Insiders Say X’s Crowdsourced Anti-Disinformation Tool Is Making the Problem Worse
X is promoting Community Notes to solve its disinformation problems, but some former employees and people who currently contribute notes say it’s […]
Tag: Security / National Security
Elon Musk’s Main Tool for Fighting Disinformation on X Is Making the Problem Worse, Insiders Claim
On Saturday, the official Israel account on X posted a picture of what looks like a child’s bedroom with blood covering the […]
A Graphic Hamas Video Donald Trump Jr. Shared on X Is Actually Real, Research Confirms
X replaces the names of users who suggest the notes with aliases, making it impossible to see who submits any particular note. […]
The UN Risks Normalizing Internet Censorship
The United Nations’ main internet governance body will host its next international forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In 2025, the UN may […]
Elon Musk Is Personally Undermining X’s Efforts to Curb Israel-Hamas War Disinformation
yesterday night, what’s left of the Trust and Safety team at X (formerly Twitter) announced the measures it was taking to try […]
Activist Hackers Are Racing Into the Israel-Hamas War—for Both Sides
After an attack on Israel by Hamas on Saturday, Israel declared war and fighting escalated throughout the weekend. As the death toll […]
The Israel-Hamas War Is Drowning X in Disinformation
Musk deleted his recommendation soon after posting it, but not before it was viewed over 11 million times. Later on Sunday, Musk […]
Israel’s Failure to Stop the Hamas Attack Shows the Danger of Too Much Surveillance
Though details of exactly how the attack happened are still emerging, it seems that oversights related to grappling with this signal-and-noise conundrum […]
White Supremacist Active Clubs Are Breeding on Telegram
Telegram is also a hugely powerful recruiting tool, giving this movement a platform free of censorship or restrictions to spread its message […]
Chinese Hackers Are Hiding in Routers in the US and Japan
WIRED broke the news on Wednesday that SoundThinking, the company behind the gunshot-detection system ShotSpotter, is acquiring some assets—including patents, customers, and […]