Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance – Page 86

Fleeing Russian bombs while battling Facebook. A Meta problem Ukrainian journalists did not need. | Coda Story

May 2, 2022

Valerii Garmash, a 42-year-old Ukrainian coder and entrepreneur, remembers the devastation Russians left behind in Slovyansk, his hometown in eastern Ukraine: streets littered with burned cars, shattered glass and pieces […]
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Here’s what we know about Elon Musk’s ownership plan for Twitter | The Verge

May 2, 2022

This is the end of the first week after Twitter accepted Elon Musk’s $44 billion buyout offer, and one of the strangest tech transactions ever just keeps adding new twists. A […]
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Ukraine’s Digital Battle With Russia Isn’t Going as Expected | WIRED

April 29, 2022

WHEN RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin launched his full invasion of Ukraine in February, the world expected Moscow’s cyber and information operations to pummel the country alongside air strikes and shelling. Two […]
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How Congress Can Prevent Elon Musk from Turning Twitter Back Into an Unfettered Disinformation Machine | The New Yorker

April 28, 2022

Over the weekend, a story came out of Brussels that many may have missed. The twenty-seven member states of the European Union reached an agreement on a new law requiring […]
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Applied for Student Aid Online? Facebook Saw You | The Markup

April 28, 2022

For millions of prospective college students, applying online for federal financial aid has also meant sharing personal data with Facebook, unbeknownst to them or their parents, The Markup has learned. […]
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Facebook Doesn’t Know What It Does With Your Data, Or Where It Goes: Leaked Document | VICE

April 27, 2022

Facebook is facing what it describes internally as a “tsunami” of privacy regulations all over the world, which will force the company to dramatically change how it deals with users’ […]
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From the Arab Spring to Russian censorship: a decade of internet blackouts and repression | Rest of World

April 27, 2022

On February 27, a few days after Russia invaded Ukraine, radio journalist Valerii Nechay returned to St. Petersburg from a trip to the North Caucasus to find three men in […]
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New E.U. landmark law targets Big Tech firms over hate speech, disinformation | NBC News

April 27, 2022

The European Union reached an agreement Saturday on landmark legislation forcing Big Tech firms such as Google and Facebook’s parent company Meta, as well as other internet services, to more aggressively […]
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Elon Musk’s plans for Twitter could make its misinformation problems worse | The Conversation

April 26, 2022

Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, acquired Twitter in a US$44 billion deal on April 25, 2022, 11 days after announcing his bid for the company. Twitter announced that the […]
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Elon Musk puts his money where his mouth is | Columbia Journalism Review

April 25, 2022

On April 4, Elon Musk filed a notice with the Securities and Exchange Commission revealing that he had acquired a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter. (“Oh hi lol,” he tweeted.) […]
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