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  • Comparing Platform Research API Requirements | Tech Policy Press

    March 23, 2023

    Platform researchers are living through a strange moment– a pseudo-post-API age. On the one hand, there is no need to convince anyone–in Washington, Brussels, or even Silicon Valley–that using platform […]

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  • Combating Disinformation Wanes at Social Media Giants | The New York Times

    February 14, 2023

    SAN FRANCISCO — YouTube, like other social media platforms, spent years expanding its efforts to tackle misinformation after the 2016 election. It hired policy experts and content moderators and invested […]

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  • Experts grade Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube on readiness to handle midterm election misinformation | The Conversation

    October 19, 2022

    The 2016 U.S. election was a wake-up call about the dangers of political misinformation on social media. With two more election cycles rife with misinformation under their belts, social media […]

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  • 2022 Midterms: NYU’s CSMaP Seminar Series

    September 19, 2022

    Beyond Facebook and Twitter: The Impact of New and Niche Platforms For years, Facebook and Twitter dominated scholarly research about the social media landscape. But in the last few years, […]

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  • YouTube removes more than 9,000 channels relating to Ukraine war | The Guardian

    May 24, 2022

    YouTube has taken down more than 70,000 videos and 9,000 channels related to the war in Ukraine for violating content guidelines, including removal of videos that referred to the invasion […]

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  • Distinct Archetypes of YouTube Politics

    April 19, 2022

    The following is an essay written by a SSRC Social Data Research Fellow, based on their project. The program was generously funded by the Omidiyar Network. Are we using the […]

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  • Brazil’s fact-checkers air concerns over so-called ‘Fake News’ bill | Poynter

    April 18, 2022

    A Brazilian bill designed to contain the spread of mis- and disinformation narrowly failed an “accelerated pathway” vote Wednesday in the lower house of Congress, one of two representative voting […]

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  • War in Ukraine is the latest platform moderation challenge | Columbia Journalism Review

    March 31, 2022

    On March 10, a Reuters headline announced that Facebook would temporarily change its content rules to allow users to post calls for the death of Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, as […]

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  • Facebook, YouTube bans on RT and Sputnik muffle Russian propaganda | The Washington Post

    March 17, 2022

    In the first four days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, viewership of more than a dozen Russian state-backed propaganda channels on YouTube spiked to unusually high levels. Just a couple […]

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  • YouTube blocks RT and Sputnik as Russia tells media not to say “invasion” | Ars Technica

    March 2, 2022

    Google said today that YouTube is blocking RT (formerly Russia Today) and Sputnik throughout Europe. “Due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, we’re blocking YouTube channels connected to RT and […]

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