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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…
On TikTok, Election Misinformation Thrives Ahead of Midterms | The New York Times
by Tiffany Hsu
August 17, 2022
In Germany, TikTok accounts impersonated prominent political figures during the country’s last national election. In Colombia, misleading TikTok posts falsely…
The Triumph of Marcos Dynasty Disinformation Is a Warning to the U.S. | The New Yorker
by Sheila Coronel
May 18, 2022
It was 9 P.M., and Maria Ressa, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist, was pacing back and forth in the newsroom…
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…
Who has the right to be anonymous? | New Statesman
by Emily Tamkin
April 21, 2022
WASHINGTON — On Tuesday (19 April) the Washington Post journalist Taylor Lorenz published an article that confirmed the name of…
An ‘Explosion’ of Anti-Ukraine Disinformation Is Hitting Moldova | WIRED
by Morgan Meaker
April 8, 2022
The video of the two men wrestling has been shared 41,000 times on Facebook, although the post was taken down…
Facebook paid Republican strategy firm to malign TikTok | The Washington Post
by Taylor Lorenz and Drew Harwell
March 31, 2022
Facebook parent company Meta is paying one of the biggest Republican consulting firms in the country to orchestrate a nationwide…
TikTok algorithm directs users to fake news about Ukraine war, study says | The Guardian
by Alex Hern
March 21, 2022
A new TikTok account can be shown falsehoods about the Ukraine war within minutes of signing up to the app,…
TikTok stars receive White House briefing on Ukraine | The Washington Post
by Taylor Lorenz
March 11, 2022
On Thursday afternoon, 30 top TikTok stars gathered on a Zoom call to receive key information about the war unfolding…