News Item Too little, too late: social media companies’ failure to tackle vaccine misinformation poses a real threat | The BMJ By Claire Wardle and Eric Singerman on January 21, 2021
News Item Platforms are cracking down hard on political misinformation, but it’s still easy to find | Vox By Rebecca Heilweil on January 20, 2021 Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance
News Item Facebook Said It Would Stop Pushing Users to Join Partisan Political Groups. It Didn’t. | The Markup By Leon Yin and Alfred Ng on January 19, 2021 Algorithms and Automation Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance
News Item Our podcast: Should platforms have the power to ban leaders like Donald Trump? | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism By Rasmus Nieelsen & Nikhil Pahwa on January 19, 2021 Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance
News Item Does Deplatforming Trump Set a New Precedent for Content Moderation? | Centre for International Governance Innovation By Jameel Jaffer, Shannon McGregor, Jonathan Corpus Ong, Taylor Owen, Heidi Tworek, & Allison Leonard on January 18, 2021 Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance
News Item Exclusive: Selena Gomez: Big Tech ‘cashing in from evil’ | AP News By Amanda Lee Meyers on January 16, 2021 Credibility and Trust Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance
Event Big Tech’s Impact on Public Purpose: How Recent Decisions Will Shape Society | Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs January 19, 2021 Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance
News Item Saving Journalism: A Vision for the Post-Covid World | Konrad-Adenauer Foundation By Anya Schiffrin on January 11, 2021 Credibility and Trust Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance
News Item “Down the Rabbit Hole” of Vaccine Misinformation on YouTube: Network Exposure Study | Journal of Medical Internet Research By Lu Tang, Kayo Fujimoto, Muhammad Amith, Rachel Cunningham, Rebecca A Constantini, Felicia York, Grace Xiong, Julie A Boom, and Cui Tao on January 7, 2021 Algorithms and Automation