TWiG 657: You Can't Shoot Their Feet - Russian propaganda, how platforms fight disinformation, Eric Schmidt

• Who Is Behind QAnon? Linguistic Detectives Find Fingerprints.
• Joan explains what she's seeing from Russian disinformation with the war in Ukraine.
• Verizon blames 'bad actors' for the spam text you got from your own number.
• SBU exposes five enemy "bot farms" over past month.
• Facebook paid Republican strategy firm to malign TikTok.
• TikTok being used by 16% of British toddlers, Ofcom finds.
• Do people REALLY believe flat Earth conspiracy or is it performative?
• FCC commissioner starts dangerous strategy to impose speech on platforms.
• 'Devious licks' and 'slap a teacher' trends were reportedly part of Meta's anti-TikTok campaign.
• The White House is briefing TikTok stars about the war in Ukraine.
• Are you most vulnerable to disinformation when you are in information seeking mode online?
• The marketplace of rationalizations.
• Analysis of the mematic foundation of "Don't Say Gay" bill.
• Will Smith's Shocking Oscars Slap Ignites Twitter With Highest Overall Engagements to Date.
• Twitter data indicates most of country backs Chris Rock after Oscars spat with Will Smith.
• A Google billionaire's fingerprints are all over Biden's science office.
• Waymo says fully driverless rides are coming to San Francisco.
• Google Docs is getting more Markdown support.
• Create externally friendly booking pages with appointment scheduling in Google Calendar.
• Google rolling out Nest Hub UI redesign that bootloops some displays in the process.
• Gboard will 'Emojify' what you've typed with new magic wand button.
• Google marks Chrome OS 100 with preview of upcoming Launcher redesign.
• Google Chrome hits version 100 with new icon for desktop and mobile.
• A return-to-office pain in the ass: Google is taking away its bidets.
• Google Docs can write your meta descriptions.
• TIkTok dining.
• Because Oil Drilling Isn't Destructive Enough, ExxonMobil Is Getting Into Bitcoin Mining, Too.

Pick:

• Joan - Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything
• Jeff - Looking Back on the Origin of Skip Intro Five Years Later
• Leo - Vinyl record sales in 2021 at highest level for 30 years
• Leo - Museum of Endangered Sounds

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis

Guest: Joan Donovan

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