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Twitter on Tuesday slapped a fact-check label on President Trump’s tweets for the first time, a response to long-standing criticism that the company is too hands-off when it comes to […]
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The COVID-19 infodemic has brought chaos and violence to India. In late March, viral rumors about an indefinite lockdown exacerbated a mass exodus of migrant laborers. In early April, a false claim that Muslims […]
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China’s content clampdowns have driven internet users to underground digital spaces that are much harder to keep tabs on. The EU rightly wants to stop online hate speech and disinformation […]
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In addition to using new modes of communication made possible by the internet, extreme political groups are also adopting innovative styles common to internet culture. Internet memes are texts that […]
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Scholars from across law and internet and media studies examine the human rights implications of today’s platform society. Today such companies as Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Twitter play an […]
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This paper has two goals. The first is to raise the alarm about a possible future coming into view, of unaccountable content cartels making decisions about the parameters of online […]
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A new era of social media governance began Wednesday, when the first 20 members of Facebook’s long-awaited oversight board were announced. The international panel of free expression advocates, journalists, a […]
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Facebook has announced who will sit on an independent board, set up to have ultimate say over what controversial content should be taken down. Former Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt […]
