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Opinion: Help us fight election misinformation in Tennessee and other states too | Nashville Tennessean
by Tre Hargett and Jay Ashcroft
2 days ago
As we gear up for the 2020 elections, voters in both the Volunteer State and the Show-Me State will be…
Mark Zuckerberg: Big Tech needs more regulation | Financial Times
by Mark Zuckerberg
5 days ago
Every day, platforms like Facebook have to make trade-offs on important social values — between free expression and safety, privacy…
Mike Bloomberg’s Sponcon Memelords Won’t Be Subject To Facebook’s Political Ad Regulations | BuzzFeed News
by Ryan Broderick
February 14, 2020
Facebook said Friday that it would not be adding sponsored posts that politicians commission from influencers to its public ad…
Britain to Create Regulator for Internet Content | The New York Times
by Adam Satariano
February 13, 2020
LONDON — Britain on Wednesday introduced a plan that would give the government more latitude to regulate internet content, as…
Misinformation laws on the rise in ASEAN | The ASEAN Post
by Jillian Louis
February 11, 2020
Singapore’s newly passed misinformation law has been grabbing headlines because it empowers government officials to order corrections to be placed…
The Billion-Dollar Disinformation Campaign to Reelect the President | The Atlantic
by McKay Coppins
February 7, 2020
One day last fall, I sat down to create a new Facebook account. I picked a forgettable name, snapped a…
Iowa trouble was closer to home than foreign interference | AP News
by Colleen Long and Aamer Madhani
February 6, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Heading into this week’s Iowa caucuses, U.S. election officials were on high alert for a repeat attempt…
Russian disinformation ‘ongoing problem’ says FBI chief | BBC
by BBC News
February 6, 2020
Russia is still interfering in US politics, according to FBI director Christopher Wray. He was answering questions about online disinformation…
Mark Warner Takes on Big Tech and Russian Spies | WIRED
by Garrett M. Graff
January 31, 2020
In mid-November, as his House colleagues on Capitol Hill were consumed with questions about Ukraine and impeachment, Senator Mark Warner…