In May 2021, during India’s second wave of COVID-19, SQ Masood and his father-in-law were returning home on his silver-coloured…
Focus Tag: Platform Governance
The DHS Disinformation Governance Board and the problem with defining disinformation. | Slate
“Do you know [who] the greatest propagator of disinformation in the history of the world is? The U.S. government.” This…
How DHS’s disinformation board fell victim to misinformation | NPR
Three weeks: That's how long it took for the Department of Homeland Security to go from announcing a board intended…
Texas social media “censorship” law reinstated by appeals court | The Texas Tribune
A federal appeals court on Wednesday reinstated a Republican-backed Texas law that prohibits large social media companies from banning users…
Meta withdraws ask for Oversight Board’s advice on Russia-Ukraine war | The Verge
Meta rescinded a request to have its own Oversight Board weigh in on content moderation policy related to the Russia-Ukraine…
Europe’s New Law Will Force Secretive TikTok to Open Up | WIRED
Social networks grow up faster these days. It took Facebook eight years to reach 1 billion users, but TikTok got…
FCC Republican backs Musk’s Twitter purchase, slams “restrictions on speech” | Ars Technica
Federal Communications Commission member Nathan Simington says the FCC should "applaud" Elon Musk for buying Twitter, arguing that Musk's "stated…
How Congress Can Prevent Elon Musk from Turning Twitter Back Into an Unfettered Disinformation Machine | The New Yorker
Over the weekend, a story came out of Brussels that many may have missed. The twenty-seven member states of the…
Elon Musk’s plans for Twitter could make its misinformation problems worse | The Conversation
Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, acquired Twitter in a US$44 billion deal on April 25, 2022, 11 days after…
Distinct Archetypes of YouTube Politics
The following is an essay written by a SSRC Social Data Research Fellow, based on their project. The program was…