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Big Tech Is Pushing States to Pass Privacy Laws, and Yes, You Should Be Suspicious | The Markup
by Todd Feathers
3 days ago
Concerned about growing momentum behind efforts to regulate the commercial use of personal data, Big Tech has begun seeding watered-down…
Propaganda, misinformation, and histories of media techniques | HKS Misinformation Review
by C.W. Anderson
3 days ago
Propaganda has a history and so does research on it. In other words, the mechanisms and methods through which media…
Reimagine the Internet | Knight First Amendment Institute
4 days ago
Reimagine the Internet is a virtual conference co-hosted by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and the soon-to-be-launched…
I Thought My Job Was To Report On Tech In India. Instead, I’ve Watched Democracy Decline. | BuzzFeed News
by Pranav Dixit
6 days ago
I was in a cavernous college auditorium on the frigid winter afternoon in New Delhi in 2015 when Sundar Pichai,…
Facebook’s New Target in the Misinformation War: Climate Lies | Bloomberg
by Kurt Wagner
6 days ago
In the midst of the heated U.S. presidential race last summer, with hypercharged scrutiny of partisan propaganda on social media,…
“Decoding Hate” Podcast Series | Decoding Hate
by Katie Pentney
April 8, 2021
This six-episode podcast series explores the interplay between freedom of expression, hate speech and artificial intelligence (AI). While covering these…
In a Pennsylvania town, a Facebook group fills the local news void | NBC News
by Brandy Zadrozny
April 6, 2021
The day after Thanksgiving 2019, residents of Chippewa Township, Pennsylvania, watched from their windows as state and local police combed…
Congressional CEO grillings can’t solve disinformation: We need a public interest regulator | The Hill
by Brad Hanlon
April 5, 2021
Last Thursday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee held yet another hearing to grill social media CEOs about the mis-…
From fact-checking to women’s rights: TikTok’s promising rise in the Global South | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
by Laura Oliver
April 2, 2021
Beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was TikTok’s year. The app reportedly added 181 million monthly active users from December 2019…