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Big Tech Is Pushing States to Pass Privacy Laws, and Yes, You Should Be Suspicious | The Markup
by Todd Feathers
3 days ago
Concerned about growing momentum behind efforts to regulate the commercial use of personal data, Big Tech has begun seeding watered-down…
Facebook has beefed up its ‘oversight board’, but any new powers are illusory | The Guardian
by Emily Bell
4 days ago
Any day now the Facebook Oversight Board, the social media company’s review mechanism for decisions on deletion of content and…
Reimagine the Internet | Knight First Amendment Institute
4 days ago
Reimagine the Internet is a virtual conference co-hosted by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and the soon-to-be-launched…
I Thought My Job Was To Report On Tech In India. Instead, I’ve Watched Democracy Decline. | BuzzFeed News
by Pranav Dixit
6 days ago
I was in a cavernous college auditorium on the frigid winter afternoon in New Delhi in 2015 when Sundar Pichai,…
Facebook’s New Target in the Misinformation War: Climate Lies | Bloomberg
by Kurt Wagner
6 days ago
In the midst of the heated U.S. presidential race last summer, with hypercharged scrutiny of partisan propaganda on social media,…
Why China’s attempts to stifle foreign media criticism are likely to fail | The Conversation
by Tony Walker
6 days ago
When China’s ambassador to Australia, Cheng Jingye, summoned journalists to the Chinese embassy last week, this was not an occasion…
How Newsrooms, Journalists, and Their Peers Can Combat Online Violence | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Elisa Lees Munoz
6 days ago
By now, those of us working in news media know what online violence looks like. It manifests as sexist abuse,…
Twitch Will Act on ‘Serious’ Offenses That Happen Off-Platform | WIRED
by Cecilia D'Anastasio
April 9, 2021
Twitch is finally coming to terms with its responsibility as a king-making microcelebrity machine, not just a service or a…
“Decoding Hate” Podcast Series | Decoding Hate
by Katie Pentney
April 8, 2021
This six-episode podcast series explores the interplay between freedom of expression, hate speech and artificial intelligence (AI). While covering these…