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Nextdoor Removes App’s ‘Forward to Police’ Feature | The New York Times
by Allyson Waller
June 24, 2020
Following complaints about racial profiling on its platform, the popular neighborhood social media app Nextdoor has discontinued a feature that…
Transatlantic Group Urges Transparency and Accountability for Digital Platforms | Annenberg School for Communication
by Transatlantic Working Group
June 16, 2020
In a report released today, the Transatlantic High Level Working Group on Content Moderation Online and Freedom of Expression urges…
COVID-19 misinformation and the election are colliding | Fast Company
by Ruth Reader
June 1, 2020
Researchers watching the constant swirl of COVID-19 misinformation and disinformation say that it’s about to become very political. That may…
Coronavirus misinformation is a tricky foe for tech | Axios
by Ina Fried
May 11, 2020
The major online platforms' long struggle to cope with floods of misinformation has reached a new pitch of urgency during the…
Coronavirus: Twitter, Facebook and Google have ‘questions to answer’ over disinformation | Sky News
by Alexander Martin
May 4, 2020
MPs have accused Twitter, Facebook and Google of being "unwilling" to give clear answers on how they are tackling false…
The tech ‘solutions’ for coronavirus take the surveillance state to the next level | The Guardian
by Evgeny Morozov
April 15, 2020
In a matter of weeks, coronavirus has shuttered the global economy and placed capitalism in intensive care. Many thinkers have…
Tech giants struggle to stem ‘infodemic’ of false coronavirus claims | The Guardian
by Julia Carrie Wong
April 11, 2020
Click over to Google, type in “coronavirus”, and press enter. The results you see will bear little resemblance to any…
Coronavirus misinformation makes neutrality a distant memory for tech companies | NBC
by David Ingram & April Glaser
March 25, 2020
Open up Instagram these days and you might be bombarded with calls to "Stay Home." On YouTube, you may see…
Facebook, Reddit, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube issue joint statement on misinformation | TechCrunch
by Catherine Shu, Jonathan Shieber
March 17, 2020
In an unprecedented move to reassure customers and flag the potential for misinformation about COVID-19 on their platforms, all of…