Regulation and Policy
This collection takes a two-pronged approach to regulation, including the tech platforms’ own policies and practices. First, it discusses the business practices and regulatory environments that contributed to the current online misinformation environment. It then turns to assessments of recent policy changes at the social media platforms, the role(s) of traditional media, and governmental responses.
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If they’re getting regular death threats, don’t they deserve to be paid? Should Reddit pay its volunteer moderators? The thought had not really occurred to me until last week, when I joined a call with CEO Steve Huffman and his general counsel, Benjamin Lee. The executives were briefing me and some other reporters about a […]
By Casey Newton
For decades, the titans of technology have talked about human-centered artificial intelligence and its capacity to inform and improve the future of humanity. If there was ever a moment where the overstated promises of such technologies could be put to the test, it is now. Much of the COVID-19 crisis response, including the disparate impact […]
By Safiya Noble
Late on the night of Thursday, 26 June, Kyrgyzstan’s parliament passed a controversial anti-disinformation law. This occurred despite enormous grassroots online protests against the bill, including upwards of 1,200 critical comments from Facebook users against its main sponsor Gulshat Asylbayeva, a member of the ruling coalition’s Önügüü-Progress Party. The unusual hour of the law’s passing, […]
By Christopher Schwartz
Ahead of a House Intelligence Committee virtual hearing with Facebook, Google and Twitter on Thursday, committee chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) tells Axios that he worries the president’s attacks on Twitter and other tech companies could complicate Congress’ and the intelligence community’s efforts to learn more about election interference. Driving the news: Schiff says the president’s […]
By Sara Fischer
The Trump administration is proposing to change liability law to make it harder for social media platforms to censor content that is hateful or objectionable but not specifically illegal. A Department of Justice proposal released Wednesday is the formal follow-through on the president’s threats to “strongly regulate” social media companies over his belief that they […]
By Paul McLeod
If they’re getting regular death threats, don’t they deserve to be paid? Should Reddit pay its volunteer moderators? The thought had not really occurred to me until last week, when I joined a call with CEO Steve Huffman and his general counsel, Benjamin Lee. The executives were briefing me and some other reporters about a […]
By Casey NewtonFor decades, the titans of technology have talked about human-centered artificial intelligence and its capacity to inform and improve the future of humanity. If there was ever a moment where the overstated promises of such technologies could be put to the test, it is now. Much of the COVID-19 crisis response, including the disparate impact […]
By Safiya NobleLate on the night of Thursday, 26 June, Kyrgyzstan’s parliament passed a controversial anti-disinformation law. This occurred despite enormous grassroots online protests against the bill, including upwards of 1,200 critical comments from Facebook users against its main sponsor Gulshat Asylbayeva, a member of the ruling coalition’s Önügüü-Progress Party. The unusual hour of the law’s passing, […]
By Christopher Schwartz Ahead of a House Intelligence Committee virtual hearing with Facebook, Google and Twitter on Thursday, committee chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) tells Axios that he worries the president’s attacks on Twitter and other tech companies could complicate Congress’ and the intelligence community’s efforts to learn more about election interference. Driving the news: Schiff says the president’s […]
By Sara FischerThe Trump administration is proposing to change liability law to make it harder for social media platforms to censor content that is hateful or objectionable but not specifically illegal. A Department of Justice proposal released Wednesday is the formal follow-through on the president’s threats to “strongly regulate” social media companies over his belief that they […]
By Paul McLeod
July 10, 2020