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Six Steps to Responsible AI in the Federal Government | Brookings Institution
by Darrell M. West
March 31, 2022
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
by Jack Nicas
March 20, 2022
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
by David Folkenflik
March 14, 2022
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
by Sophie Bushwick
March 10, 2022
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
March 3, 2022
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
by Rebecca Kern, Mark Scott, and Clothilde Goujard
February 25, 2022
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
by Shirin Ghaffary and Sara Morrison
February 17, 2022
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
by Nick Evershed
January 28, 2022
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
by Aaron Sankin
January 25, 2022
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday gave its stamp of approval to the first major legislative effort meant to stop…