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Trust & Safety changelog
Stay on top of the latest changes affecting your Trust & Safety operations.
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Adult contentChild SafetyExtremismHarassmentHateMisinformationPrivacySelf-HarmSubstancesViolence
December 2023 | ||
| UK's government is joining forces with leading tech companies to develop and commit to the Online Fraud Charter. Read more | UK | RegulatoryMisinformation |
November 2023 | ||
| Meta is updating its political advertising policies to cover AI-generated imaged and videos. Read more | WorldMeta | ProductMisinformation |
| Australia is releasing new online safety standards to tackle terror and CSAM, including deepfakes created using generative AI. Read more or even more | Australia | RegulatoryChild SafetyExtremismMisinformationViolence |
| YouTube is announcing a series of policy changes aiming to inform viewers when content has been generated by AI. Read more | WorldYouTube | RegulatoryMisinformation |
October 2023 | ||
| X is announcing that posts corrected by Community Notes will now become ineligible for revenue share. Read more | World | ProductMisinformation |
| Meta and TikTok are announcing they took action to counter misinformation following the attack by Hamas on Israel. Read more or even more | WorldTikTok | ProductMisinformation |
| EU is warning Meta, X and TikTok that it could face fines for failing to remove illegal pro-Hamas content. Read more or even more | EUMetaTikTok | RegulatoryMisinformation |
| Meta's Oversight Board is planning to open a case involving political deepfakes. Read more or even more | WorldMeta | ProductMisinformation |
September 2023 | ||
| X is disabling a tool allowing users to report electoral fake news. Read more | World | ProductMisinformation |
August 2023 | ||
| ADL is urging Meta’s Oversight Board to take action to improve addressing Holocaust denial and distortion. Read more | WorldMeta | ProductHateMisinformation |
| Meta's Oversight Board is announcing Holocaust Denial as a new case for consideration, inviting people and organizations to submit public comments. Read more | WorldMeta | ProductHateMisinformation |
| Somalia is banning TikTok and Telegram over the spread of horrific content and misinformation. Read more | SomaliaTelegramTikTok | RegulatoryMisinformation |
| YouTube is updating its policies to tackle medical misinformation and remove harmful cancer claims. Read more | WorldYouTube | ProductMisinformation |
July 2023 | ||
| The UK is proposing new rules targeting illegal ads and fake celebrity scams. Read more | UK | RegulatoryMisinformation |
| Kazakhstan is adopting new laws on online platforms and online advertising to fight misinformation and tax evasion. Read more | Kazakhstan | RegulatoryMisinformation |
June 2023 | ||
| Meta is rolling back its measures to curb the spread of Covid misinformation. Read more | WorldMeta | ProductMisinformation |
| The EU is urging social media platforms to start labelling AI-generated content and images. Read more | EU | RegulatoryMisinformation |
| YouTube is announcing it will no longer remove videos with false claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Read more | WorldYouTube | ProductMisinformation |
May 2023 | ||
| Twitter is launching Community Notes for images in posts to address misleading images and emphasize crowdsourced moderation. Read more | WorldTwitter | ProductMisinformation |
| Twitter is pulling out of the EU's voluntary code to fight disinformation. Read more | EUTwitter | RegulatoryMisinformation |
April 2023 | ||
| TikTok is changing its misinformation policy to ban all climate change denial content on its platform. Read more | WorldTikTok | ProductMisinformation |
| Meta's Oversight Board is asking the social media company to keep its covid misinformation policy and to be more transparent when removing content. Read more | WorldMeta | ProductMisinformation |
| India is prohibiting Facebook, Twitter and others from hosting misleading information about the government, requiring them to rely on their own fact-check unit. Read more | IndiaFacebookTwitter | RegulatoryMisinformation |
March 2023 | ||
| TikTok is unveiling its updated community guidelines that will focus on improving content moderation on the platform and take effect on April 21st. Read more | WorldTikTok | ProductChild SafetyMisinformation |
| UNESCO is launching a National Coalition on Freedom of Expression and Content Moderation in Kenya. Read more | Kenya | RegulatoryHateMisinformation |
| Meta's oversight board is planning to scrutinize the social network’s policies surrounding election content in Brazil and other “high-risk” areas. Read more | BrazilMeta | ProductMisinformation |
February 2023 | ||
| The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is launching a new short-code aiming at combating fake news. Read more | Nigeria | RegulatoryMisinformation |
| UK is announcing that content generated by AI chatbots will fall within the Online Safety Bill's scope. Read more | UK | RegulatoryChild SafetyMisinformationSelf-harm |
| Google is expanding its misinformation "prebunking" initiative to Germany. Read more | GermanyGoogle | ProductMisinformation |
January 2023 | ||
| Japan is creating a new agency to counter fake news and online disinformation. Read more | Japan | RegulatoryMisinformation |
| China is implementing new rules on generative AI and deepfakes, requiring specific labeling and banning their use for fake news generation. Read more | China | RegulatoryMisinformation |
November 2022 | ||
| Twitter is announcing its Covid misinformation policy is no longer enforced. Read more or even more | WorldTwitter | ProductMisinformation |
| Vietnam is tightening regulations regarding "false" content on social media platforms so that it is taken down within 24 hours instead of 48 hours. Read more | Vietnam | RegulatoryMisinformation |
October 2022 | ||
| Spotify is acquiring Kinzen, a firm specialized in identifying harmul audio content. Read more | WorldSpotify | ProductHateMisinformation |
September 2022 | ||
| Facebook is experimenting with asking 250 users to help moderate climate speech. Read more | WorldMeta | ProductMisinformation |
| Twitter is expanding its fact-checking feature Birdwatch, allowing users to add additional context to tweets. Read more | WorldTwitter | ProductMisinformation |
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