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Focus Tag: Social Media
Big Tech Is Pushing States to Pass Privacy Laws, and Yes, You Should Be Suspicious | The Markup
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was TikTok’s year. The app reportedly added 181 million monthly active users from December 2019…