The use of social media has become a daily routine for billions of people throughout the last decade. The problems…
Focus Tag: Social Networks
Measuring the effect of Facebook’s downranking interventions against groups and websites that repeatedly share misinformation | HKS Misinformation Review
Facebook has claimed to fight misinformation notably by reducing the virality of posts shared by “repeat offender” websites. The platform…
The Triumph of Marcos Dynasty Disinformation Is a Warning to the U.S. | The New Yorker
It was 9 P.M., and Maria Ressa, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist, was pacing back and forth in the newsroom…
The Tower and the Park: Structural Misalignments of Social Media | Berkman Klein Center
RSVP for this virtual event by Monday, May 16, 3:00 PM ET. Zuccotti Park, the site of Occupy Wall Street,…
Texas social media “censorship” law reinstated by appeals court | The Texas Tribune
A federal appeals court on Wednesday reinstated a Republican-backed Texas law that prohibits large social media companies from banning users…
Anxiety and conflict avoidance keep people from calling out misinformation in messaging groups | Nieman Journalism Lab
You’re in a WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger group with people you know and interact with regularly. Maybe it’s a family…
Who has the right to be anonymous? | New Statesman
WASHINGTON — On Tuesday (19 April) the Washington Post journalist Taylor Lorenz published an article that confirmed the name of…
Artificial intelligence is creating a new colonial world order | MIT Technology Review
My husband and I love to eat and to learn about history. So shortly after we married, we chose to…
Facebook paid Republican strategy firm to malign TikTok | The Washington Post
Facebook parent company Meta is paying one of the biggest Republican consulting firms in the country to orchestrate a nationwide…
TikTok stars receive White House briefing on Ukraine | The Washington Post
On Thursday afternoon, 30 top TikTok stars gathered on a Zoom call to receive key information about the war unfolding…