Category Archives: social media and social protests
Now Available: Revised Draft of My Paper, Deep Fakes, Bots, and Siloed Justices: American Election Law in a Post-Truth World
This new draft has a much more extensive discussion of First Amendment issues related to the regulation of deep fakes:
Deep Fakes, Bots, and Siloed Justices: American Election Law in a Post-Truth World
This Essay forms the basis for the… Continue reading
“Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracy”
My New Essay/ Forthcoming Lecture: “Deep Fakes, Bots, and Siloed Justices: American Election Law in a Post-Truth World”
I have posted this draft on SSRN. I will be delivering a version of this paper as the 2019 Richard J. Childress Memorial Lecture at St. Louis University on October 11. There will be a great line up of commentators… Continue reading
“California is moving to ban deepfakes. What are they, anyway?”
The SacBee reports.
“Trump Consultant Is Trolling Democrats With Biden Site That Isn’t Biden’s”
NYT:
From top to bottom, the website, JoeBiden.info, breezily mocks the candidate in terms that would warm the heart of any Bernie Sanders supporter: There are GIFs of Mr. Biden touching women and girls, and blurbs about his less-than-liberal… Continue reading
“The Technology 202: It’s time for Congress to address deepfakes, experts say”
“This Deepfake of Mark Zuckerberg Tests Facebook’s Fake Video Policies”
VICE:
Two artists and an advertising company created a deepfake of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg saying things he never said, and uploaded it to Instagram.The video, created by artists Bill Posters and Daniel Howe in partnership with advertising company Canny,… Continue reading
“Russia’s manipulation of Twitter was far vaster than believed”
Politico:
Russia’s infamous troll farm conducted a campaign on Twitter before the 2016 elections that was larger, more coordinated and more effective than previously known, research from cybersecurity firm Symantec out Wednesday concluded.The Internet Research Agency campaign may not… Continue reading
“Facebook refuses to delete fake Pelosi video spread by Trump supporters”
The Guardian:
Facebook says it will continue to host a video of Nancy Pelosi that has been edited to give the impression that the Democratic House Speaker is drunk or unwell, in the latest incident highlighting its struggle to… Continue reading
“Faked Pelosi videos, slowed to make her appear drunk, spread across social media”
WaPo:
Distorted videos of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), altered to make her sound as if she’s drunkenly slurring her words, are spreading rapidly across social media, highlighting how political disinformation that clouds public understanding can now spread at the… Continue reading
“The Technology 202: Republicans make alleged conservative bias top priority at election security hearing”
WaPo:
Google, Facebook and Twitter executives came to Capitol Hill to testify about election security. Instead they faced a grilling about whether their platforms are biased against conservatives.A string of Republicans on the House Oversight and Reform Committee skipped… Continue reading
“Facebook Curbs Incentives to Sell Political Ads Ahead of 2020 Election Company; leaders considered dropping such ads, which are now viewed as a headache”
WSJ:
Facebook said it stopped paying commissions to employees who sell political ads, as the tech giant overhauls how it engages with campaigns ahead of elections in 2020.Once seen as a growth area, political ads are now viewed within… Continue reading
In Important Step and In Rare Bipartisan Fashion, Federal Election Commission Unanimously Approves Measure to Provide Free or Reduced-Cost Cybersecurity Protection for American Campaigns [Subject to Disclosure of, and Limits on Sources of Funding for Effort (That Part’s Not Unanimous)]
This is very good news. You can find the advisory opinion here. It is unanimous, except the Republican commissioners would not have imposed the disclosure requirements or source limitations.
From Chair Weintraub’s letter:
Under the unusual and exigent circumstances… Continue reading