The 2016 U.S. election was a wake-up call about the dangers of political misinformation on social media. With two more…
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Meta, TikTok, YouTube and Twitter dodge questions on social media and national security | TechCrunch
Executives from four of the biggest social media companies testified before the Senate Homeland Security Committee Wednesday, defending their platforms…
Republican candidates are spreading more fake news than just two years ago | The Washington Post
Over the last several years, there’s been a considerable increase in media coverage about misinformation and conspiracy theories in politics.…
Meta Oversight Board to rule on COVID-19 misinformation policy | Poynter
Meta has asked its Oversight Board whether its existing policy on the removal of COVID-19 misinformation — “introduced in extraordinary…
Bipartisan U.S. lawmakers urge Facebook, Twitter to better fight Russian disinformation | Reuters
A bipartisan group of three U.S. senators urged Meta's Facebook, Twitter and Telegram to do a better job of stopping…
Facebook considering ending restrictions on Covid misinformation | The Guardian
Facebook is turning to its “supreme court” to decide whether to end restrictions on Covid misinformation, more than two years…
Facebook Without News Would Be Even Worse | The Atlantic
In February 2021, Facebook abruptly wiped all of the news from its platform in Australia. The country’s lawmakers were trying…
Meta Made Millions in Ads From Networks of Fake Accounts | WIRED
When Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg was called to testify before Congress in 2018, he was asked by Senator Orin Hatch how…
“Facebook has taken over”: How residents find local info when local newspapers aren’t doing the job | Nieman Journalism Lab
The decline of local newspapers isn’t just a problem in the U.S.: A new report looks at how residents of…
The Fight to Hold Pornhub Accountable | The New Yorker
Mickelwait pulled out her laptop, created a dummy e-mail account, and uploaded a video of a darkened corner of her…