***** How #Google employees are reacting to YouTube permitting 2020 election fraud videos *****
Just FYI, I'm hearing from numerous Googlers I know who are absolutely dismayed and embarrassed by the decision to permit 2020 election fraud videos back on #YouTube. These denials led directly to the Jan 6 insurrection and the violence that resulted -- not to mention almost destroying our democracy -- and they feel, as do I, that Google's claim that this is just ordinary political speech is self-serving, hypocritical, and vastly dangerous.
Google has been making a series of serious unforced errors lately in this toxic political environment. This does not bode well for its future, for its users, or for the world at large. I find this extremely distressing. -L
This report by @lauren shows that #Google is not only working towards moderating #FakeNews videos trying to influence elwlections, but is aiding and abetting #rioters and their instigators the former of which have been sentenced to long prison terms in the #US for seditious conspiracy,...
I don’t usually gift breaking news articles before the context and analysis are added. But holy moly, a preliminary injunction against Biden officials communicating with the social media companies. https://wapo.st/44snxyc
@JosephMenn#FreeSpeech#misinformation#fakenews#journalism So it’s okay to yell fire in the theater when there isn’t one and cause people to die when they are trampled at the exits? Social media speech that lies about disasters, when and where to evacuate from wildfires, hurricanes and earthquakes is just A-Okay. Emergency Man comms need to be done by those in charge of managing the disaster. Vulnerable communities are at risk when social media is used against them.
@lowqualityfacts#FakeNews. Crocodiles and Alligators have the same number of toes! Why not, Alligators are just crocodiles with more #chonk in their snout?
Oh yeah - #aspartame causes #cancer ... again ... This myth has been going around for decades. Recently with #IARC move to classify it as "probable carcinogen for humans" it's an ultimate reckoning with the skeptics and a final proof that they have been right all along. After all, the International Agency for Research on Cancer is gotta be right, right? And the media are happily spreading the news for some clickbait. Only one problem - it's probably complete BS ...
This event shows time and again, that even the world institutions that are supposed to be impartial are plagued by activism, wishful thinking and ideology. As this linked article outlines, the importance of multiple source corroboration, critical thinking and scientific objectivity and taking media clickbaits with a grain of salt is more important than ever ... So, no, I'm not stopping drinking Zero Coke ...
Wenn man sich ein bisschen mit #Telegram-Nutzern austauscht, die einen abgrundtiefen Hass auf alles Grüne hegen, taucht man voll in die Welt der #Fakenews ein.
✅ Die FörderProfi GmbH, eine Tochter von Viessmann, beschäftigt Anja Habeck.
❌ Sie ist weder verwandt noch verschwägert mit Robert Habeck.
Das ist aber egal, man kann trotzdem eine “lustige” Bildkachel dazu basteln und tausendfach teilen. Die Leute interpretieren das. Und werfen es #Habeck bzw mir in den Gesprächen vor. 🤦🏻♂️
Viral auf Twitter: Fake-Foto von Rauch am Pentagon lässt Aktienkurse absacken
Mit blauem oder goldenem Account "verifizierte" Accounts auf Twitter haben ein Foto geteilt, das eine Explosion am Pentagon zeigen soll. Es folgte Aufregung.
More than one in three Slovaks believe in EU insect mandate
More than one in three Slovaks believe Brussels is endangering public health by ordering insect protein be added to food without consumers knowing, despite the European Commission’s attempts to debunk the hoax, a new study has found.
The Ipsos study conducted for the Central European Digital Media Observatory also looked into other conspiracy theories, finding that 37% of Slovaks believe their president consulted members of the new technocratic government with the US embassy, and 53% believe election fraud is “highly possible”.
Regarding the debunked EU insect mandate, 36% believe in Brussels’ plans to force companies to put insects in the food they produce, with far-right and nationalist voters among those who believed the hoax most.
A test of five #AI-image detection tools finds they often struggle with altered and low quality images and sometimes even fail when an image is obviously fake.
Wenn Redaktionen von Qualitätsmedien mal beschlossen haben, jemand sei #Experte für Gebiet X, ist er auch sehr bald Experte für Gebiet Y. Ob er tatsächlich für irgendwas Experte ist, wird dann sehr schnell egal. Hauptsache der Personal Brand stimmt. #AhmadMansour ist so zu dem Go-To-AntiMuslim-Muslim-Experten Deutschlands geworden. #Medien#ÖRR#Politik#Hochstapelei#FakeNews#Journalismus
Twitter se retire du code européen contre la désinformation en ligne
Si il fallait une raison de plus de quitter TWITTER hé bien la voilà. Elon Musk confirme son statut de voyou en apportant un soutient sans faille aux complotistes et autre émetteurs de fausses nouvelles. Et dire que ce gars a été reçu à l'élysée 🙄.
Presseportal für Schulen: Kultusminister unterzeichnen Vertrag für Nutzung
Zeitungsartikel lesen, ausschneiden, aufkleben, vervielfältigen – diese Arbeit soll Lehrkräften durch das "Presseportal für Schulen" künftig erspart bleiben.
🤡 YouTube will stop removing false claims of 2020 US election fraud
➥ @lemonde
"The ability to openly debate political ideas, even those that are controversial or based on disproven assumptions, is core to a functioning democratic society – especially in the midst of election season," YouTube said in a blog post.
#Brasil#BigTech#Google#Meta#Lobbying#FakeNews: "O Google e a Meta - controladora do Facebook, Whatsapp e Instagram – lideraram uma operação de pressão e lobby para derrubar o Projeto de Lei 2630, o PL das Fake News, da pauta do Congresso brasileiro. Ao longo de 14 dias, as empresas e outras big techs atuaram fortemente para deputados se posicionarem contra a proposta, com ameaças de retirar conteúdo das redes sociais e disseminação de uma campanha de ataques às contas deles na internet.
Um monitoramento do Estadão revelou que a pressão das empresas fez com que pelo menos 33 deputados mudassem de posicionamento entre a aprovação do requerimento de urgência, dia 19 de abril, e a retirada de pauta, em 2 de maio."