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Credit to Author: Vittoria Elliott| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2023 21:00:00 +0000

The slow-motion implosion of Elon Musk’s X has given rise to a slew of competitors, where privacy invasions that ran rampant over the past decade still largely persist.

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TikTok Streamers Are Staging ‘Israel vs. Palestine’ Live Matches to Cash In on Virtual Gifts

October 30, 2023 admin Business, business / social media, Security / National Security

Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 18:03:22 +0000

TikTokkers are using a little-known livestreaming feature to falsely represent Israelis and Palestinians—and the company is taking a cut of costly in-app gifts viewers give to participants.

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TikTok Streamers Are Staging ‘Israel vs. Palestine’ Live Matches to Cash In on Virtual Gifts

October 30, 2023 admin Business, business / social media, Security / National Security

Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 18:03:22 +0000

TikTokkers are using a little-known livestreaming feature to falsely represent Israelis and Palestinians—and the company is taking a cut of costly in-app gifts viewers give to participants.

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Elon Musk Mocked Ukraine, and Russian Trolls Went Wild

October 30, 2023 admin business / social media, Security, Security / National Security

Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +0000

Inauthentic accounts on X flocked to its owner’s post about Ukrainian president Vlodymr Zelensky, hailing “Comrade Musk” and boosting pro-Russia propaganda.

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The Hamas Threat of Hostage Execution Videos Looms Large Over Social Media

October 23, 2023 admin business / social media, Security, Security / National Security

Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 21:02:16 +0000

Hamas has threatened to broadcast videos of hostage executions. With the war between Israel and Hamas poised to enter a new phase, are social platforms ready?

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Who’s Responsible for the Gaza Hospital Explosion? Here’s Why It’s Hard to Know What’s Real

October 19, 2023 admin business / social media, Security, Security / National Security, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 21:27:29 +0000

A flood of false information, partisan narratives, and weaponized “fact-checking” has obscured efforts to find out who’s responsible for an explosion at a hospital in Gaza.

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Elon Musk’s Main Tool for Fighting Disinformation on X Is Making the Problem Worse, Insiders Claim

October 18, 2023 admin business / social media, Security, Security / National Security

Credit to Author: Vittoria Elliott, David Gilbert| Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 22:20:01 +0000

X is promoting Community Notes to solve its disinformation problems, but some former employees and people who currently contribute notes say it’s not fit for that purpose.

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A Graphic Hamas Video Donald Trump Jr. Shared on X Is Actually Real, Research Confirms

October 11, 2023 admin business / social media, Security, Security / National Security, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 19:39:44 +0000

A video posted by Donald Trump Jr. showing Hamas militants attacking Israelis was falsely flagged in a Community Note as being years old, thus making X’s disinformation problem worse, not better.