On July 30th, a small working group of experts on misinformation, platforms, and voting met to analyze platform policies and…
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Focus Tag: Regulation
Social Media Misinformation Policies | Consumer Reports
by Kaveh Waddell, and visualizations by Andy Bergmann
23 hours ago
An outrageous conspiracy theory vilifying a political candidate. A meme encouraging shots of bleach to fend off COVID-19. An official-looking…
Facebook bans racist depictions of Jews and Black people | POLITICO
by Saim Saeed
2 days ago
Facebook on Tuesday said it updated its hate speech policy to include a ban on images of blackface and anti-Semitic tropes. The…
What women in Congress want from Facebook | Vox
by Rebecca Heilweil
2 days ago
About 100 female lawmakers from across the world have sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl…
Cyberspace is critical infrastructure – it will take effective government oversight to make it safe | The Conversation
by Francine Berman
3 days ago
Legal and regulatory protections in cyberspace have not kept up with the times. They are better suited to the internet…
Disinformation, Regulation, and the Future of Sec 230 | UC Berkeley School of Information
by Hany Farid
5 days ago
Should big tech companies be reined in? A US News and World Report survey found that roughly 74% of respondents…
Trump Disputing Election A Worry For Facebook Employees | Buzzfeed
by Craig Silverman and Ryan Mac
5 days ago
After months of debate and disagreement over the handling of inflammatory or misleading posts from Donald Trump, Facebook employees want…
Silicon Valley is losing the battle against election misinformation | POLITICO
by Mark Scott and Steven Overly
August 7, 2020
Videos peddling false claims about voter fraud and COVID-19 cures draw millions of views on YouTube. Partisan activist groups pretending…
Ron Wyden, Section 230, and the fight to hold Big Tech accountable | Vox
by Sara Morrison
August 7, 2020
Sen. Ron Wyden is ready to send the CEO of Facebook to prison, and he has the bill to do…
Ajit Pai calls for “vigorous debate” on Trump’s social media crackdown | Ars Technica
by Jon Brodkin
August 5, 2020
The NTIA filed that petition last week, asking the FCC to define "information content provider" more broadly to include entities…