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Focus Tag: Policy
Six Steps to Responsible AI in the Federal Government | Brookings Institution
There is widespread agreement that responsible artificial intelligence requires principles such as fairness, transparency, privacy, human safety, and explainability. Nearly…
Brazil Bans Telegram Over Disinformation Concerns | The New York Times
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s Supreme Court banned the fast-growing messaging app Telegram in the country on Friday, taking a…
Listen: Could libel lawsuits squash misinformation? | NPR
David Folkenflik asks attorney John Langford about using libel laws to combat misinformation in the media. Source: Could libel lawsuits…
Russia Is Having Less Success at Spreading Social Media Disinformation | Scientific American
Days after Russia invaded Ukraine, multiple social media platforms—including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube—announced they had dismantled coordinated networks of accounts…
Lies, Free Speech, and the Law | Knight First Amendment Institute
On April 8, 2022, the Knight Institute will host a symposium to explore how the law regulates or should regulate false and…
Social media platforms on the defensive as Russian-based disinformation about Ukraine spreads | POLITICO
The world’s biggest social media companies are scrambling to combat a global barrage of Kremlin-backed falsehoods and digital tricks around…
Can Facebook, now known as Meta, monopolize the metaverse? | Vox
This story is part of a Recode series about Big Tech and antitrust. Over the next few weeks, we’ll cover…
The simple numbers every government should use to fight anti-vaccine misinformation | The Guardian
Ever since governments in Australia started sharing the vaccination status of those people unfortunate enough to have died due to…
Bill Seeking to Outlaw Self-Preferencing by Amazon, Google Clears Hurdle in Senate | The Markup
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday gave its stamp of approval to the first major legislative effort meant to stop…