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New E.U. landmark law targets Big Tech firms over hate speech, disinformation | NBC News
by Nicole Acevedo
April 27, 2022
The European Union reached an agreement Saturday on landmark legislation forcing Big Tech firms such as Google and Facebook's parent company…
UN’s rights council adopts ‘fake news’ resolution, States urged to take tackle hate speech | UN News
by United Nations
April 3, 2022
Officially sponsored by Ukraine, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the UK and US, the draft resolution presented to the Geneva forum…
Reddit Tamps Down on Hate Speech, Misinformation in 2 Forums | Time
by Andrew R. Chow
March 25, 2022
Reddit has taken action against hate speech this week, banning the India-focused r/Chodi discussion forum and quarantining the China-focused r/GenZedong.…
Disinformation, Radicalization, and Algorithmic Amplification: What Steps Can Congress Take? | Just Security
by Karen Kornbluh
February 9, 2022
Design features of social media platforms are exploited to promote extremism. The platforms’ after the fact, whack-a-mole approach to content…
Digital Technology and Extreme Speech: Approaches to Counter Online Hate | UN Peacekeeping
by Sahana Udupa
January 25, 2022
To address the spread and severity of online hate and disinformation, and the mammoth challenge they have posed to human…
How antisemitic conspiracy theories contributed to the recent hostage-taking at the Texas synagogue | The Conversation
by Jonathan D. Sarna
January 24, 2022
The man who took a rabbi and three congregants hostage in Colleyville, Texas, on Jan. 15, 2022, believed that Jews…
Twitter Spaces is being used by the Taliban and white nationalists. | The Washington Post
by Elizabeth Dwoskin, Will Oremus, Craig Timberg and Nitasha Tiku
December 14, 2021
Earlier this year, as Twitter raced to roll out Spaces, its new live audio chat feature, some employees asked how…
Lawyers behind Rohingya Facebook lawsuit call it a reckoning for regulating social media | Rest of World
by Peter Guest
December 10, 2021
Lawyers representing Rohingya refugees brought a class-action lawsuit against Facebook owner Meta this week, seeking more than $150 billion in…
Reducing Harm on Social Media: Research & Design Ideas | NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics
December 3, 2021
When social media platforms first launched nearly two decades ago, they were seen as a force for good – a…