An article about how misinformation spreads on a platform during a time of war and safeguards that the platform X should make to better address these issues,
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ADL Center for Tech and Society outlines the crucial steps that online platforms should take immediately related to the war in Israel and Gaza.
ADL and TTP examines whether four major social media platforms are potentially profiting from ad placements alongside searches for hate groups and extremists.
ADL strongly encourages the Oversight Board to affirm Meta's decision to remove Holocaust denial and distortion content, rightly classified as hate speech.
ADL and the Leadership Conference submitted comments to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) on Generative AI.
Despite game companies having policies prohibiting hate, researchers easily found usernames in 5 categories of hate across 5 popular online multiplayer games.
Threads raises concerns similar to other Meta platforms on user safety, policies on hate, harassment, and extremism, transparency, and election integrity.
webpage hosting CTS' comments for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration on AI Accountability Policy
Twitter’s decision to reinstate influential banned accounts allowed CTS to examine how they act as nodes in broader networks and exploit inadequate policies
ADL CTS highlights 6 questions for policymakers and industry concerning the advent of generative artificial intelligence such as Chat GPT and dall-e
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) has dominated news headlines for its potential to transform how we work, write, and play. For example, OpenAI’s ChatGPT allows people to ask various questions, summarize a book or write a new song in the style of their favorite musical artist. AI-enhanced search tools return summaries of online content, rather than a list of links to different webpages. Other tools create realistic photos or pieces of artwork from a description. Some tools create…
Policy and enforcement developments since Elon Musk acquisition of Twitter and what they mean for enforcement of hate speech policies and protecting users.
Despite purported changes to its policy enforcement and the stated intent of its management, Twitter continues to host antisemitic threats and tropes.
False and misleading social media harms elections, undermines public trust, normalizes baseless challenges to elections, stokes harassment and incites violence.
An explanation of how harassment works on Twitter and how it is overlooked.
As Elon Musk moves into his new role as Twitter's CEO, here are the top five things ADL will be looking at closely in the short term.
ADL’s analysis found Meta has accepted large sums of money for ads on hateful topics such as antisemitism and transphobia. In some cases, Meta even accepted money for ads that violated its hate speech policy.
New York, NY, October 27, 2022 ... ADL (Anti-Defamation League) CEO and National Director Jonathan A. Greenblatt issued the following statement regarding Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter:
"Despite my reservations, I was cautiously optimistic that Elon Musk would take the concerns of civil society to heart, but developments over the past two weeks have been troubling. This includes, but is not limited to, Mr. Musk warmly welcoming back Ye to Twitter after Ye made antisemitic comments on…
Experienced advocate for tech transparency and accountability to lead ADL’s efforts to combat online hate and harassmentNew York, NY, September 29, 2022 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced that it has hired Yael Eisenstat as Vice President, where she will lead the Center for Technology and Society (CTS). Eisenstat is an experienced leader and outspoken advocate for transparency and accountability in the tech industry.
Eisenstat has spent more than 20 years…
Summary
The United States midterm electoral campaigns are in full force as candidates prepare advertisements and voter outreach. Social media is an integral part of their campaigning as more than half of all Americans get news from a social media platform.
But false or misleading information (including misinformation, spread without malice or coordination, and disinformation, purposely created to manipulate or cause harm) runs rampant on platforms, subverting democracy and leading…