Indian Americans Plays Stealth Role in US Polls Date:Oct 28, 2020 8:56 AM https://thewire.in/world/fake-news-spread-on-whatsapp-to-indian-americans-plays-stealth-role-in-us-polls Short Notes: Online Liability Reform Would Make Internet Worse: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Date:Oct 28, 2020 8:58 AM https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/online-liability-reform-would-make-internet-worse-twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-2316691 Short Notes: Sacha Baron Cohen Demands Facebook Remove Conspiracies; Flips Out When Facebook Removes His Article With Conspiracy Images | Techdirt Date:Oct 28, 2020 12:04 PM https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201025/00043045577/sacha-baron-cohen-demands-facebook-remove-conspiracies-flips-out-when-facebook-removes-his-article-with-conspiracy-images.shtml Short Notes: A conservative PAC is spreading anti-trans misinfo about Biden in Facebook ads and texts - Protocol Date:Oct 28, 2020 12:38 PM https://www.protocol.com/biden-transgender-misinformation-text Short Notes: Banned conspiracy channels are suing YouTube over its anti-QAnon moderation push - The Verge Date:Oct 28, 2020 12:40 PM https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/26/21534900/youtube-qanon-channels-conspiracy-theory-lawsuit-deplatformed Short Notes: Research note: The scale of Facebook's problem depends upon how 'fake news' is classified | HKS Misinformation Review Date:Oct 28, 2020 2:41 PM https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/research-note-the-scale-of-facebooks-problem-depends-upon-how-fake-news-is-classified/ Short Notes: Attacks on journalists in Tripura are on the rise Date:Oct 28, 2020 4:06 PM https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/10/28/hostile-environment-attacks-on-tripuras-journalists-are-on-the-rise Short Notes: Nigeria considers social media regulation in wake of deadly shooting Date:Oct 28, 2020 4:13 PM https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/technology/1287653-nigeria-considers-social-media-regulation-in-wake-of-deadly-shooting Short Notes: Kolkata Police crackdown on lockdown rumour mongers | Kolkata News - Times of India Date:Oct 28, 2020 4:14 PM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kolkata-police-crackdown-on-lockdown-rumour-mongers/articleshow/78906371.cms Short Notes: Nicaragua passes bill criminalizing what government considers fake news | Reuters Date:Oct 28, 2020 4:16 PM https://in.reuters.com/article/uk-nicaragua-politics/nicaragua-passes-bill-criminalizing-what-government-considers-fake-news-idUKKBN27C392 Short Notes:From edition 21 Change Tack: Time to realign media priorities in the face of Covid crisis Date:Oct 28, 2020 4:19 PM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/talkingturkey/change-tack-time-to-realign-media-priorities-in-the-face-of-covid-crisis/ Short Notes: Fake news spread on WhatsApp to Indian Americans plays stealth role in U.S. election | Reuters Date:Oct 28, 2020 4:23 PM https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-whatsapp-idUSKBN27C1AE? Short Notes: Republic TV threatens ET with legal action for fake news 'prima facie planted by Mumbai Police' (giving notice?) Date:Oct 28, 2020 4:26 PM https://www.opindia.com/2020/10/republic-tv-hansa-research-vision-fake-news-economic-times/ Short Notes: No, Allahabad High Court Has Not Said Cow Slaughter Act Is Being Misused Against Innocents; Media Misreports Date:Oct 28, 2020 4:27 PM https://swarajyamag.com/media/no-allahabad-high-court-has-not-said-cow-slaughter-act-is-being-misused-against-innocents-media-misreports Short Notes: How misinformation is making India’s fight more difficult against Covid-19 Date:Oct 28, 2020 4:28 PM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/how-misinformation-is-making-indias-fight-more-difficult-against-covid-19/ Short Notes: Ajeet Bharti interviews Union Minister Prakash Javadekar: Key points (PIB Fake News section) Date:Oct 28, 2020 4:43 PM https://www.opindia.com/2020/10/9-key-takeaways-from-union-minister-prakash-javadekars-exclusive-interview-with-opindia/ Short Notes: Chinese PLA Troops Kidnapped 20 Indian Soldiers But Beijing Outrightly Rejects The Allegations Date:Oct 28, 2020 5:03 PM https://eurasiantimes.com/chinese-soldiers-kidnapped-20-indian-soldiers-along-the-lac-but-beijing-outrightly-rejects-the-allegations/ Short Notes: J&K to Kerala, Gujarat, Bengal — Journalists across India face police action, even for tweets Date:Oct 28, 2020 5:10 PM https://theprint.in/india/jk-to-kerala-gujarat-bengal-journalists-across-india-face-police-action-even-for-tweets/531192/ Short Notes: Top AI/ML Tools That Are Waging War Against Fake News Date:Oct 28, 2020 5:11 PM https://analyticsindiamag.com/top-ai-ml-tools-that-are-waging-war-against-fake-news/ Short Notes: Twitterati Call Out Sonu Sood for 'Fake' Philanthropy, Here's His Response (account created on 18th Oct) Date:Oct 28, 2020 5:24 PM https://www.news18.com/news/movies/twitterati-call-out-sonu-sood-for-fake-philanthropy-heres-his-response-3007181.html Short Notes: FIReporting news | The Indian Express Date:Oct 28, 2020 5:25 PM https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/fireporting-news-6883191/ Short Notes: Anchor Anarchy: How TRP-hungry news anchors turned the talk into voices- The New Indian Express Date:Oct 28, 2020 5:27 PM https://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/2020/oct/25/anchor-anarchy-how-trp-hungry-news-anchors-turned-the-talk-into-voices-2213800.html Short Notes: Power of Social Media: Military, Intelligence Agencies Must Give Advice Based on Facts, Unaltered by Public Sentiment Date:Oct 28, 2020 5:30 PM https://www.news18.com/news/opinion/power-of-social-media-military-intelligence-agencies-must-give-advice-based-on-facts-unaltered-by-public-sentiment-3014975.html Short Notes: How Syria's disinformation wars destroyed the co-founder of the White Helmets | News | The Guardian Date:Oct 28, 2020 5:34 PM https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/oct/27/syria-disinformation-war-white-helmets-mayday-rescue-james-le-mesurier Short Notes: How the 2020 election war on bots and trolls differs from 2016 Date:Oct 28, 2020 5:34 PM https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/27/how-the-2020-election-war-on-bots-and-trolls-differs-from-2016.html Short Notes: In 2020, homegrown US disinformation surpasses Russian effort Date:Oct 28, 2020 5:38 PM https://www.arabnews.com/node/1754166/world Short Notes: Are Indians Ready for Covid-19 Shots? Spreading Anti-Vaccine Movement May Deter People, Warns Study Date:Oct 28, 2020 5:44 PM https://www.news18.com/news/india/are-indians-ready-for-covid-19-shots-spreading-anti-vaccine-movement-may-deter-people-warns-study-2998670.html Short Notes: Anti-social network - In Myanmar, Facebook struggles with a deluge of disinformation | Asia | The Economist Date:Oct 28, 2020 5:45 PM https://www.economist.com/asia/2020/10/22/in-myanmar-facebook-struggles-with-a-deluge-of-disinformation Short Notes: Thanks to an EU funded project, UNESCO and CMC signed the exchanging letters of establishing the Fact Checking Tools (FCT) platform to fight disinformation and fake news amid COVID-19 Date:Oct 28, 2020 5:46 PM https://en.unesco.org/news/thanks-eu-funded-project-unesco-and-cmc-signed-exchanging-letters-establishing-fact-checking Short Notes: The Year in Misinformation, So Far - The New York Times Date:Oct 28, 2020 5:52 PM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/technology/the-year-in-misinformation-so-far.html Short Notes: Google Runs Ads On Election Conspiracy Theory Sites, Study Finds Date:Oct 28, 2020 5:53 PM https://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/google-runs-ads-on-election-conspiracy-theory-sites-study-finds Short Notes:Tech Validation - ads/entities China launches crackdown on mobile web browsers, decries 'chaos' of information | Reuters Date:Oct 28, 2020 5:55 PM https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-censorship-browsers/china-launches-crackdown-on-mobile-web-browsers-decries-chaos-of-information-idUSKBN27B1Z3 Short Notes: Trust in UK news organisations tumbles during COVID-19 outbreak - Reuters Institute | Reuters Date:Oct 28, 2020 5:56 PM https://in.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-britain-media/trust-in-uk-news-organisations-tumbles-during-covid-19-outbreak-reuters-institute-idINKBN27C142 Short Notes: Concern over Moldova Cyber Security As Election Looms | Balkan Insight Date:Oct 28, 2020 6:09 PM https://balkaninsight.com/2020/10/28/concern-over-moldova-cyber-security-as-election-looms/ Short Notes: "so what if it is fake?" - link to Sonu Sood 'It doesn't matter': Likud lawmaker defends citing fake post vilifying anti-Netanyahu protesters - Israel News - Haaretz.com Date:Oct 28, 2020 6:25 PM https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-it-doesn-t-matter-likud-lawmaker-defends-citing-fake-post-vilifying-protesters-1.9266693 Short Notes: Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior - About Facebook Date:Oct 28, 2020 6:28 PM https://about.fb.com/news/2020/10/removing-coordinated-inauthentic-behavior-mexico-iran-myanmar/ Short Notes: All disinformation is local: A reflection on the need and possibility of measuring impact | HKS Misinformation Review Date:Oct 28, 2020 6:30 PM https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/do-we-really-need-to-measure-the-impact-of-online-disinformation/ Short Notes:Local goes vocal Seedrs | Logically | Pre Registration Date:Oct 28, 2020 6:32 PM https://www.seedrs.com/logically/coming-soon?utm_campaign=Seedrs&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=97857302&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_O3og8FP9RyHzf_POwSbBWZ2KAz2JyKIpmIMs8K0OKxg5b0z4jBzb4YbjSkjbdzeANqOFawdxX5Wwysp5j3DZyVpIGbbbkBkJrp8nQBaPaLJsQgts&utm_content=97836536&utm_source=hs_email Short Notes: Tanzania Has Allegedly Blocked Internet and Ahead of Election (via Meedan) Date:Oct 28, 2020 6:38 PM https://techweez.com/2020/10/27/tanzania-has-allegedly-blocked-internet-and-ahead-of-election/ Short Notes: Does Section 230’s Sweeping Immunity Enable Big Tech Bad Behavior? - U.S. Senate... Date:Oct 28, 2020 8:20 PM https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2020/10/does-section-230-s-sweeping-immunity-enable-big-tech-bad-behavior Short Notes: The Problem With (All) The Tech Hearings - Insight Date:Oct 28, 2020 10:21 PM https://zeynep.substack.com/p/the-problem-with-all-the-tech-hearings Short Notes: Kellen Browning on Twitter: "I've been tracking the questions from both parties' lawmakers to the CEOs. Three hours in, Republicans are overwhelmingly focused on censorship. Dems are concerned more about the spread of misinformation. @nytimes @dmccabe https://t.co/1kbVlZR1xl https://t.co/Vt8kuomv1R" / Twitter Date:Oct 28, 2020 11:36 PM https://twitter.com/Kellen_Browning/status/1321497854888890368 Short Notes: A new study finds that Facebook is not censoring conservatives despite their repeated attacks | Media Matters for America Date:Oct 28, 2020 11:47 PM https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/new-study-finds-facebook-not-censoring-conservatives-despite-their-repeated-attacks Short Notes: FSI - Society Needs to Adapt to a World of Widespread Disinformation Date:Oct 28, 2020 11:51 PM https://fsi.stanford.edu/news/society-needs-adapt-world-widespread-disinformation Short Notes: SamSays on Twitter: "Our media geniuses are so busy rejoicing that Saudi banknote has removed Gilgit-Baltistan from Pakistan’s map that they failed to notice that it has also removed Kashmir from India’s map. 🙄 https://t.co/ocmBktydj3" / Twitter Date:Oct 28, 2020 11:56 PM https://twitter.com/samjawed65/status/1321491851707371520 Short Notes: David Kaye on Twitter: "more reality-based pre-bunking from @twitter @Policy https://t.co/zV68ZVkgJ9" / Twitter Date:Oct 29, 2020 12:00 AM https://twitter.com/davidakaye/status/1321518928674189312 Short Notes:Prebunking An Update to How We Address Movements and Organizations Tied to Violence - About Facebook Date:Oct 29, 2020 8:29 AM https://about.fb.com/news/2020/08/addressing-movements-and-organizations-tied-to-violence/ Short Notes: mahsa alimardani 🌒 مثلا on Twitter: "Now two characteristic Iranian hacking traits in the “Proud Boys” operation: No impact ☑️ Sloppiness ☑️ We saw a similar sloppiness when Iranian hackers leaked videos of themselves hacking. https://t.co/DjeE7s8vYf" / Twitter Date:Oct 29, 2020 10:32 AM https://twitter.com/maasalan/status/1319395880328482817 Short Notes: How social media platforms can fight election disinformation Date:Oct 29, 2020 10:57 AM https://www.fastcompany.com/90569083/10-ways-social-media-platforms-can-fight-election-disinformation?mc_cid=86ca823ab6&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Facebook’s censorship of the #EndSARS protests shows the price of its content moderation errors. Date:Oct 29, 2020 10:58 AM https://slate.com/technology/2020/10/facebook-instagram-endsars-protests-nigeria.html?mc_cid=86ca823ab6&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes:Tech Validation - local context The Media Has Overcorrected on Foreign Influence - Lawfare Date:Oct 29, 2020 11:18 AM https://www.lawfareblog.com/media-has-overcorrected-foreign-influence?mc_cid=1f167d4aac&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Is social media censoring speech or combating disinformation? Date:Oct 29, 2020 11:20 AM https://theweek.com/articles/945284/social-media-censoring-speech-combating-disinformation?mc_cid=19f91510c5&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: What are Russia’s goals with disinformation on social media? | BrandeisNOW Date:Oct 29, 2020 11:22 AM https://www.brandeis.edu/now/2020/october/elections-russia-disinformation-social-media.html?mc_cid=bc828e6a52&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: How anti-vaxxers have rebranded in the coronavirus era: ‘Our bodies are ours, not for someone else to govern' | The Independent Date:Oct 29, 2020 11:23 AM https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-anti-vaccine-vaxxer-vaccination-trump-movement-mask-b1219944.html?utm_source=reddit.com&mc_cid=bc828e6a52&mc_eid=1d705d4b77 Short Notes: Thai protest misinformation a reminder of how easily fake news can spread on social media | South China Morning Post Date:Oct 29, 2020 11:26 AM https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3106507/thai-protest-misinformation-reminder-how-easily-fake-news-can Short Notes: Exclusive: Govt building an online tool to monitor TV content Date:Oct 29, 2020 11:30 AM https://www.medianama.com/2020/10/223-tv-content-monitoring-tool/ Short Notes: Special Report: Election Misinformation – NewsGuard Date:Oct 29, 2020 11:33 AM https://www.newsguardtech.com/special-report-election-misinformation/ Short Notes: Disinformation Moves From Social Networks to Texts - The New York Times Date:Oct 29, 2020 11:34 AM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/28/technology/disinformation-moves-from-social-networks-to-texts.html Short Notes: US Elections: Tech Giants Are Trying To Avoid a Repeat of 2016 Date:Oct 29, 2020 11:34 AM https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/facebook-twitter-steps-to-counter-disinformation-in-2020-us-elections Short Notes: Big Tech, media outlets spar over news circulation Date:Oct 29, 2020 12:01 PM https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/big-tech-media-outlets-spar-over-news-circulation-11603900636248.html Short Notes: MMTAN Date:Oct 29, 2020 12:38 PM https://www.mmtan.org/ Short Notes: tattle on Twitter: "(1/8) We have released a #dataset paper on detecting factcheck-worthy claims in social media content. One of the many interesting insights- 62% of the posts contained a verifiable claim. https://t.co/cz4qFFMgBu" / Twitter Date:Oct 29, 2020 3:22 PM https://mobile.twitter.com/tattlemade/status/1321734097668956161?s=12 Short Notes: Hate crime bill: Hate talk in homes ‘must be prosecuted’ | Scotland | The Times Date:Oct 29, 2020 4:24 PM https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hate-crime-bill-hate-talk-in-homes-must-be-prosecuted-6bcthrjdc Short Notes: ‘Lies, lies’: When Indian media ‘heard’ Modi slogans in Pakistan’s parliament, and swooned Date:Oct 29, 2020 4:27 PM https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/10/29/lies-lies-when-indian-media-heard-modi-chants-in-pakistans-parliament-and-swooned Short Notes: Did Pak MPs Chant 'Modi Modi' In Parliament? No, They're Chanting 'Voting' Date:Oct 29, 2020 4:48 PM https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/did-pak-mps-chant-modi-modi-in-parliament-no-theyre-chanting-voting-10406?infinitescroll=1 Short Notes: Ch Fawad Hussain on Twitter: "Meri jaan hear full speech so you will know unlike #Endian definition of #GhussKMarna by using terrorism n Kalbhoshans our #GhussKMarna is when our planes target combat installations,unlike Your security doctrine we do not show Bravery by killing innocents n we condemn terrorism" / Twitter Date:Oct 29, 2020 7:45 PM https://mobile.twitter.com/fawadchaudhry/status/1321792736031367168?prefetchtimestamp=1603980902910 Short Notes: SamSays on Twitter: "Till yesterday Indian media led by ANI was reporting that the map was a ‘Diwali gift’ to India. 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️ https://t.co/swqBGrCOoK" / Twitter Date:Oct 29, 2020 9:54 PM https://twitter.com/samjawed65/status/1321848309074530304 Short Notes: Investigating local partisan shadow news: A Q&A with Priyanjana Bengani - Columbia Journalism Review Date:Oct 29, 2020 11:37 PM https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/investigating-local-partisan-shadow-news-a-qa-with-priyanjana-bengani.php?mc_cid=ebe5501aec&mc_eid=e39dc13669 Short Notes:Local goes vocal Karen Rebelo on Twitter: "False. They were shouting "voting voting" and not "Modi Modi". Read @boomlive_in 's fact check here 👉 https://t.co/eFz2wnC2CB" / Twitter Date:Oct 30, 2020 9:58 AM https://twitter.com/karen_rebelo/status/1322018540623294466 Short Notes: Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Directions To Hold Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter Etc. Responsible For Allegedly Spreading Hate, Fake News Date:Oct 31, 2020 10:46 AM https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/plea-in-sc-seeks-directions-to-hold-facebook-whatsapp-twitter-etc-responsible-for-spreading-hate-fake-news-165240 Short Notes: Content regulating mechanism of Google, Twitter inadequate, Govindacharya tells HC - cnbctv18.com Date:Oct 31, 2020 10:51 AM https://www.cnbctv18.com/technology/content-regulating-mechanism-of-google-twitter-inadequate-govindacharya-tells-hc-7336671.htm Short Notes: Tell Me More: Talking Media Ethics and Representation With Kavita Devi | The Swaddle Date:Oct 31, 2020 10:51 AM https://theswaddle.com/tell-me-more-talking-media-ethics-and-representation-with-kavita-devi-editor-of-khabar-lahariya/ Short Notes: Twitter Safety on Twitter: "Our policies are living documents. We're willing to update and adjust them when we encounter new scenarios or receive important feedback from the public. One such example is the recent change to our Hacked Materials Policy and its impact on accounts like the New York Post." / Twitter Date:Oct 31, 2020 10:55 AM https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1322298208236830720 Short Notes: Marked for death on Facebook - Rest of World Date:Oct 31, 2020 10:25 PM https://restofworld.org/2020/in-the-philippines-fake-news-can-get-you-killed/ Short Notes: Facebook says it will limit the use of the 'Save our Children' hashtag, but not 'Save the Children,' after QAnon co-opted the anti-trafficking movement | Business Insider India Date:Oct 31, 2020 10:26 PM https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-limits-qanon-save-our-children-hashtag-human-trafficking-2020-10 Short Notes: Big Tech’s Election Plans Have a Blind Spot: Influencers | WIRED Date:Oct 31, 2020 10:28 PM https://www.wired.com/story/social-media-political-ads-blindspot-influencers/ Short Notes: Two new studies show, again, that Facebook doesn’t censor conservatives » Nieman Journalism Lab Date:Oct 31, 2020 10:37 PM https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/10/two-new-studies-show-again-that-facebook-doesnt-censor-conservatives/ Short Notes: The One Rule of Content Moderation That Every Platform Follows | by Will Oremus | OneZero Date:Oct 31, 2020 10:51 PM https://onezero.medium.com/amp/p/ab6323e0e293 Short Notes: The Risk Makers. The nuclear, auto, and food industries… | by Catherine Buni and Soraya Chemaly | Sep, 2020 | OneZero Date:Nov 1, 2020 12:49 AM https://onezero.medium.com/the-risk-makers-720093d41f01 Short Notes: AMU student booked for remark against Macron | Agra News - Times of India Date:Nov 1, 2020 7:59 AM https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agra/amu-student-booked-for-remark-against-macron/articleshow/78973834.cms Short Notes: evelyn douek on Twitter: "YouTube also still does not have a policy for false or premature claims of election victory." / Twitter - link to not enough ad placement Date:Nov 1, 2020 8:34 AM https://twitter.com/evelyndouek/status/1322588902255923208 Short Notes: Fact Checks and Context for Wayback Machine Pages - Internet Archive Blogs Date:Nov 1, 2020 10:49 AM http://blog.archive.org/2020/10/30/fact-checks-and-context-for-wayback-machine-pages/ Short Notes: These Teachers Are Struggling To Pull Their Students Out Of A QAnon Rabbit Hole Date:Nov 2, 2020 2:34 PM https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/scaachikoul/qanon-conspiracy-theories-teenagers-school Short Notes: Revisiting the Black Box Society by rethinking the political economy of big data - Benedetta Brevini, Frank Pasquale, 2020 Date:Nov 2, 2020 4:02 PM https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2053951720935146 Short Notes: Learning Like a State: Statecraft in the Digital Age Date:Nov 2, 2020 5:48 PM https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3k16c24g#page=4 Short Notes: Shannon McGregor, PhD on Twitter: "“Four in five Americans are concerned—either very (48%) or somewhat (33%)—that misinformation on social media will sway the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.” - me & @kreissdaniel in @Slate on why these fears are overblown 1/ https://t.co/nDXHVB0mqV" / Twitter Date:Nov 2, 2020 8:39 PM https://mobile.twitter.com/shannimcg/status/1322542559223255040?prefetchtimestamp=1604329746796 Short Notes: alice e. marwick on Twitter: "NEW PAPER pre-print with @beccalew & @william_partin: "We Dissect Stupidity & Respond to It: Response Videos and Networked Harassment on YouTube." https://t.co/bHy7C3g8tm" / Twitter Date:Nov 2, 2020 9:00 PM https://mobile.twitter.com/shannimcg/status/1322542559223255040?prefetchtimestamp=1604329746796 Short Notes: Lisa Messeri on Twitter: "I watched The Social Dilemma last night. If anyone is curious why STS scholars could be so upset with a documentary that at its core espouses an agreeable and important critique of social media, here's a thread. 1/11" / Twitter Date:Nov 2, 2020 9:04 PM https://mobile.twitter.com/shannimcg/status/1322542559223255040?prefetchtimestamp=1604329746796 Short Notes: Five Days of Facebook Fact-Checking - Columbia Journalism Review Date:Nov 2, 2020 9:09 PM https://www.cjr.org/analysis/five-days-of-facebook-fact-checking.php Short Notes: (PDF) Tribalism in War and Peace: The Nature and Evolution of Ideological Epistemology and Its Significance for Modern Social Science Date:Nov 2, 2020 11:05 PM https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338754119_Tribalism_in_War_and_Peace_The_Nature_and_Evolution_of_Ideological_Epistemology_and_Its_Significance_for_Modern_Social_Science Short Notes: The Left and the Right Are Radicalizing Each Other - The Atlantic Date:Nov 2, 2020 11:12 PM https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/left-and-right-are-radicalizing-each-other/616914/ Short Notes: Michael Cowan on Twitter: "Lots of people (very prematurely) sharing that shooting in #Vienna is terror attack on a synagogue. Jewish community leader below confirms synagogues were closed at time. It seems whatever has happened (and no official comment yet) may just have been in vicinity of synagogue." / Twitter Date:Nov 3, 2020 7:19 AM https://mobile.twitter.com/mrmikecowan/status/1323358581891178497?s=12 Short Notes: QAnon received earlier boost from Russian accounts on Twitter, archives show | Reuters Date:Nov 3, 2020 8:09 AM https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-qanon-cyber-idUSKBN27I18I Short Notes: Alex Heath on Twitter: "a tale of two labels https://t.co/wvRArExX0a" / Twitter Date:Nov 3, 2020 8:30 AM https://twitter.com/alexeheath/status/1323443321813913600?s=12 Short Notes: Can Dan Bongino Make Rumble The Right's New Platform? Deplatforming and dominance Date:Nov 3, 2020 8:41 AM https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/dan-bongino-rumble Short Notes: Technology Strategies in China and the United States, and the Challenges for European Companies - nardon_technology_strategies_china_us_2020.pdf Date:Nov 3, 2020 9:23 AM https://www.ifri.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/nardon_technology_strategies_china_us_2020.pdf Short Notes: Why Turkey's plan for a cyber homeland is doomed to fail  | Middle East Eye Date:Nov 3, 2020 4:44 PM https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/turkey-social-media-law-cyber-homeland-fail Short Notes: Just imagine India then? Tech platforms continue to let U.S.-based hate groups use them to make payments Date:Nov 3, 2020 7:47 PM https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/tech-platforms-continue-let-u-s-based-hate-groups-use-n1244816 Short Notes: What if Social Media Worked More Like Email? | Knight First Amendment Institute Date:Nov 3, 2020 10:41 PM https://knightcolumbia.org/content/what-if-social-media-worked-more-like-email Short Notes: Research note: Does the public support fact-checking social media? It depends who and how you ask | HKS Misinformation Review Date:Nov 4, 2020 9:23 AM https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/research-note-does-the-public-support-fact-checking-social-media-it-depends-who-and-how-you-ask/ Short Notes: Freedom of Expression and Alternatives for Internet Governance: Prospects and Pitfalls | Ricknell | Media and Communication Date:Nov 4, 2020 2:31 PM https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3299 Short Notes: Friending Thanatos: Richard Seymour's The Twittering Machine by LA Review of Books | Free Listening on SoundCloud Date:Nov 4, 2020 2:31 PM https://soundcloud.com/lareviewofbooks/friending-thanatos-richard-seymours-the-twittering-machine Short Notes: Full article: The Janus faces of Silicon Valley Date:Nov 4, 2020 2:31 PM https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09692290.2020.1830830 Short Notes: Smile, you are being identified! Risks and measures for the use of facial recognition in (semi-)public spaces | SpringerLink Date:Nov 4, 2020 2:31 PM https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43681-020-00014-3 Short Notes: Revisiting the Black Box Society by rethinking the political economy of big data - Benedetta Brevini, Frank Pasquale, 2020 Date:Nov 4, 2020 2:32 PM https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2053951720935146 Short Notes: Public Health and Online Misinformation: Challenges and Recommendations - annurev-publhealth-040119-094127 Date:Nov 4, 2020 2:32 PM https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-040119-094127 Short Notes: They once peddled misinformation for Guo Wengui and Steve Bannon. Now they're speaking out - ABC News Date:Nov 4, 2020 2:33 PM https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-01/behind-the-scenes-of-the-guo-and-bannon-led-propaganda-machine/12830824?mc_cid=4e0319cc04&mc_eid=e39dc13669 Short Notes: Inside the Bizarre Publishing Ring That Linked 5G to Coronavirus Date:Nov 4, 2020 2:33 PM https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgqxgd/inside-the-bizarre-publishing-ring-that-linked-5g-to-coronavirus Short Notes: How Tanzania Got To This Point Date:Nov 4, 2020 2:33 PM https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3ggxv/how-tanzania-got-to-this-point Short Notes: These Teachers Are Struggling To Pull Their Students Out Of A QAnon Rabbit Hole Date:Nov 4, 2020 2:34 PM https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/scaachikoul/qanon-conspiracy-theories-teenagers-school Short Notes: Twitter permanently suspends David Icke’s account over coronavirus misinformation | The Independent Date:Nov 4, 2020 4:53 PM https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/david-icke-twitter-suspended-coronavirus-b1583667.html?utm_content=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1604482937 Short Notes: Internet suspended in nine tehsils of Jaipur in wake of Gujjar agitation Date:Nov 4, 2020 5:02 PM https://www.medianama.com/2020/11/223-internet-shutdown-gujjar-rajasthan-jaipur/ Short Notes: YouTube channels made money off fake election results livestreams - Insider Date:Nov 4, 2020 10:21 PM https://www.insider.com/youtube-fake-election-results-livestreams-monetized-misinformation-2020-11 Short Notes: YouTube Cut Down Misinformation. Then It Boosted Fox News. - The New York Times Date:Nov 4, 2020 10:28 PM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/03/technology/youtube-misinformation-fox-news.html Short Notes: Chinese-style censorship is no fix for the COVID-19 infodemic | East Asia Forum Date:Nov 4, 2020 11:07 PM https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/11/04/chinese-style-censorship-is-no-fix-for-the-covid-19-infodemic/ Short Notes: Bad polls, fake news, and that damned needle: Here’s how the media covered a twisty Election Night » Nieman Journalism Lab Date:Nov 5, 2020 8:01 AM https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/11/bad-polls-fake-news-and-that-damned-needle-heres-how-the-media-covered-a-twisty-election-night/ Short Notes: UKRAINE UNCOVERS RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA: Will the Center for Countering Disinformation Succeed? | UACRISIS.ORG Date:Nov 5, 2020 2:09 PM https://uacrisis.org/en/tsentr-iz-protydiyi-dezinformatsiyi?fbclid=IwAR2uWPn7HRFs1pF5fA_tEWsGlKYmf99G07L-TRh09_ak3mMOmwmtGM8X_08 Short Notes: Allahabd HC issues social media gag order as bail condition Date:Nov 5, 2020 8:42 PM https://www.medianama.com/2020/11/223-allahabad-hc-social-media-gag-bail/ Short Notes: (PDF) Media Effects Theory Date:Nov 6, 2020 12:59 AM https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314119579_Media_Effects_Theory Short Notes: PayPal terminates account of Epik, home to Proud Boys domain and Gab Date:Nov 6, 2020 6:53 PM https://mashable.com/article/epik-domain-names-paypal-proud-boys/ Short Notes: Shelby Grossman on Twitter: "🇮🇷🇦🇫 Tonight Facebook announced that they suspended a network that originated in Afghanistan and Iran and targeted Farsi/Dari speakers in Afghanistan. My Stanford Internet Observatory team has a report on this network here: https://t.co/SmKfcSA0Sx" / Twitter Date:Nov 6, 2020 9:15 PM https://mobile.twitter.com/shelbygrossman/status/1324609391631364098?prefetchtimestamp=1604677512582 Short Notes: Incendiary texts traced to outfit run by top Trump aide Date:Nov 7, 2020 1:44 PM https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-pennsylvania-philadelphia-226886a61b7e7ba30af515736e378978 Short Notes: The Presidential Election Was Legitimate. Conspiracies Are Not. - The French Press Date:Nov 7, 2020 1:45 PM https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/the-presidential-election-was-legitimate Short Notes: Facebook Groups that spread misinfo will now face probation and forced moderation Date:Nov 9, 2020 12:22 AM Short Notes: Facebook Can't Seem to do Anything About 'Stop the Steal' Groups - VICE Date:Nov 9, 2020 7:17 AM Short Notes: Social media’s fake news should not hurt Pakistan’s international relationships  | Arab News PK Date:Nov 9, 2020 12:36 PM https://www.arabnews.pk/node/1759921 Short Notes: A vicious culture war is tearing through Wikipedia | WIRED UK Date:Nov 9, 2020 4:42 PM Short Notes: Jane Manchun Wong on Twitter: "Twitter is working on misinformation warning on Likes, just like the ones for Quote Tweets / Retweets https://t.co/BLlmaw5RZK" / Twitter Date:Nov 9, 2020 5:51 PM Short Notes: Marianna Spring on Twitter: "With this news breaking, beware of disinformation about vaccines on social media. Conspiracies about vaccines being a tool for mass genocide or to microchip everyone are totally different to legitimate concerns a vaccine is safe and properly tested. https://t.co/klMXFoDIEn" / Twitter Date:Nov 9, 2020 6:22 PM Short Notes: Emily Taylor on Twitter: "Interesting points made by @pnhoward @oiioxford - Trump's influence may continue after office, thru "political heckling and product placement — the ultimate distribution network for conspiracy, sensationalism, extremism and polarization." https://t.co/TYdgOC5bGE" / Twitter Date:Nov 9, 2020 7:02 PM Short Notes: Emily Taylor on Twitter: "Interesting points made by @pnhoward @oiioxford - Trump's influence may continue after office, thru "political heckling and product placement — the ultimate distribution network for conspiracy, sensationalism, extremism and polarization." https://t.co/TYdgOC5bGE" / Twitter Date:Nov 9, 2020 7:02 PM Short Notes: Joy on Twitter: "In 2019 @madhukishwar had promised she won’t trust her “Otherwise Reliable Friend” on SM Matters. Guess she has started again https://t.co/Y7Lp2lTLot" / Twitter Date:Nov 9, 2020 8:47 PM https://mobile.twitter.com/etaylaw/status/1325781605655470080?prefetchtimestamp=1604928718031 Short Notes: Opinion | The media should remember key lessons from the Trump era - The Washington Post Date:Nov 9, 2020 10:17 PM Short Notes: Opinion | The media should remember key lessons from the Trump era - The Washington Post Date:Nov 9, 2020 10:17 PM https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/09/new-old-media-should-remember-key-lessons/ Short Notes: Ranchi: How Hindutva groups and media tried to communalise a misdemeanour Date:Nov 10, 2020 8:23 AM https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/11/09/ranchi-how-hindutva-groups-and-media-tried-to-communalise-a-misdemeanour Short Notes: Aung San Suu Kyi's ruling party claims resounding election win in Myanmar | Reuters (premature election declaration, no role for platforms) Date:Nov 10, 2020 8:29 AM https://in.reuters.com/article/myanmar-election-idINKBN27P0A4 Short Notes: Facebook removes ‘misinformation’ tag from Himanta video | North East India News,The Indian Express Date:Nov 10, 2020 12:12 PM https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/assam/facebook-removes-misinformation-tag-from-himanta-video-7034182/ Short Notes: Facebook is cracking down on problematic groups with new rule - The Washington Post Date:Nov 10, 2020 3:00 PM https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/07/facebook-groups-election/ Short Notes: YouTube slow to remove misleading ballot counting videos - The Washington Post Date:Nov 10, 2020 3:01 PM https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/05/trump-misleading-videos-youtube/ Short Notes: Selfies and Sharia police – Rest of World Date:Nov 10, 2020 3:02 PM https://restofworld.org/2020/selfies-and-sharia-police/ Short Notes: Analysis: The online ad campaigns fought over the weed and euthanasia referendums | The Spinoff Date:Nov 10, 2020 3:10 PM https://thespinoff.co.nz/money/09-11-2020/inside-the-facebook-and-google-ad-spend-on-the-weed-and-euthanasia-referendums/ Short Notes: Spanish-language misinformation dogged Democrats in U.S. election | Reuters Date:Nov 10, 2020 3:15 PM https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-disinformation-spanish-idUKKBN27N0ED Short Notes: Benedict Evans on Twitter: "How long before people start saying that Apple should block Parler and Newsmax from the store? There is precedent for it doing that. https://t.co/wbAXOSb87H" / Twitter Date:Nov 10, 2020 3:58 PM https://twitter.com/benedictevans/status/1326107123504320512 Short Notes: Kolkata Police books Madhu Purnima Kishwar for spreading misinformation - The Hindu Date:Nov 10, 2020 4:54 PM https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/kolkata-police-books-madhu-purnima-kishwar-for-spreading-misinformation/article33062383.ece Short Notes: Davey Alba on Twitter: "MEANWHILE ON FACEBOOK—a CrowdTangle search shows most of this activity is in PRIVATE FB groups, beyond what researchers and journalists can see. Only 2.5 percent of FB activity—likes, shares, comments—is visible on public FB. I truly am *losing my mind* https://t.co/04METfLeOq https://t.co/19z3nU2mhe" / Twitter Date:Nov 10, 2020 11:12 PM https://twitter.com/daveyalba/status/1326213194319360000 Short Notes: joyojeet pal on Twitter: "We analyzed the Twitter behavior of politicians in Bihar. Key trends - RJD much better organized than JDU, INC and BJP both highlight Delhi leadership than local politicians. @himani__negi 👏👏 https://t.co/l3JtsluP9X https://t.co/ZJzqTe4saw" / Twitter Date:Nov 11, 2020 9:42 AM https://twitter.com/joyopal/status/1325735180590489600 Short Notes: Govt issues notice to Twitter for showing Leh in J-K, warns of legal action Date:Nov 12, 2020 8:02 PM https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/govt-issues-notice-to-twitter-for-showing-leh-in-j-k-warns-of-legal-action-11605188466997.html Short Notes: Modi government ramps up Twitter, Facebook censorship — Quartz Date:Nov 13, 2020 8:08 AM https://qz.com/india/1753116/modi-government-ramps-up-twitter-facebook-censorship/ Short Notes: Information sanity: Govt move to bring online media under I&B Date:Nov 13, 2020 11:25 AM https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/information-sanity-govt-move-to-bring-online-media-under-ib Short Notes: New academic tool used to identify fake news domain names | TechRadar Date:Nov 13, 2020 11:27 AM https://www.techradar.com/in/news/new-academic-tool-used-to-identify-fake-news-domain-names Short Notes: Ex-Facebook Staffer Says Interference by Top Brass Led To Compromise Date:Nov 13, 2020 12:45 PM https://thewire.in/tech/facebook-community-standards-delhi-assembly-mark-luckie Short Notes: The end of virality - Date:Nov 13, 2020 7:07 PM Short Notes:Terminal virality Lockdown to Be Re-Imposed Across India From December 1 Due to the Growing Number of COVID-19 Cases? PIB Fact Check Debunks Fake News, Reveals Truth Behind Viral Tweet Date:Nov 13, 2020 7:11 PM https://in.news.yahoo.com/lockdown-imposed-across-india-december-062232490.html Short Notes: ShareChat sets up ShareChat Labs in Silicon Valley Date:Nov 13, 2020 7:12 PM https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/technology/1306140-sharechat-sets-up-sharechat-labs-in-silicon-valley Short Notes: Link to caravan bihar elections Whatsapp piece Ashlin Mathew on Twitter: "#Important Months ago a WhatsApp link was circulated in Kerala and its stated mission was - One India, One Pension. Each senior citizen would get Rs 10,000 pm The message asked them to join a WA group. This message was targeted at people above 55, including my parents." / Twitter Date:Nov 14, 2020 11:21 AM Short Notes: Twitter flags around 300,000 tweets for misleading content regarding election - us presidential election - Hindustan Times Date:Nov 14, 2020 2:28 PM https://www.hindustantimes.com/us-presidential-election/twitter-flags-around-300-000-tweets-for-misleading-content-regarding-election/story-GoyeL6CwDNp2tSyVtPPuTP.html Short Notes: Parler Makes Play for Conservatives Mad at Facebook, Twitter - WSJ Date:Nov 15, 2020 9:46 PM Short Notes: RJD didn’t buy Facebook, Google ads. It cost them Bihar Date:Nov 16, 2020 11:25 AM https://theprint.in/opinion/rjd-didnt-buy-facebook-google-ads-it-cost-them-bihar/543095/ Short Notes: Fake news: Weapons of mass disinformation: politics, polls, and social media’s uphill battle against fake news - The Economic Times Date:Nov 16, 2020 2:26 PM https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/prime/technology-and-startups/weapons-of-mass-disinformation-politics-polls-and-social-medias-uphill-battle-against-fake-news/primearticleshow/79224129.cms Short Notes: A web of impunity: The killings Iran's internet shutdown hid — Amnesty International Date:Nov 16, 2020 3:08 PM https://iran-shutdown.amnesty.org/ Short Notes: Full article: Cybersecurity and cyber defence in the emerging democracies Date:Nov 16, 2020 3:28 PM https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23738871.2020.1820546 Short Notes: Are we really living in an infodemic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3c0-hPPBDk&feature=share Date:Nov 16, 2020 3:34 PM Short Notes: More Amazon than Mafia: analysing a DDoS stresser service as organised cybercrime | SpringerLink Date:Nov 16, 2020 3:36 PM https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12117-020-09397-5 Short Notes: The False Positive Problem of Automatic Bot Detection in Social Science Research by Adrian Rauchfleisch, Jonas Kaiser :: SSRN Date:Nov 16, 2020 4:45 PM https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3565233 Short Notes: Rasmus Kleis Nielsen on Twitter: "How do you report on powerful people who lie, and how do you deal with the huge wave of misinformation that floods the internet? Listen to @MeeraSelva1 interviewing @rebeccaskippage from the BBC’s Disinformation Team in most recent @risj_oxford podcast https://t.co/d72kLCfw2Q" / Twitter Date:Nov 16, 2020 5:42 PM https://twitter.com/rasmus_kleis/status/1326167577073213441 Short Notes: A Misinformation Regulator – 4th July 2020 – regulate.tech Date:Nov 16, 2020 6:11 PM https://www.regulate.tech/a-misinformation-regulator-4th-july-2020/ Short Notes: A Misinformation Regulator Part 2 – 9th July 2020 – regulate.tech Date:Nov 16, 2020 6:11 PM https://www.regulate.tech/a-misinformation-regulator-part-2-9th-july-2020/ Short Notes: A Misinformation Regulator Part 2 – 9th July 2020 – regulate.tech Date:Nov 16, 2020 6:13 PM https://www.regulate.tech/a-misinformation-regulator-part-2-9th-july-2020/ Short Notes: Facebook's redoubled AI efforts won't stop the spread of harmful content | VentureBeat (terminal virality) Date:Nov 16, 2020 6:17 PM https://venturebeat.com/2020/11/13/facebooks-redoubled-ai-efforts-wont-stop-the-spread-of-harmful-content/ Short Notes: I&B ministry tells digital media to comply with FDI norms by October 2021 Date:Nov 16, 2020 8:51 PM Short Notes: Venkat Ananth on Twitter: "“In the run-up to the election, Facebook staff proposed limiting engagement on posts from politicians and public figures that go against company policies...But Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other senior leaders rejected the proposal.” https://t.co/OXHyzgOpmf" / Twitter Date:Nov 17, 2020 9:38 AM Short Notes: Facebook Knows That Adding Labels To Trump’s False Claims Does Little To Stop Their Spread Date:Nov 17, 2020 9:41 AM https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-labels-trump-lies-do-not-stop-spread Short Notes: How the U.S. Military Buys Location Data from Ordinary Apps - VICE Date:Nov 17, 2020 9:54 AM https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgqm5x/us-military-location-data-xmode-locate-x Short Notes: "They make us feel better tho? (The biggest difference between the labels, by far, has always been not the color, wording or size, but the ones that turn off the ability to share. Important story. #FreeTheData) Date:Nov 17, 2020 2:23 PM" https://twitter.com/evelyndouek/status/1328494171045376000?s=12 Short Notes: Why Obama Fears for Our Democracy - The Atlantic “If we do not have the capacity to distinguish what’s true from what’s false, then by definition the marketplace of ideas doesn’t work. And by definition our democracy doesn’t work. We are entering into an epistemological crisis.” Date:Nov 17, 2020 2:51 PM https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/11/why-obama-fears-for-our-democracy/617087/ Short Notes: Rohini Mohan on Twitter: "#LoveJihad has moved from flirting & butterflies-in-the-stomach, to legitimate social & legal sanction faster than many relationships I know. Since 5 states (MP, UP, Karnataka, Haryana, Assam) are planning laws against this crime, here are some facts. 1/n" / Twitter Date:Nov 17, 2020 2:59 PM https://twitter.com/rohini_mohan/status/1328620966662926337 Short Notes: 'Hastily issued policies could prove disastrous': DIGIPUB statement on government proposals on digital media Date:Nov 17, 2020 8:20 PM https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/11/17/hastily-issued-policies-could-prove-disastrous-digipub-statement-on-government-proposals-on-digital-media Short Notes: Deepa Seetharaman on Twitter: "Just got this prompt from Facebook... https://t.co/Af8Ysbdgk8" / Twitter Date:Nov 18, 2020 5:04 AM https://mobile.twitter.com/dseetharaman/status/1328804506138673152?s=12 Short Notes: Parliamentary panel grills Twitter over 'obscene' tweets by Kunal Kamra targeting SC, CJI | Deccan Herald Date:Nov 19, 2020 5:38 PM https://www.deccanherald.com/national/parliamentary-panel-grills-twitter-over-obscene-tweets-by-kunal-kamra-targeting-sc-cji-917494.html Short Notes: Letter signed by 200 Facebook workers demands better pandemic benefits for moderators | Technology | The Guardian Date:Nov 19, 2020 10:17 PM Short Notes: Election misinformation often evaded YouTube’s efforts to stop it. Date:Nov 19, 2020 10:23 PM https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/18/technology/election-misinformation-often-evaded-youtubes-efforts-to-stop-it.html?referringSource=articleShare Short Notes: 250 recommendations on how to stop “infodemics” Date:Nov 20, 2020 6:58 AM https://informationdemocracy.org/2020/11/12/250-recommendations-on-how-to-stop-infodemics/ Short Notes: The Plural of Anecdote Is Misinformation | Psychology Today Canada Date:Nov 20, 2020 7:04 AM https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/writing-integrity/202011/the-plural-anecdote-is-misinformation Short Notes: 'Without Our Work, Facebook Is Unusable': Content Moderators Demand Safer Offices : NPR Date:Nov 20, 2020 7:05 AM https://www.npr.org/2020/11/18/936282353/facebook-contract-workers-demand-safer-conditions-amid-pressure-to-return-to-off Short Notes: Exclusive: Vietnam threatens to shut down Facebook over censorship requests - source | Reuters Date:Nov 20, 2020 8:08 AM https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-vietnam-facebook-shutdown-exclusive-idUKKBN27Z1MP Short Notes: Facebook says AI has fueled a hate speech crackdown - The Verge Date:Nov 20, 2020 8:12 AM https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/19/21575139/facebook-moderation-ai-hate-speech Short Notes: Mozilla DNS over HTTPS (DoH) and Trusted Recursive Resolver (TRR) Comment Period: Help us enhance security and privacy online - Open Policy & Advocacy Date:Nov 20, 2020 10:31 AM https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2020/11/18/doh-comment-period-2020/ Short Notes: pubg: Winter truce: border talks, return of PUBG spark hopes India may lower its guard on Chinese firms. - The Economic Times Date:Nov 20, 2020 12:31 PM https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/prime/technology-and-startups/winter-truce-border-talks-return-of-pubg-spark-hopes-india-may-lower-its-guard-on-chinese-firms-/primearticleshow/79307931.cms?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PrimeMailerPaid&utm_content=Story3&ncode=2d4e3c419d2eacdb96d56de21afa987e Short Notes: Editors Guild Writes to Assam CM Over Growing Number of Attacks on Journalists in State Date:Nov 20, 2020 12:41 PM https://thewire.in/media/editors-guild-writes-to-assam-cm-over-growing-number-of-attacks-on-journalists-in-state Short Notes: How to Defeat Disinformation | Foreign Affairs Date:Nov 20, 2020 4:22 PM https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-11-19/how-defeat-disinformation Short Notes: Spain divides opinion with strategy to combat online disinformation | Euronews Date:Nov 20, 2020 4:54 PM https://www.euronews.com/2020/11/18/spain-divides-opinion-with-strategy-to-combat-online-disinformation Short Notes: Global tech giants threaten to leave Pakistan over new rules - The Economic Times Date:Nov 20, 2020 5:12 PM https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/global-tech-giants-threaten-to-leave-pakistan-over-new-rules/articleshow/79321925.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst Short Notes: View: Chaperoning ‘non-news’ content reveals a technophobic, anti-creativity State - The Economic Times Date:Nov 20, 2020 7:01 PM https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/view-chaperoning-non-news-content-reveals-a-technophobic-anti-creativity-state/articleshow/79310200.cms Short Notes: