News Item Inside Facebook’s Push to Defend Its Image | The New York Times By Ryan Mac and Sheera Frenkel on September 21, 2021 Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance Targeted Disinformation
News Item Facebook Rolls Out News Feed Change That Blocks Watchdogs from Gathering Data | The Markup By Corin Faife on September 21, 2021 Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance
News Item Facebook Employees Flag Drug Cartels and Human Traffickers. The Company’s Response Is Weak, Documents Show. | WSJ By Justin Scheck, Newley Purnell, and Jeff Horwitz on September 16, 2021 Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance
News Item Facebook’s algorithms fueled massive foreign propaganda campaigns during the 2020 election – here’s how algorithms can manipulate you. | The Conversation By Filippo Menczer on September 20, 2021 Algorithms and Automation Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance
News Item Facebook steps up fight against climate misinformation – but critics say effort falls short | The Guardian By Kari Paul on September 16, 2021 Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance
News Item Facebook Says Its Rules Apply to All. Company Documents Reveal a Secret Elite That’s Exempt. | WSJ By Jeff Horwitz on September 13, 2021 Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance
News Item Facebook sent flawed data to misinformation researchers | The New York Times By Davey Alba on September 10, 2021 Algorithms and Automation
News Item Platform research access in Article 31 of the Digital Services Act: Sword without a shield? | Verfassungsblog By Paddy Leerssen on September 7, 2021 Credibility and Trust Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance
News Item An Australian court ruling makes publishers legally responsible for every idiot Facebook user who leaves a comment | Nieman Journalism Lab By Joshua Benton on September 8, 2021 Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance
News Item News sites are liable for defamatory Facebook comments, rules Australia’s High Court | The Verge By James Vincent on September 8, 2021 Regulation, Policy, & Platform Governance