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  • Sundar PichaiLeadership

    ‘This is a good news story in what has essentially been a bad news business’: Google expands ‘prebunking’ program

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The Google logo is seen at the Vivatech show in Paris, France, June 15, 2022. Google is expanding an initiative that shows promise in fighting online misinformation. The tech company announced Monday that it will roll out a new “prebunking” campaign in Germany. Pre-bunking works like a viral inoculation by priming a person’s critical thinking skills to make them more resistant to false claims. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)Tech

    Google’s now will be ‘prebunking’ online misinformation

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • YelpTech

    Yelp is removing an exponentially increasing amount of racist restaurant reviews from its platform

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Someone holding a smart phone with a ChatGPT prompt.Tech

    It turns out that ChatGPT is really good at creating online propaganda: ‘I think what’s clear is that in the wrong hands there’s going to be a lot of trouble’

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Elon Musk Twitter account displayed on a phone screen and Twitter logoTech

    Musk’s new Twitter verification system has put ‘rocket boosters’ on climate change lies and disinformation

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Tucker CarlsonHealth

    Tucker Carlson, social media and Damar Hamlin’s horror injury combine to create a vaccine misinformation field day

    By Ali Swenson, David Klepper, and others
  • FILE – SpaceX’s Elon Musk waves while providing an update on Starship, on Feb. 10, 2022, near Brownsville, Texas. Musk’s Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the advisory group of around 100 independent civil, human rights and other organizations that the company formed in 2016 to address hate speech, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm and other problems on the platform. The council had been scheduled to meet with Twitter representatives Monday night, Dec. 12. But Twitter informed the group via email that it was disbanding it shortly before the meeting was to take place, according to multiple members. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald via AP, File)Tech

    Here’s how Elon Musk is changing what appears on your Twitter feed

    By Matt O'Brien, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • Former President Donald Trump greets people after announcing he is running for president for the third time as he speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Son Barron Trump watches. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)Politics

    Trump may have declared his 2024 presidential bid, but Facebook is still banning him

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • man looks at phoneTech

    Anti-Black racial slur on Twitter was 3x higher than the 2022 average in the week after Musk’s takeover, report says

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • The Twitter profile belonging to the 46th US President Joe Biden on an Apple iPhone mobile phonePolitics

    Check sources, know your blind spots, and pay attention to your emotions: Tips for navigating social media on Election Day

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Person looking at phoneTech

    Popular far-right video sharing platform Rumble is riddled with election misinformation, study says

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Affidavit printers are lined up at the Maricopa County Elections Department in Phoenix, Sept. 8, 2022. The seeds of misinformation about next week’s midterm elections were planted in 2020. And despite efforts by tech companies to slow their spread, misleading claims about mail ballots, vote tallying and certification never went away. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)Politics

    Here’s what election misinformation you can expect in the 2022 midterms

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • GRUENHEIDE, GERMANY – AUGUST 13: Tesla CEO Elon Musk talks during a tour of the plant of the future foundry of the Tesla Gigafactory on August 13, 2021 in Grünheide near Berlin, Germany. The US company plans to build around 500,000 of the compact Model 3 and Model Y series here every year. (Photo by Patrick Pleul – Pool/Getty Images)Tech

    Just days after buying Twitter, Elon Musk fuels a surge in misinformation on the service about the Pelosi attack

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Elon Musk speaks at a conference.Tech

    Elon Musk’s Twitter faces early test in U.S. midterms: ‘Disinformation can pay off big time’

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The Facebook logo is seen on a mobile phone, Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston. Social media platforms like Facebook, TikTok and Twitter say they’re taking steps to prevent the spread of misinformation about voting and elections ahead of next month’s midterm elections. Yet a look at some of the most popular platforms shows baseless claims about election fraud continue to flourish. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)Politics

    ‘You would think that they would have learned by now.’ Facebook and other social media still serve up election lies weeks before midterms

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press