UK woman felt 'violated, assaulted' by deepfake Grok imagesBritish academic Daisy Dixon felt "violated" after the Grok chatbot on Elon Musk's X social media platform allowed users to generate sexual...
As users target Elon Musk, Reddit bans one of its communities and removes another; here's what they were sharingReddit banned and removed communities that targeted Elon Musk and his team. One subreddit was temporarily shut down due to violent comments...
Elon Musk's X ineffective against surge of US election misinformation, report saysCommunity Notes, a fact-checking feature on Elon Musk's X, is failing to counter false claims about the U.S. election, according to a CCDH ...
'Misinformation megaphone': Elon Musk stokes tension before US electionElon Musk faces criticism for using his platform X, formerly Twitter, to spread misinformation and influence the US election. Researchers w...
Meta's Instagram failed to curtail hate speech against women politicians: reportMeta's Instagram failed to delete abusive comments aimed at female politicians running for the 2024 U.S. elections. The Center for Counteri...
Elon Musk's misleading election posts viewed 1.2 billion times: studyFalse or misleading US election claims posted on X by Elon Musk have amassed nearly 1.2 billion views this year, a watchdog reported Thursd...
Elon Musk's misleading election posts viewed 1.2 billion times: studyA watchdog reported Thursday that false or misleading US election claims posted on X by Elon Musk have garnered nearly 1.2 billion views th...
'Lies are flooding feeds': AI fakery raises US voter manipulation fearsA "deepfake" video parodying Kamala Harris, a manipulated expletive-laden clip of Joe Biden, and a doctored image of Donald Trump being arr...
How an Israeli firm tried to build anti-BJP narrative during pollsOpenAI claims to have disrupted an AI-based covert operation launched by an Israeli firm that allegedly peddled anti-BJP agenda. In 2021, t...
Elon Musk's X Corp loses lawsuit against hate speech watchdogA U.S. judge on Monday dismiss X Corp's lawsuit against a nonprofit group that has criticized a rise in hate speech on the social media pla...
OpenAI, Microsoft AI tools generate misleading election images: researchersThe Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a nonprofit that monitors online hate speech, used generative AI tools to create images of U...
US judge signals Elon Musk's X may lose case against hate speech watchdogX sued the Center for Countering Digital Hate last July, accusing it of causing tens of millions of dollars in damages through a "scare cam...
Elon Musk's X restructuring curtails disinformation research, spurs legal fearsMusk's restrictions on critical methods of gathering data on the global platform have suppressed the ability to untangle the origin and spr...
TikTok videos promoting steroid break social media with millions of viewsA recent report by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) highlights TikTok's role in promoting bodybuilding drugs, including steroi...
Elon Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented rise in hateful tweetsAn attorney representing the social media site wrote to the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) on July 20 threatening legal action o...
'Monetizing hate': Unease as misinformation swirls on TwitterThe Tesla tycoon bitterly denies that misinformation has surged since his turbulent $44 billion acquisition of the messaging platform, but ...
US lawmakers urge Google to fix misleading abortion search resultsAccording to USA Today, some Democratic members of Congress have asked Alphabet chief executive officer (CEO) Sundar Pichai to address conc...