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Focus Tag: Regulation
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…
Facebook’s Faces | Harvard Law Review
The case of the suspension of former President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts clarified the relationship between Facebook and…
Will the world clean up ‘information pollution’ in 2022? | World Economic Forum
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the global community has depended on digital media and social media platforms on a tremendous scale,…
Treasury sanctions Russian online outlets for spreading disinformation | POLITICO
False narratives: Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control is sanctioning the Strategic Culture Foundation, Odna Rodyna, Rhythm of Eurasia, Journal…
The Canada Online News Act: How it will affect Google and Meta | Press Gazette
Canada’s government has pledged to create a “more transparent” version of Australia’s media bargaining code as the North American country…
Two Questions on Fair Use: Interview with Alex Abdo
For this year’s Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week, MediaWell is partnering with the Association of Research Libraries to interview experts reflecting…
Two Questions on Fair Use: Interview with Mark Lemley
For this year’s Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week, MediaWell is partnering with the Association of Research Libraries to interview experts reflecting…
EU and US legislation seek to open up digital platform data | Science
Despite the potential societal benefits of granting independent researchers access to digital platform data, such as promotion of transparency and…
Disinformation and the Business of the Consumer Internet
Introduction The 2016 presidential election in the United States stood to be historic—and historic it was, albeit in part for…