NEWS: After sustained attacks from House Republicans, the Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled. A huge blow to academic freedom and our ability to understand platforms and influence operations https://www.platformer.news/stanford-internet-observatory-shutdown-stamos-diresta-sio/

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 Sam Altman gets what he wants https://www.platformer.news/sam-altman-openai-board-wilmer-hale-investigation/

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 At least 16 countries have already experimented with using generative AI to mislead their citizens: https://www.platformer.news/p/how-authoritarian-governments-are

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 After deepfakes roiled this weekend’s election in Slovakia, I wrote about why fact-checking seemingly does so little to fight fake social media posts — and about something else that might  https://www.platformer.news/p/why-fact-checking-fails-to-stop-deepfakes

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 I wrote about the Republican effort to stop the government, platforms, and academics from talking to each other about interference in our elections https://www.platformer.news/p/the-campaign-against-governments

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 Amid new scrutiny from the FTC, internal documents reveal two top security concerns at X this summer: failing to delete user data on request, and inadequate controls around employee data access. With Zoe Schiffer https://www.platformer.news/p/the-ftc-takes-aim-at-x

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