The EU has officially opened a significant investigation into Meta for its alleged failures to remove election disinformation. While the European Commission’s statement doesn’t explicitly mention Russia, Meta confirmed to Engadget the EU probe targets the country’s Doppelganger campaign, an online disinformation operation pushing pro-Kremlin propaganda. Bloomberg’s sources also said the probe was focused on the Russian disinformation operation, describing it as a series of “attempts to replicate...
The radio presenter will run in the Dublin constituency.
The European Union is getting ready to launch a new investigation into Meta over its handling of election-related content, according to a new report in The Guardian. Details of the investigation could be announced “later this week,” but European officials are reportedly concerned about “deceptive advertising and political content.” According to the Financial Times, the EU has also raised concerns about Russia’s “efforts to undermine upcoming European elections” and other foreign interference...
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With India having the world's biggest election, Meta assures that any election-related queries on its AI chatbot will not interfere with people's perspectives on their chosen candidates.
Unlike Nigeria, where we make a fetish of electoral materials and designate some of them as “sensitive”, India has since demystified theirs.
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