Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance – Page 102

Ukraine, Russia, hacking, and misinformation | Columbia Journalism Review

March 1, 2022

As soldiers and civilians in Ukraine continue to resist an invasion by Russian troops, a very different kind of war is being fought on a separate front: the internet. Within […]
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Job Opportunity: PRODEMINFO (Protecting the Democratic Information Space in Europe) at University of Bristol

February 24, 2022

PRODEMINFO (https://sks.to/prodeminfo) is funded by the European Research Council (ERC) and aims to gain a greater understanding of people’s perception of truth in an age rife with fake news and […]
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Fair Use | Essay Series

February 22, 2022

For this year’s Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week, MediaWell is partnering with the Association of Research Libraries to interview experts reflecting on how fair use supports research, journalism, and truth. The […]
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How Facebook twisted Canada’s trucker convoy into an international movement | The Verge

February 22, 2022

After more than two weeks of chaotic protest, this week, the Canadian government pushed back. On Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the country’s Emergencies Act, enabling new financial restrictions on the […]
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Frances Haugen’s lawyers accuse Facebook of misleading investors about covid and climate misinformation in Securities and Exchange Commission complaints | The Washington Post

February 21, 2022

A pair of whistleblower complaints filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission this month allege Facebook misled investors about its efforts to combat climate change and covid-19 misinformation, according to […]
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Disinformation for profit: scammers cash in on conspiracy theories | The Guardian

February 21, 2022

When Facebook removed dozens of groups dedicated to Canada’s anti-government “Freedom Convoy” protests earlier this month, it didn’t do so because of extremism or conspiracies rife within the protests. It […]
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Can Facebook, now known as Meta, monopolize the metaverse? | Vox

February 17, 2022

This story is part of a Recode series about Big Tech and antitrust. Over the next few weeks, we’ll cover what’s happening with Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, and Google. It […]
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Disinformation and the Business of the Consumer Internet | MediaWell

February 16, 2022

The 2016 presidential election in the United States stood to be historic—and historic it was, albeit in part for the wrong reasons. Donald Trump’s rise to power was unique, and […]
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Inside Facebook’s African Sweatshop | Time

February 16, 2022

In a drab office building near a slum on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, nearly 200 young men and women from countries across Africa sit at desks glued to computer […]
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EU and US legislation seek to open up digital platform data | Science

February 15, 2022

Despite the potential societal benefits of granting independent researchers access to digital platform data, such as promotion of transparency and accountability, online platform companies have few legal obligations to do […]
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