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“Do you know [who] the greatest propagator of disinformation in the history of the world is? The U.S. government.” This was Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul’s response to the recent formation […]
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A declining share of Americans favor more government regulation of major technology companies, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Still, a plurality of U.S. adults favor greater regulation […]
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Three weeks: That’s how long it took for the Department of Homeland Security to go from announcing a board intended to combat disinformation to suspending it. In those three weeks, […]
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BRUSSELS, May 11 (Reuters) – Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google has signed deals to pay more than 300 publishers in Germany, France and four other EU countries for their news and […]
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In June 2021, Alita, a trans woman living in Saudi Arabia, saw a hashtag trending on Twitter that translated roughly to “a space for hatred of religion.” In a Twitter […]
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On April 28, the Biden administration announced a new global partnership that sets norms for the use of technology by nation-states: the Declaration for the Future of the Internet. While […]
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Developers of artificial intelligence must learn to collaborate with social scientists and the people affected by its applications. Beginning in 2013, the Dutch government used an algorithm to wreak havoc […]
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Social networks grow up faster these days. It took Facebook eight years to reach 1 billion users, but TikTok got there in just five. The fast-growing short-video app also got […]