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Chinese disinformation clumsy but unkillable
Published on 16/12/2023
» When a Twitter account for Spencer Taggart, a business coach in the US state of Utah, began posting about hot-button political issues in 2020, it garnered widespread attention. Tweets about an endemic cultural divide in the US and support for Black Lives Matter were shared by two Chinese embassy officials.
Oh my gourd: Hippo-sized pumpkin is world's biggest
AFP, Published on 11/10/2023
» LOS ANGELES - A monster pumpkin weighing the same as a hippopotamus has claimed the world record for the mightiest gourd -- and bagged its grower a $30,000 prize.
A Hawaiian mystery in Las Vegas
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 16/07/2023
» When Pauline Kauinani Souza was a child in Hawaii, she spent early mornings watering her grandfather's watermelons and papaya trees.
Climate scientists flee Twitter as hostility surges
AFP, Published on 24/05/2023
» PARIS: Scientists suffering insults and mass-spam are abandoning Twitter for alternative social networks as hostile climate-change denialism surges on the platform following Elon Musk's takeover.
China's Weibo mutes spammers for hijacking trending #Taiwan Strait drill topic
South China Morning Post, Published on 10/04/2023
» China's biggest microblogging site muted a number of social media accounts on the weekend after they tried to advertise on the back of interest in military drills in the Taiwan Strait.
China tech firms need to raise their game on security concerns posed by ChatGPT-like services, experts say
South China Morning Post, Published on 07/03/2023
» As global tech firms scramble to offer rival products to ChatGPT, the much-talked-about chatbot launched by San Francisco-based tech start-up OpenAI, Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) and security experts are warning that the unchecked growth of such services raises cybersecurity concerns.
Deepfake 'news anchors' in pro-China report - researchers
AFP, Published on 08/02/2023
» WASHINGTON: The "news broadcasters" appear stunningly real, but they are AI-generated deepfakes in first-of-their-kind propaganda videos that a research report published Tuesday attributed to Chinese state-aligned actors.
Musk: Twitter's ban on Trump 'grave mistake'
Reuters, Published on 26/11/2022
» WASHINGTON: Twitter's ban on then President Donald Trump after the Jan 6, 2021, attack on the United States Capitol by his supporters was a "grave mistake" that had to be corrected, Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Friday, although he also stated that incitement to violence would continue to be prohibited on Twitter.
Musk announces 'amnesty' for banned Twitter accounts after poll
AFP, Published on 25/11/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO - Elon Musk said Thursday many previously suspended Twitter accounts would be allowed back on the platform after a landslide of users responding to an informal poll by the new owner voted in favor of the move.
Musk floats 'general amnesty' of suspended Twitter accounts
AFP, Published on 24/11/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO - New Twitter owner Elon Musk on Wednesday polled users on whether the site should offer a general amnesty to suspended accounts, using the same method he used to handle the case of Donald Trump.