Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance – Page 141

Trump eyes ‘concrete legal steps’ against social media sites for alleged bias against conservatives | The Washington Post

September 24, 2020

President Trump on Wednesday said the government is eyeing “concrete legal steps” against social media sites that he alleges are censoring conservatives online, issuing a renewed threat against Silicon Valley […]
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Reddit Squashed QAnon by Accident | The Atlantic

September 24, 2020

Two years ago, most Americans knew nothing about QAnon, the ever-growing, diffuse, and violent movement devoted to a loosely connected set of conspiracy theories, most of which tie back to the idea […]
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Facebook says it may quit Europe over ban on sharing data with US | The Guardian

September 23, 2020

Facebook has warned that it may pull out of Europe if the Irish data protection commissioner enforces a ban on sharing data with the US, after a landmark ruling by […]
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Trump’s dangerous U.S. TikTok ban | Tech Target

September 22, 2020

As a baby boomer, I’m not TikTok’s target audience. I downloaded the app for a work project some time ago. Its short little video posts bubbled with creativity, humor, candor […]
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App bans won’t make US security risks disappear | MIT Technology Review

September 22, 2020

Will the US government ban TikTok and WeChat, or won’t it—and why? With the Trump administration issuing vaguely phrased executive orders and policies about the apps, even as legal challenges […]
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Platforms for Harm? | Centre for International Governance Innovation

September 22, 2020

For almost 30 years the World Wide Web has been open to the public, but with the advent of user-generated content in the early 2000s, the promise of a truly […]
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Twitter Expands QAnon Restrictions To Include Candidates, Elected Officials | Forbes

September 18, 2020

Twitter said Thursday it will extend its restrictions on QAnon-linked accounts and content to political candidates and elected officials who promote the conspiracy theory, a pivot in the company’s stance […]
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What Even Is ‘Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior’ on Platforms? | WIRED

September 18, 2020

Earlier this week, Twitter and Facebook took action to suspend and remove accounts associated with Turning Point Action, an affiliate of the prominent conservative youth organization Turning Point USA. These […]
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Facebook’s latest hollow effort to fight climate change denial | Ars Technica

September 17, 2020

Facebook this week implemented yet another new initiative meant to combat rampant, dangerous disinformation on the platform—this time, relating to the climate crisis. Unfortunately this initiative, like countless others before […]
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Data protection laws apply to anyone who collects information about a living individual. So what do researchers in arts, humanities and social sciences need to know? | Impact of Social Sciences

September 16, 2020

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect on 25 May 2018, and was designed to protect the online rights of individuals in relation to their personal data. […]
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