Day 1,774: muzzle, disinformation, tip-off
With co-ordination, they can share information and spot patterns, enabling tech firms to label, muzzle or remove deceptive content. For instance, Facebook’s parent, Meta, shut down a disinformation operation in Ukraine in late 2023 after receiving a tip-off from Google.
Artwork of the day
Yoked and Muzzled Marriage
Gertrude Kasebier
Date: 1915
Style: Pictorialism
Genre: photo
Word of the day
muzzle: to stop a person or organization from expressing independent opinions:
disinformation: false information spread in order to deceivepeople:
tip-off: a warning or information that something may happen:
Quote of the day
“Slowly, Anna put up a hand to his muzzle and began to scratch that spot behind the ear where large dogs keep their souls.”
― Eva Ibbotson, A Countess Below Stairs