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Facebook’s Algorithm Is Broken. We Collected Some Suggestions On How To Fix It.
11/16/21 | FiveThirtyEight
Facebook’s algorithm is its superpower — and its kryptonite. Yes, it leads to higher engagement that earns the company ...
Senators examine how social media amplifies extremism
10/28/21 | Politico
HOW SOCIAL MEDIA SPREADS EXTREMISM — That’s the issue the Senate Homeland Security Committee will dive into this morning...
Facebook Grilled by Senators Over Its Effect on Children
09/30/21 |
Lawmakers took sharp aim at Facebook on Thursday, harshly questioning one of its executives about Instagram’s effect...
U.S., EU Vow Cooperation on Trade, Technology in Diplomatic First
09/29/21 | Bloomberg
The U.S. and the European Union agreed to work together to shape the rules and standards around crucial technologies and...
The Technology 202: Study finds sites that mislead, not flat-out lie, attract record share of Facebook engagements
08/24/21 | The Washington Post
As overall engagement on Facebook dropped this year, sites that share news misleadingly are attracting a record-level share...
Attacks on Fauci grow more intense, personal and conspiratorial
06/04/21 | Politico
For over a year, Anthony Fauci has been a bogeyman for conservatives, who have questioned his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic...
Digital New Deal Provides Input to EU on Reforms
04/21/21 |
Kornbluh Testifies before European Parliament Special Committee on AI WASHINGTON—Amb. Karen Kornbluh yesterday testified...
New Research Finds Most Text Disclosures for Online Political Ads Largely Ineffective...
03/18/21 |
Users more likely to notice graphic disclosures More emphasis on design effectiveness needed WASHINGTON —Simple...
The Technology 202: How social media helped fuel false claims about Texas power outages
02/23/21 | The Washington Post
Conservatives' false claims that frozen wind turbines caused mass power outages in Texas started with a photo taken out of...
"It was a drug": Capitol riot exposes reach of QAnon disinformation
02/16/21 | CBS News
Democrats this week called for the expulsion of first-term Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia for repeating...
Inside the Making of Facebook’s Supreme Court
02/12/21 | The New Yorker
On a morning in May, 2019, forty-three lawyers, academics, and media experts gathered in the windowless basement of the NoMad...
Podcast Episode: Disinformation (Part 2)
02/09/21 | CBS News | Apple Podcasts
While we were putting this episode together, we quickly realized the vast, convoluted scope of QAnon, its tantalizing effect...
Experts say vaccine misinformation crackdown is coming too late
02/09/21 | Axios
Facebook on Monday became the latest in a run of tech firms and media outlets taking action to stem the tide of COVID-19...
Podcast Episode: Disinformation (Part 1)
02/02/21 | CBS News | Apple Podcasts
If your friend tells you it's going to rain tomorrow, and it turns out to be sunny, that's misinformation. Your friend was...
Opinion: Facebook and Twitter can do something about deceptive news. So why don’t they?
02/01/21 | The Washington Post
IF IT looks like a news site, publishes like a news site and posts like a news site, is it a news site? Don’t count on...
Twitter, Facebook Had Even More Deceptive News in 2020, Study Says
01/28/21 | Bloomberg
Content from discredited websites that masquerade as journalism proliferated on Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. in 2020 despite...
Three steps to help treat America’s debilitating information disorder
01/13/21 | The Washington Post
Updating digital norms would make organizing the next Capitol assault more difficult. After all, this is no longer an online...
‘This is going to come back and bite ’em’: Capitol breach inflames Democrats’ ire at Silicon Valley
01/08/21 | Politico
Congress will "come back with a vengeance" at social media companies for helping foment the riots, top Senate Intelligence...
Why the New Administration Needs Federal Industrial Strategists
12/17/20 | NextGov
As President-elect Joe Biden makes plans for his presidency he is likely to be reminded of the well-worn observation that...
Facebook removes some large health misinformation pages
12/09/20 | NBC
The removal of at least nine pages follows new research from the German Marshall Fund, a nonpartisan public policy think...
Platform Regulation Should Focus on Transparency, Not Content
12/02/20 | Slate
Despite efforts by digital platforms to curb the tsunami of disinformation surrounding U.S. elections, cyberspace remains...
The Biden Administration Should Pursue a Digital Trade Agreement
11/23/20 | Slate
Over the past four years, President Donald Trump has put international trade policy on the front page with regularity—at...
Biden's Day 1 challenges: Misinformation flood control
11/20/20 | Axios
President-elect Joe Biden will enter office with no fast fixes at hand to stem a tide of online misinformation that has shaped...
How Well Did Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube Handle Election Misinformation?
11/10/20 | Slate
In the early hours of the Wednesday after Election Day, as President Donald Trump inaccurately claimed victory in several...
The German Marshall Fund Defends Report
10/20/20 | The Wall Street Journal
The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) is a nonpartisan policy organization committed to the principles of democracy,...
Facebook’s new tool to stop fake news is a game changer—if the company would only use it
10/18/20 | Fortune
When an explosive—and most likely fake—story about Joe Biden's son began to circulate online this week, Facebook did...
On Facebook, Misinformation Is More Popular Now Than in 2016
10/12/20 | The New York Times
During the 2016 presidential election, Russian operatives used Facebook , Instagram, Twitter and other social media platforms...
Disinformation Has Neighbors Fighting in Small-Town America
10/09/20 | Bloomberg Quint
Gary Fiyalko doesn’t wear a mask. Won’t wear one. Gary believes masks are for political sheep. He’s ready for this...
Bulldozing the Public Square
10/08/20 | Democracy Journal
The Breitbart-hosted conspiracy theory video, “America’s Frontline Doctors,” was viewed over a 12-hour period in July...
The Internet’s Lost Promise And How America Can Restore It
09/30/20 | Foreign Affairs
In the United States, Russia sought to help one presidential candidate over another in the 2016 election—not only through...
How Facebook could help plunge our democracy into chaos on Nov. 4
09/29/20 | The Washington Post
In 2016, a key component of Russia’s efforts to help Donald Trump win the White House involved moving disinformation through...
Big tech needs new, powerful government watchdogs to enforce real transparency
09/23/20 | Fast Company
Here’s an unsettling exercise: Imagine if the food manufacturing industry could abandon all transparency. In this world,...
What Can Social Media Do To Slow Down The Spread Of Misinformation?
09/22/20 | NPR
On social media, it's easy for rumors to go viral. One proposal to fix this is a "circuit breaker" for viral posts, modeled...
On TikTok, the Trump Administration Is Adopting China’s Own Vision for the Internet
09/22/20 | NextGov
Over the past seven weeks, the Trump administration has ordered the sale of TikTok to a U.S. buyer, declared that the U.S....
Exclusive: False fire rumors keep spreading on Facebook despite ban
09/16/20 | Axios
Conspiracy theories about the origin of fires in Oregon are still spreading through private Facebook groups days after the...
Could a digital New Deal rewrite tech policy?
09/10/20 | Marketplace
At this point, consumers, tech employees, even the CEOs of some big tech companies say there should be more regulation around...
China Tries to Push U.S. Tech Companies Around in Hong Kong. Here's How to Push Back.
07/17/20 | NBC News
At the same time that China becomes more assertive in clamping down on internet freedom, the U.S. is shooting itself in the...
Watching the watchers: More accountability needed to ensure responsible COVID-19 tracing tech
07/13/20 | The Hill
As governments and employers around the world embrace new technological tools to aid COVID-19 contact-tracing, Congress should...
Facial Recognition Is Here But We Have No Laws
07/08/20 | Next Gov
At protests against police violence across the country, law enforcement authorities have deployed the tanks, tear gas and...
Public Safety and Disinformation
07/01/20 | Georgetown Law Technology Review
Too often, combatting public safety and disinformation on the Internet is presented as a false choice between continuing...
