News Item Facebook Braces Itself for Trump to Cast Election Results Doubts | The New York Times By Mike Isaac & Sheera Frenkel on August 21, 2020
News Item Do social media companies censor political speech? A majority of Americans think so. | Vox By Shirin Ghaffary on August 19, 2020 Credibility and Trust
News Item How social media platforms could flatten the curve of dangerous misinformation | Slate & The Free Speech Project By Ellen P. Goodman and Karen Kornbluh on August 20, 2020
News Item Reddit reports 18 percent reduction in hateful content after banning nearly 7,000 subreddits | The Verge By James Vincent on August 21, 2020 Credibility and Trust Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance
News Item Facebook removes hundreds of QAnon groups, citing public safety risks | Reuters By Joseph Menn on August 21, 2020 Credibility and Trust
News Item Governing Platforms after COVID-19 | Centre for International Governance Innovation By Ben Scott & Taylor Owen on August 18, 2020 Credibility and Trust Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance
News Item Twitter pledges to dial up efforts to combat election misinformation | TechCrunch By Natasha Lomas on August 13, 2020
News Item Facebook algorithm found to ‘actively promote’ Holocaust denial | The Guardian By Mark Townsend on August 16, 2020 Algorithms and Automation
News Item COVID-19 has fueled more than 2,000 rumors and conspiracy theories | Live Science By Rachael Rettner on August 14, 2020