Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance – Page 109

‘Mission impossible?’: Tracking political misinformation and disinformation on TikTok | The Conversation

December 22, 2021

TikTok is one of the top five social media platforms in the world this year. In Southeast Asia last year, 198 million people, about 29% of the region’s population, used […]
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Social media companies beef up promises, but still fall short on climate disinformation | Fortune

December 22, 2021

During the second week of COP26 in Glasgow, the Conscious Advertising Network (CAN)—a coalition of more than 70 organizations—issued an open letter to the summit’s presidency, the United Nations Framework […]
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Putin and Xi’s evolving disinformation playbooks pose new threats | TechCrunch

December 21, 2021

As the information domain becomes an increasingly active and consequential realm of state competition, two countries have gone all in. Both China and Russia have developed sophisticated information strategies to […]
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Social media as a crisis discipline | Institute for Rebooting Social Media

December 20, 2021

How can the science of catastrophic collective behavior provide insight into the woes of social media platforms? On Thursday, November 4, the Berkman Klein Center’s Institute for Rebooting Social Media hosted an […]
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Driving test and speed bumps: How to save our social media by treating it like a city | MIT Technology Review

December 20, 2021

Being on social media can feel a bit like living in a new kind of city. It’s the greatest city in the world. Millions of people can do things their parents […]
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How China Uses Contractors to Spread Propaganda on Facebook and Twitter | The New York Times

December 20, 2021

Flood global social media with fake accounts used to advance an authoritarian agenda. Make them look real and grow their numbers of followers. Seek out online critics of the state […]
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Social media has weakened India’s democracy. Social movements could be the answer | Rest of World

December 17, 2021

Since 2014, social media has become central to how elections and campaigning for state and national elections take place in India. Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp strategies have become key for […]
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How Turkey’s largest fact-checking group tackles disinformation | Al Jazeera

December 17, 2021

Istanbul, Turkey – Every day, Emre İlkan Saklica scrolls through endless social media feeds, delving into the latest trends and browsing through news reports, with just one goal: debunk false […]
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Fake news and fact-checking: Study examines social media use during the pandemic | Phys.org

December 17, 2021

Social media was used to both spread misinformation and for fact-checking during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study which explores how individuals perceive and make […]
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Broadcast indecency may offer a path forward for social media regulation | Brookings

December 16, 2021

The troubling information provided by Facebook whistleblower Francis Haugen continues to generate new insights into the failure of the social media platform to police bad actors and moderate harmful content. […]
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