Elissa Nakajima Wickham
@enwickham.bsky.social
Researching on Hate Speech, Online Radicalization, Disinformation, and Platform Politics | MA at the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo.
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Breaking News: Disney, Apple and Lionsgate halted ads on X as Elon Musk faced a furor over his endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory on the social media app, formerly known as Twitter.
Advertisers Flee X as Outcry Grows Over Musk’s Endorsement of Antisemitic Post
Disney, Apple and Lionsgate halted marketing on X, formerly Twitter, as Elon Musk faced a furor over antisemitic abuse on his social media platform.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2023 at 11:02 PM
Breaking News: Disney, Apple and Lionsgate halted ads on X as Elon Musk faced a furor over his endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory on the social media app, formerly known as Twitter.
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Several good articles analyzing Twitter's degradation (less users, more hate speech) in the year since Musk took over. Unfortunately, since Musk shut down free API access for researchers, it will be impossible for us to get a comprehensive view of what's happening on the platform.
October 27, 2023 at 3:56 PM
Several good articles analyzing Twitter's degradation (less users, more hate speech) in the year since Musk took over. Unfortunately, since Musk shut down free API access for researchers, it will be impossible for us to get a comprehensive view of what's happening on the platform.
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Breaking News: The Supreme Court paused a ban on many U.S. officials’ contacts with tech platforms and will hear an appeal, setting up a major free speech case.
Supreme Court Pauses Ban on Biden Officials’ Contacts With Tech Platforms Pending Review
The court agreed to hear the administration’s appeal, setting the stage for a major ruling on what the government may do to encourage sites to delete asserted misinformation.
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2023 at 9:37 PM
Breaking News: The Supreme Court paused a ban on many U.S. officials’ contacts with tech platforms and will hear an appeal, setting up a major free speech case.
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Social media platform X’s Community Notes has attached incorrect information to posts about a Taylor Swift bodyguard, who has reportedly re-enlisted to fight for Israel. Read the full story 👇 www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/10...
X’s Community Notes is Spreading False Information About Taylor Swift’s Bodyguard - bellingcat
Social media platform X’s Community Notes is spreading false information about Taylor Swift’s Bodyguard. On Tuesday October 17, Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom reported that an Israeli bodyguard wh...
www.bellingcat.com
October 20, 2023 at 10:06 PM
Social media platform X’s Community Notes has attached incorrect information to posts about a Taylor Swift bodyguard, who has reportedly re-enlisted to fight for Israel. Read the full story 👇 www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/10...
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Social platforms continue to share less and less data with researchers, making it harder than ever to understand how pieces of misinformation (i.e. around the Israel-Hamas war) fit into the overall information ecosystem. CSMaP's Zeve Sanderson talks to NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinfo...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinfo...
Israel-Hamas war misinformation is harder to track, researchers say
Misleading content about the conflict is rampant online, and watchdogs say major platforms’ changing practices have made it “close to impossible” for them to keep up.
www.nbcnews.com
October 16, 2023 at 8:45 PM
Social platforms continue to share less and less data with researchers, making it harder than ever to understand how pieces of misinformation (i.e. around the Israel-Hamas war) fit into the overall information ecosystem. CSMaP's Zeve Sanderson talks to NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinfo...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinfo...
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In Pooja Chaudhuri‘s first piece of research for Bellingcat, we explore how music videos generated on YouTube are encouraging the expulsion of Muslims from India www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/10...
YouTube is Autogenerating Videos for Songs Advocating the Expulsion of Muslims from India - bellingc...
YouTube is autogenerating videos for “Hindutva Pop” songs, a genre affiliated anti-Muslim, right-wing Hindu extremism.
www.bellingcat.com
October 16, 2023 at 9:36 AM
In Pooja Chaudhuri‘s first piece of research for Bellingcat, we explore how music videos generated on YouTube are encouraging the expulsion of Muslims from India www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/10...
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We found multiple examples of songs that were removed because of hate speech by their own music labels but had found their way back online through Youtube-generated videos.
October 16, 2023 at 9:39 AM
We found multiple examples of songs that were removed because of hate speech by their own music labels but had found their way back online through Youtube-generated videos.
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Incredibly, this official campaign against researchers who are exercising their First Amendment rights is being carried out *in the name of free speech* www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Misinformation research is buckling under GOP legal attacks
The escalating campaign — led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Republicans — has cast a pall over programs that study not just political disinformation but also the quality of medical informa...
www.washingtonpost.com
September 25, 2023 at 11:53 AM
Incredibly, this official campaign against researchers who are exercising their First Amendment rights is being carried out *in the name of free speech* www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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A classic example of self-radicalisation, if I ever saw one, and what happens if you only get your view of the world vis warped disinfo on social media.
October 11, 2023 at 7:53 AM
A classic example of self-radicalisation, if I ever saw one, and what happens if you only get your view of the world vis warped disinfo on social media.
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As the situation escalates in Israel-Palestine, misinformation is rife. It can be difficult to decipher what is really happening and what is not. Our team has gathered examples of misrepresented footage and imagery from the latest conflict, helping you tell facts from fiction
Hamas Attacks, Israel Bombs Gaza and Misinformation Surges Online - bellingcat
Videos supposedly from the latest escalation of the conflict are actually years old, from the wrong country or don’t depict a warzone at all.
www.bellingcat.com
October 11, 2023 at 3:12 AM
As the situation escalates in Israel-Palestine, misinformation is rife. It can be difficult to decipher what is really happening and what is not. Our team has gathered examples of misrepresented footage and imagery from the latest conflict, helping you tell facts from fiction
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Musk clearly doesn't understand how the EU - as a regulator much less a political entity - works
It's for him to demonstrate compliance with the DSA. Not the other way around
Musk clearly doesn't understand how the EU - as a regulator much less a political entity - works
It's for him to demonstrate compliance with the DSA. Not the other way around
October 11, 2023 at 5:52 AM
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Musk clearly doesn't understand how the EU - as a regulator much less a political entity - works
It's for him to demonstrate compliance with the DSA. Not the other way around
Musk clearly doesn't understand how the EU - as a regulator much less a political entity - works
It's for him to demonstrate compliance with the DSA. Not the other way around
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People have been trying to use Threads to follow the news about the war in Israel, and Meta is still wholesale blocking searches on dozens of words, downranking journalism, and does not seem to want news on its platform at all
October 11, 2023 at 11:51 AM
People have been trying to use Threads to follow the news about the war in Israel, and Meta is still wholesale blocking searches on dozens of words, downranking journalism, and does not seem to want news on its platform at all
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The DSA is here to protect free speech against arbitrary decisions, and at the same time protect our citizens and democracies.
My requests to Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg following the terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel — and on tackling disinformation in elections in the EU ⤵️
My requests to Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg following the terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel — and on tackling disinformation in elections in the EU ⤵️
October 11, 2023 at 12:33 PM
The DSA is here to protect free speech against arbitrary decisions, and at the same time protect our citizens and democracies.
My requests to Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg following the terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel — and on tackling disinformation in elections in the EU ⤵️
My requests to Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg following the terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel — and on tackling disinformation in elections in the EU ⤵️