🚫 EU's 24-Hr Challenge to Meta; NPR's Twitter Exit; Unmoderated Web
Today’s pick
Zuckerberg's Meta given 24-hour deadline by EU to take action against the spread of disinformation about Hamas' attack on Israel. The European Union has set a 24-hour deadline for Meta to tackle a wave of disinformation that has hit the platform since Hamas' Saturday attack on Israel. In a letter to Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg that was later shared on social media, the bloc’s domestic market head reminded Meta of its requirements to moderate content in line with the EU Digital Services Act (DSA). By Ryan Hogg via Fortune
A Meta spokesperson told Fortune it set up a special operations center following Saturday's attacks, which included Hebrew and Arabic speakers. - Andy Vermaut (@AndyVermaut)
Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible. This was true even before Elon Musk’s purchase of the platform a year ago. But the parade of calamities since — cutting back on moderation, unplugging servers, reinstating banned accounts, replacing verified check marks with paid subscription badges, throttling access to news sites, blaming the Anti-Defamation League for a decline in advertising — has made stepping away more appealing, either because the timeline is toxic or because the site simply doesn’t function the way it used to. Nieman Reports
Raise your hand if you are no longer on Twitter? - Alexander Russo (@alexanderrusso)
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This is what an unmoderated internet looks like. In February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine, I wrote a piece called “Everything will be all the time and everywhere,” where I essentially used social media, but mainly Twitter, to construct a ticking clock of the first hours of the invasion. By Ryan Broderick via Garbage Day
After this weekend, I'm ready to face facts: Community moderation, in almost every form, should be considered a failed project of the 2010s. We are right back where we started in 2012, but in much more online world. - Ryan Broderick (@broderick)
Lakera launches to protect large language models from malicious prompts. Large language models (LLMs) are the driving force behind the burgeoning generative AI movement, capable of interpreting and creating human-language texts from simple prompts — this could be anything from summarizing a document to writing poem to answering a question using data from myriad sources. By Paul Sawers via TechCrunch
Lakera launches to protect large language models from malicious prompts - Nathanael Durbin (@ndurbin)
RIAA wants AI voice cloning sites on government piracy watchlist. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) now considers AI voice cloning a potential copyright infringement threat and wants the US government to include it in its piracy watchdog list. In a submission to the US Trade Representative, the RIAA asked the government to include the category of AI voice cloning in its annual list of entities that reportedly promote piracy or counterfeiting. By Emilia David via The Verge
RIAA wants AI voice cloning sites on government piracy watchlist - Haris Shahid (@harisshahid01)
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