Elon Musk's X, the social media company formerly known as Twitter, signed an exclusive partnership with a"misinformation" tracker linked to a government-funded group blacklisting conservative media outlets, records show.
He also responded to a recent Washington Examiner report on President Joe Biden's White House apparently trying to"pressure" Facebook to moderate content, noting,"Interesting. Center for Censorship, Disinformation and Hate! That’s what they actually do.
Meanwhile, IAS has come under fire from free speech groups over its recommendations in the past to combat alleged"fake news" and"extremist" websites. It has urged companies to"use a combination of exclusion lists," which it has claimed, separately, may not go far"enough" in fighting"fraud." GDI has operated a"dynamic exclusion list" of right-leaning websites it deems the foremost peddlers of falsehoods, according to documents.
GDI, as of this writing, still lists IAS on its website as one of its partners. IAS in July 2021 called the British blacklister a"trusted third party that sets the standard for what qualifies as disinformation and focuses on restoring trust in media sites around the world by providing real-time automated risk ratings." GDI CEO Clare Melford said at the time that the group's"partnership with IAS is a powerful step forward for digital advertisers.