Disturbing revelations from AI Forensics: Meta's failure to monitor political ads creates a playground for pro-Russian manipulation ahead of #EUelections2024. With only 5% of political ads caught, urgent action by European Commission is needed to stop this. aiforensics.org/work/meta-poli…

A strong signal for online hate against women: the law passed today protects those affected. By 2027, all EU member states must ensure that dickpics, unwanted sexualised #deepfakes and other forms of misogyny are prosecuted. #VAWG x.com/EP_President/s…

We are going to Japan. To be precise: NHK WORLD News, Japan's public media organisation, spoke to our Managing Director Anna-Lena about restoring online dignity. Watch the full interview here: www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/sh…

#Disinformation counts as one of the greatest risks of our time. We have been saying this for years – and AI-generated deepfakes in the Indian election campaign make it clear once again: the future of #democracy will be decided online. reuters.com/world/india/de…

Perhaps a new era of social media: a billionaire intends to buy TikTok in the US. And wants to fundamentally change the platform. Because it is not a law of nature that social media should promote hatred and division. #SafetyByDesign nytimes.com/2024/05/15/bus…

The #DigitalServicesAct mandates user-friendly reporting for illegal content. However, TikTok's interface design will likely be leading to fewer reports. We've filed a complaint with the Bundesnetzagentur. See @DanielHolznagel's analysis for more details: verfassungsblog.de/follow-me-to-u…

On Tuesday was the hearing at Berlin Regional Court for our case with EUJS - European Union of Jewish Students against Twitter Deutschland. X is using formal reasons to make strategic litigation against them impossible. We'll go through all instances if necessary & inform you when the judgement is available. #TwitterTrial

Laws for a fairer internet already do exist. We're making sure for you that these actually will be complied with. Our Managing Director Josephine will be on the advisory board of the Digital Services Coordinator in Germany. We are excited!🚀 #DigitalServicesAct

Deepfakes are a threat to our democratic society. Hence we welcome the new criminal offense proposal for deepfakes by Bundesrat and urge that it should go even further to eliminate grey areas. dw.com/en/fighting-de…

Our #TwitterTrial with EUJS - European Union of Jewish Students: Rejected for lack of jurisdiction. X again doesn't care about the problems on their platform. Instead, they choose a loophole. What happened and why we will now be going to the next instance all the more: hateaid.org/en/x-finds-loo…

Long overdue: Telegram will now provide user data to authorities who have valid legal requests. But whether this will be enough to combat crime on the messaging service and how to prevent an exploitation by authoritarian governments remains unclear. bbc.com/news/articles/…

We have filed a complaint against YouTube with the Digital Services Coordinator due to indications of violations of the #DigitalServicesAct. We see shortcomings particularly in the explanation of legal options and access to internal complaints systems.

*New article* on the EU's Directive on Violence Against Women, specifically measures on image-based abuse, with Carlotta Rigotti and Franzi Benning HateAid We welcome the Directive, but outline its limitations, and discuss the #DSA and #AIAct #MoreToDo cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Thousands of women have been victimized by fake porn images created by artificial intelligence. The victims include minors, celebrities and politicians. DER SPIEGEL went searching for those behind the malicious platforms. dlvr.it/TH8PXf