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India Publishes Ethics Code For Social Media And Streaming Platforms | Variety
by Naman Ramachadran
February 26, 2021
Digital platforms like Twitter and Amazon Prime Video that have faced the wrath of the Indian establishment in recent months will now know exactly what…
Should spreading anti-vaccine misinformation be criminalised? | The BMJ
by Melinda Mills and Jonas Sivela
February 23, 2021
Anti-vaccine disinformation, conspiracy theories, and fake news can often be considered counternarratives—expressions of resistance. In such cases, they can be…
Disinformation on trial | Harvard Law Today
by Jeff Neal
February 18, 2021
Does the First Amendment shield major media organizations from responsibility for demonstrably false and possibly harmful statements made on their…
Follow law, Ravi Shankar Prasad tells social media platforms | The Hindu
by Vijaita Singh
February 11, 2021
Minister for Information Technology and Communications Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said global social media platforms such as Twitter, WhatsApp,…
CFP Opportunity: In Search of the Alternative Future Workshop | CHI21 Digital Citizenship
by CHI21 Digital Citizenship
February 9, 2021
The workshop is based on a notion that democratic digital societies require a new form of citizenship, namely digital citizenship.…
Lawsuits Take the Lead in Fight Against Disinformation | The New York Times
by Michael M Grynbaum
February 9, 2021
In just a few weeks, lawsuits and legal threats from a pair of obscure election technology companies have achieved what…
The Geopolitics of Emerging Tech During the Pandemic | Atlantic Council
February 4, 2021
Corporations and governments alike continue to struggle with technology policy, especially under the strain of a global pandemic which struck…
I checked Apple’s new privacy ‘nutrition labels.’ Many were false. | The Washington Post
by Geoffrey A. Fowler
February 1, 2021
You can trust Apple … right? You go to your iPhone’s App Store to download a game. Under a new…
CARGC Colloquium: Sticky Activism: Online Misogyny and Feminist Anti-Hate Activism in South Korea | Annenberg School for Communication
January 29, 2021
In this presentation, digital media are analyzed as a key battlefield in the intense cultural and political conflict between feminists…