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…
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The DHS Disinformation Governance Board and the problem with defining disinformation. | Slate
by Stavroula Pabst
May 25, 2022
“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
by Shannon Bond
May 24, 2022
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
by Andrew Zhang
May 12, 2022
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
by Alex Heath
May 12, 2022
Meta rescinded a request to have its own Oversight Board weigh in on content moderation policy related to the Russia-Ukraine…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
by Tom Simonite
May 5, 2022
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
by Jon Brodkin
May 2, 2022
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
by John Cassidy
April 28, 2022
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
by Anjana Susarla
April 26, 2022
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
April 19, 2022
The following is an essay written by a SSRC Social Data Research Fellow, based on their project. The program was…