NEW: @CAGovernor Newsom signs three bills to combat deepfake election content: #AB2655, #AB2839, and #AB2355. "These measures will help to combat the harmful use of deepfakes in political ads and other content” - @CAGovernor Newsom gov.ca.gov/2024/09/17/gov…

In Opinion “As world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly tuck into fine banquets next week," Nicholas Kristof says, “may they be awakened by thoughts of an orphan of Darfur who ignores her own hunger and divides scraps of bread among her brother and sisters.”nyti.ms/3XZ3BCV

Elon Musk’s reposts of Kamala Harris deepfakes may not fly under new California law tcrn.ch/3ZqwUzf

Threats to local US election officials are rising, and more workers are quitting trib.al/TtcAzFx

Milestone: An AI chatbot is now cleared to give Buy-Sell investment advice Israel's stock market regulator has greenlit Bridgewise's Bridget chatbot to provide stock picking advice to leading bank's customers Bloomberg Technology Bloomberg Seth Fiegerman tinyurl.com/3uyz2w94 #AI

FTC announces crackdown on deceptive AI claims and schemes: bit.ly/3MWrynQ /1

This is what bank and fintech execs in the fraud / fincrime space have been calling for, for years... Meta today says it has expanded its data-sharing framework for scams to help banks in the UK fight online fraud. cnbc.com/2024/10/02/fac…

We are happy to share an interview with Cyber Crime Junkies Podcast and Hudson Rock's own Leonid Rozenberg covering infostealers, protecting identities online, hackers who sell vulnerabilities, and how to know if your identity is stolen. youtube.com/watch?v=SLH_3J…

The Meta Oversight Board’s effort to adjudicate the moderation decisions of Facebook, TikTok and YouTube in Europe has several drawbacks, Dave Lee says trib.al/PWeCqym via Bloomberg Opinion

Yep, misinformation can do serious harm... ‘The worst I have ever seen’: Disinformation chaos hammers FEMA politi.co/4ezFDnw via POLITICO "Conspiracies and rumors are hurting recovery and relief efforts..."

I talked to a couple of Wikipedia editors who founded a project to protect the site from AI-generated misinformation 404media.co/the-editors-pr…

It's really happening: Russia is proposing a BRICS “multicurrency system” for cross-border trade. This will help countries circumvent illegal Western unilateral sanctions. It will also let them settle transactions in local currencies, not the US dollar. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Held on #WorldMentalHealthDay , Merel Zoet interviews Dr Elizabeth Pearson on the safety and security of researchers/journalists when investigating cases of online extremism and terrorism. 👂on podcast platforms under 'Stage Talks with Bellingcat' or on YouTube: youtu.be/42Csege8gLg?fe…

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New -> Frustration grows as federal agency struggles to combat election lies spread by Americans cnn.com/2024/11/02/pol…

History shows that, if left untreated, extreme polarization is a mortal threat to democracy. And the US is in uncharted territory bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

For Europe, the next US president is a shock — and a catalyst for change bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Adrian Wooldridge

Google says it will stop serving political ads in the EU trib.al/pp15aZ2

“As a psychoanalyst,” Orna Guralnik writes, “I see how political disputes follow dynamics similar to disputes between couples, albeit amplified.” The principles that help couples might also help the country reconcile. Read: nyti.ms/410wTCV