Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance – Page 69

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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Opinion: How to Fix Disinformation | The New York Times

February 15, 2022

But these concerns are largely tertiary to the disinformation question. Americans have become so focused on how tech companies handle voices we find distasteful, repugnant or dangerous. My sense is […]
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Jon Stewart defends Joe Rogan over COVID ‘misinformation’ | The New York Post

February 14, 2022

Jon Stewart is coming to the defense of fellow podcaster Joe Rogan over the uproar surrounding “misinformation” about vaccines that has prompted calls for Spotify to sever ties with its […]
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What’s the Harm in Medical Misinformation? | The Atlantic

February 14, 2022

Earlier this week I asked, “What should be done about medical misinformation, if anything? Why?” I noted that one faction wants to take action against it while another wants institutions […]
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