{"id":26722,"date":"2020-07-08T16:50:38","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T23:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=26722"},"modified":"2020-07-08T16:50:38","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T23:50:38","slug":"info-on-disinfo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=26722","title":{"rendered":"INFO ON DISINFO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are pressuring Twitter, Facebook, and Google to be more transparent about COVID-19 disinformation on their platforms, asking the tech giants to produce monthly reports on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ugfmvzybchhsjzjhsgnccsmmcyskhyhddfcbzpkcwyfqc_thjlvvhzhklvpbzvwwzw.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ugfmvzybchhsjzjhsgnccsmmcyskhyhddfcbzpkcwyfqc_thjlvvhzhklvpbzvwwzw.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1594336669310000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGGRYBGBmLrE5tWySJ5Qmtr3bfGtw\">letters to the companies<\/a>\u00a0sent Wednesday, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), along with subcommittee leaders Reps.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/plddwrftvhhbgrghbymvvbddvfbkhfhsslvtrckvjfljf_thjlvvhzhklvpbzvwwzw.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/plddwrftvhhbgrghbymvvbddvfbkhfhsslvtrckvjfljf_thjlvvhzhklvpbzvwwzw.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1594336669310000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGgM1JRnLKs38ksM9v426eXoZagcQ\">Diana DeGette<\/a>\u00a0(D-Colo.),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/idczptgkcyywrtrywbmccwzzcgwqygyffdcktnqcvgdvy_thjlvvhzhklvpbzvwwzw.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/idczptgkcyywrtrywbmccwzzcgwqygyffdcktnqcvgdvy_thjlvvhzhklvpbzvwwzw.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1594336669310000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG8QqsaP-yZqfuJkFL4mlaKkydXXQ\">Mike Doyle<\/a>\u00a0(D-Penn.), and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/wnfzktfqjddbhthdbwgjjbzzjfbmdfdyysjqtnmjvfsvl_thjlvvhzhklvpbzvwwzw.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/wnfzktfqjddbhthdbwgjjbzzjfbmdfdyysjqtnmjvfsvl_thjlvvhzhklvpbzvwwzw.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1594336669310000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFEDeCi9DvaMEdj6kGn9o89KBV1FQ\">Jan Schakowsky<\/a>\u00a0(D-Ill.), detailed concerns that the \u201crise of false or misleading information\u201d around the coronavirus could lead to real-world consequences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis disinformation has ranged from false statements about certain groups being immune from contracting the virus to unsubstantiated assertions about masks and vaccines,\u201d the Democrats wrote. \u201cThis type of disinformation is dangerous and can affect the health and well-being of people who use this false information to make critical health decisions during this pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The European Union last month requested that Twitter, Google, and Facebook produce monthly reports on disinformation seen around COVID-19 and how they were combatting this issue. The three companies told\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ortmscfgqttdpcptdkwqqdmmqfdntftvvlqgcrnqjfljj_thjlvvhzhklvpbzvwwzw.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ortmscfgqttdpcptdkwqqdmmqfdntftvvlqgcrnqjfljj_thjlvvhzhklvpbzvwwzw.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1594336669310000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFIQzjYuHQay-jinO7yAMNfDDEk1A\">The Verge<\/a>\u00a0that they planned to comply with the request.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers pointed to this decision in asking the companies to provide similar reports to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and that the companies brief committee staff by July 22 on disinformation concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the Committee\u2019s jurisdiction over consumer protection and its ongoing oversight efforts around COVID-19 disinformation, we request that your company provide the Committee with monthly reports similar in scope to what you are providing the European Commission regarding your COVID-19 disinformation efforts as they relate to United States users of your platform,\u201d the members wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats on the House Energy and&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26723,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26722\/revisions\/26723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}