Notices tagged with content

A content mind is able to consider the needs of others, www.compassmethods.com. https://youtube.com/@compassionscompass-sb7jo?si=fjh_9GrbwyQlxjso #mentalhealth #content #love #compassion #wisdom

While #X *eventually* added labels beneath the video indicating the #content had been #manipulated, multiple versions of the clip remain online. In all, posts featuring the video garnered at least 5M views….

In a political environment awash w/ false claims, including sophisticated #faked videos of prominent figures, the hoax was unusual in that it appeared to draw on open-source research to crudely steal the identity of someone who had a tenuous historical connection to a candidate….

#fraud

Her frustration is a product of a change of heart by #Meta CEO Mark #Zuckerberg. In 2021, he began pulling back on political #content on #Facebook, after years of being accused by #Republicans of favoring #Democrats. [coward]

The hatchet fell on #Instagram this year. In a Feb blog post, Meta said it would no longer “proactively recommend content about #politics,” including topics “potentially related to things like #laws, #elections, or #social topics.”

#tech #SocialMedia #internet #censorship

This is not exactly “#censorship” — anyone can still post about #politics, & people who already follow you can still see it. That’s how Taylor Swift reached her 283 million followers w/an endorsement of #KamalaHarris.

But it is a form of what #creators have long called “#shadowbanning”: reducing the reach of certain kinds of #content w/o being transparent about when it’s happening. Political campaigns, too, have been scrambling to find alternative ways to break through.

#tech #SocialMedia

Translation: #Meta tightened the reins over what to put in your #feed & Explore tab, specifically from accounts you don’t already follow.

As part of the shift, #Instagram also opted everyone into a new #setting to have it recommend less #political #content from accounts you don’t follow. It did NOT alert users to this inside the Instagram #app. (If you don’t want a #sanitized feed on Instagram, #Facebook or #Threads, instructions for how to change your #settings below)

#SocialMedia #censorship

“As we’ve said for years, people have told us they want to see less #politics overall while still being able to engage w/political #content on our #platforms if they want to — & that’s exactly what we’ve been doing,” #Meta spox Corey Chambliss said…

[Remember]…in 2011 when #Zuckerberg live-streamed an interview w/Pres #Obama that explored how #SocialMedia would contribute to #democracy. “What #Facebook allows us to do is make sure this isn’t just a one-way conversation,” Obama said…
#tech #news

#Instagram never flagged any of her individual posts as being too political to recommend.

It is possible that Fodor’s political stuff isn’t popular because it isn’t as good. But the data suggests that isn’t likely. Looking at the details of her audience reports, Fowler could see that her political content was, on average, seen by significantly fewer people who aren’t her followers — suggesting that Instagram was putting a thumb on the scale.

#tech #SocialMedia #content #censorship #politics

But that *definition* could rule out wide swaths of the lived human experience, including people talking about their family in the #MiddleEast or simply being #gay or #trans.

“These are such integral parts of some people’s #identities & livelihoods — #Meta’s gone so far as to limit their capability to talk about who they are & what they care about,” says Zach Praiss, #AccountableTech’s campaigns director, who led the organization’s research.

#tech #SocialMedia #content #censorship #politics

Fowler also asked #Meta for a list of forbidden keywords, after noticing that Fodor’s use of “#vote” in captions correlated to a steep audience drop. Meta wouldn’t share that, either, saying thousands of factors affect how #content is ranked & recommended.
In a statement earlier in the year, Meta defined “#social topics” as “content that identifies a problem that impacts people & is caused by the action or inaction of others, which can include issues like international relations or crime.”
#tech

Fowler sent #Meta questions about how it determines what to reduce. It wouldn’t detail what it means by “#political & social issues” beyond content potentially related to “things like #laws, #elections, or #social topics.”

How do its automated systems make these calls? Would mentioning Taylor Swift count as political? What about coconuts? Can it make a distinction between voting information & partisan bickering?

#tech #SocialMedia #content #censorship #politics

Don’t say ‘vote’: How Instagram hides your political posts

WaPo #tech columnist Geoffrey A. Fowler investigates how #Meta’s #Instagram, #Facebook & #Threads suppress #content related to the #election. Even discussing how to #vote isn’t safe.

…Fowler shows exactly how #democracy dies on Instagram.

#SocialMedia #internet #censorship #politics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/16/instagram-limits-political-content-shadowban-election-posts/

[FactCheck] #Farright #Antitrans #Propaganda falsely claimed #HurricaneMilton was #renamed to '#HurricaneMillicent' for #TransgenderAwarenessMonth

The #content of these #socialmedia #posts have been rated as #false. The above post raised the factcheckers #suspicions because the two #screenshots were not accompanied by #links to any #articles from the #websites.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/fact-check-hurricane-milton-wasnt-210300383.html

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This also raises a broader question for the #Fediverse: how will it detect, remove, and prevent #AI #content?

#InfluenceOperation Relied on #Influencers, #AI-Generated #Content, Paid #SocialMedia #Ads, & Social Media Accounts to Drive #Internet Traffic to #Cybersquatted & Other #Domains

The #DOJ announced the ongoing seizure of 32 internet domains used in #Russia govt-directed foreign malign influence campaigns colloquially referred to as “#Doppelganger,” in violation of US #MoneyLaundering & #criminal #trademark laws.

#Propaganda #law #ElectionInterference #MediaLiteracy
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-disrupts-covert-russian-government-sponsored-foreign-malign-influence

#SCOTUS says #ContentModeration is #speech

Writing for the majority, Justice #Kagan said #SocialMedia sites engage in expression of their own when they curate & #moderate posts, making that activity eligible for #FirstAmendment protection. That’s true even if they allow most posts & restrict only a few categories of content. And it’s true regardless of whether they take posts down manually or use #algorithms.

#law #tech #online #content #moderation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/02/netchoice-scotus-content-moderation-speech/

Now #Democrats are turning that complaint around, questioning whether #GOP ally #ElonMusk’s #X is suppressing #content favoring MVP #KamalaHarris to help #Trump’s reelection bid.

On Mon, Rep #JerryNadler (D) called on House #Judiciary Chair #GymJordan (R) to “investigate political censorship” on X, citing the company’s #chatbot, #Grok, falsely telling users #Harris was ineligible to appear on the 2024 ballot.

#SocialMedia #moderation #disinformation #tech #policy #regulation
#VoteBlue

The missives reflect growing fear among #Democrats that #ElonMusk — who has vocally endorsed #Trump & *interviewed* him on the site late Monday — could use his platform to give Trump & other #Republicans a leg up in this year’s elections.

A handful of recent #content #moderation decisions by #X have heightened those concerns.

#Musk #bias #ElectionInterference #law #SocialMedia #moderation #disinformation #tech #policy #regulation
#VoteBlue

Polly and guest Juergen Berkessel explore the implications of YouTube's new AI disclosure policy on podcasters and content creators.

Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AUg7s

#YouTube #YouTubePodcasting #AddYoutubeVideos #Content #AIDisclosure #YouTubePolicy #InsightfulEpisode #ContentTransparency #Podcasting #Newpodcastalert #Podcastcommunity #Podcastlife #CreatorStudioIncludes #LongTermEffect

Ok, so the #Maven team states that they deleted the posts they INGESTED WITHOUT CONSENT after the huge negative response from the #fediverse #community.

But yet, the question remains, don't 'The Rules' of each server include the fact that #UserContent is not to be stolen (taken without consent) ?

I mean one of the #MainReason to switch from #bigTech, is the idea that my #content is #notForSale, especially without my explicit say so.

https://wedistribute.org/2024/06/maven-mastodon-posts/

#Privacy #Ownership #Mastodon