accuracy
Google restricts AI chatbot Gemini from answering queries on global elections
Google looks to restrict Gemini to avoid potential missteps in the deployment of the technology.
Artificial Intelligence
Taylor Swift searches blocked on X after fake explicit images spread
X has blocked users from searching for Taylor Swift after fake sexually explicit images of the pop singer proliferated on social media this week/
Biden 2024 Campaign
Biden 2024 Campaign Ramps Up Efforts To Counter Misinformation
As we head into the 2024 election season, the Biden campaign is ramping up its efforts to counter what it considers to be misinformation.
Abril Elfi
DOJ Report: Uvalde Shooting Could Have Been Stopped Sooner, Cites ‘Unimaginable Horror’
A Department of Justice report into the shooting at Robb Elementary in 2022 has revealed “cascading failures of leadership” during the massacre.
ahmed mansara
Gigi Hadid Apologizes For ‘Spreading Misinformation’ On Social Media Regarding Israel-Hamas Conflict
Supermodel Gigi Hadid apologized after receiving a wave of backlash for posting on social media about the Israel-Hamas conflict, professing that she did not “fact-check” her information before sharing on platforms.
Biden Administration
Biden Team ‘Working With Social Media Platforms To Curb Misinfo’
In efforts to boost his election strategy, the Biden Administration is working with social media platforms to ‘counter’ what it considers misinformation.
ab2098
California Quietly Repeals Controversial Medical Misinformation Law
California has quietly repealed the controversial medical misinformation law that targeted doctors, disciplining them for contradicting the state’s COVID-19 narrative and deeming it as misinformation.
Biden Administration
Report: Facebook (Meta) Suppressed COVID-19 Info, Pressured By White House
According to internal communications that were leaked by an insider to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Facebook removed content related to COVID-19 due to pressure from the Biden administration.
California
CA judge questions COVID “misinformation” law targeting doctors, puts law on hold
A California judge has put a preliminary injunction on AB2098, a bill that looks to punish doctors for spreading Covid “misinformation”.
activists
Twitter Files Part 15: How Pfizer and BioNTech used Twitter to suppress critics and vaccine skeptics
Pfizer partner BioNTech pushed for social media platforms to censor activists who demanded low-cost generic vaccines for low-income countries.