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India considering appeals panel with power to reverse Facebook, Twitter and YouTube content moderation decisions | TechCrunch
by Manish Singh
June 8, 2022
India is proposing to create an appeals panel with the veto power to reverse content moderation decisions of social media…
The DHS Disinformation Governance Board and the problem with defining disinformation. | Slate
by Stavroula Pabst
May 25, 2022
“Do you know [who] the greatest propagator of disinformation in the history of the world is? The U.S. government.” This…
More tech regulation seen less favorably in U.S. than it was in 2021 | Pew Research Center
by Emily A. Vogels
May 25, 2022
A declining share of Americans favor more government regulation of major technology companies, according to a new Pew Research Center…
YouTube removes more than 9,000 channels relating to Ukraine war | The Guardian
by Dan Milmo
May 24, 2022
YouTube has taken down more than 70,000 videos and 9,000 channels related to the war in Ukraine for violating content…
Twitter announces crisis misinformation policy in Ukraine | Protocol
by Issie Lapowsky
May 20, 2022
Twitter will begin taking action against misinformation in crisis situations, the company said Thursday. The new policy will be immediately…
Disinformation Governance Board ‘paused’ after just 3 weeks | The Washington Post
by Taylor Lorenz
May 20, 2022
Nina Jankowicz was the subject of online attacks from the moment she was named head of the newly created Disinformation…
Musk’s Twitter bid, and the ‘bot’ complication | Columbia Journalism Review
by Mathew Ingram
May 20, 2022
Elon Musk’s bid to acquire Twitter for $44 billion is only a month old, but it has already had more…
Elon Musk could roll back social media moderation – just as we’re learning how it can stop misinformation | The Conversation
by Harith Alani, Grégoire Burel, Tracie Farrell
May 13, 2022
The US$44 billion (£36 billion) purchase of Twitter by “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk has many people worried. The concern…
Meta withdraws ask for Oversight Board’s advice on Russia-Ukraine war | The Verge
by Alex Heath
May 12, 2022
Meta rescinded a request to have its own Oversight Board weigh in on content moderation policy related to the Russia-Ukraine…