YouTube Adding Experimental Community Notes Feature to Battle Misinformation

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YouTube will soon be testing a feature that allows users to add notes under videos to correct inaccurate or misleading information, according to an announcement from the video-sharing platform on Monday. And while it sounds strikingly similar to X’s Community Notes program, there are still a lot of questions about how…

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Russia 'will likely lose' its war in Ukraine if the US can keep from falling prey to Moscow's information game, conflict analysts say

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Ukrainian army soldiers of the 22nd brigade during tank training as Russia-Ukraine war continues in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on October 29, 2023.
Ukrainian army soldiers of the 22nd brigade during tank training as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on October 29, 2023.

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Putin official compared Zelenskyy to Brad Pitt, said his image couldn't be trashed, says report

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and American actor Brad Pitt.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and American actor Brad Pitt.

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OpenAI's Sora Is a Giant 'F*ck You' to Reality

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Everybody knows that online disinformation is a huge problem—one that has arguably torn communities apart, manipulated elections, and caused certain segments of the global population

Zero knowledge proofs could 'fix the Internet' and make us all trust each other again, former Merck CIO says

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Toposware founder CEO Theo Gauthier
Toposware founder CEO Theo Gauthier

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A new California law regulating online content moderation will force X to reveal how it reviews hate speech

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Since Musk's $44 billion takeover of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, he declared himself a "free speech absolutist."

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European Commission launches investigation into Elon Musk's X

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Elon Musk
The European Commission launched formal proceedings against the platform on Monday.

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Cameo celebs appear to have been punked by Russian propaganda trolls

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Elijah Woods, Kate Flannery and Dean Norris
Elijah Wood, Kate Flannery, and Dean Norris all made video messages on Cameo, a report says. Their recipient: "Vladimir."

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False claims dead Palestinian baby was 'a doll' go viral on social media in the Israel-Hamas disinformation war

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Displaced Palestinian woman sits with her children inside their tent where they take shelter, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip December 2, 2023.
Displaced Palestinian woman sits with her children inside their tent where they take shelter, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip December 2, 2023.

Elon Musk's pet feature on X took as long as 3 days to flag fake news about Israel and Gaza, analysis shows

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Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and X attends the AI Safety Summit in Bletchley Park, on November 1, 2023 in Bletchley, England.
Elon Musk.

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