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Meta, TikTok, YouTube and Twitter dodge questions on social media and national security | TechCrunch
by Taylor Hatmaker
September 15, 2022
Executives from four of the biggest social media companies testified before the Senate Homeland Security Committee Wednesday, defending their platforms…
Europe’s New Law Will Force Secretive TikTok to Open Up | WIRED
by Tom Simonite
May 5, 2022
Social networks grow up faster these days. It took Facebook eight years to reach 1 billion users, but TikTok got…
The Biggest Problem Facing America: Misinformation-At-Scale | ProMarket
by Joan Donovan
May 3, 2021
Before there was “move fast and break things,” there was another animating ethic of the tech industry: “Get big fast!”…
Our podcast: Should platforms have the power to ban leaders like Donald Trump? | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
by Rasmus Nieelsen & Nikhil Pahwa
January 20, 2021
Following the suspension or barring of Donald Trump by many of the largest social media and tech platforms, after his…
Google is giving $3 million to news orgs to fact-check vaccine misinformation | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Sarah Scire
January 13, 2021
The Google News Initiative announced it will give $3 million to news and fact-checking organizations in an effort to combat…
Reddit’s largest remaining Trump community banned for “inciting violence” | Ars Technica
by Sam Machkovech
January 12, 2021
On Friday, Reddit joined this week's response to violent online rhetoric as spearheaded by President Donald Trump and removed its…
Reddit clone Voat, home to hate speech and QAnon, has shut down | Ars Technica
by Kate Cox
December 28, 2020
Reddit alternative Voat shut down on Christmas Day, citing a lack of operational funding, and casting doubt on the abilities…
Facebook Fuels Toxic Content, But Fox News Is Still the Superspreader | Mother Jones
by Kevin Drum
November 24, 2020
Democrats and Republicans alike have been eagerly grilling the CEOs of social media companies lately about their complicity in spreading…
Tech giants join with governments to fight Covid misinformation | The Guardian
by Alex Hern
November 23, 2020
Facebook, Twitter and Google are working with a coalition of governments including the UK and Canada to fight misinformation and…