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The Facebook Oversight Board’s Trump Ban Decision Is About More Than Trump
The Oversight Board must grapple with algorithmic decision-making and whether politicians' speech ought to be governed by special rules, with implications for political speech…
Terrorism and Other Dangerous Online Content: Exporting the First Amendment?
The First Amendment is no cause for the United States holding back from international multi-stakeholder efforts to address the spread of dangerous online content. Christchurch…
A Dozen Experts with Questions Congress Should Ask the Tech CEOs — On Disinformation and Extremism
Experts draft specific questions — on disinformation and extremism — for Congress to ask Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai…
The Digital Technology Agenda at the Summit for Democracy
"To combat the digital authoritarian threat, democracies must be rallied around a shared values-based vision of digital society and a joint strategic technology agenda."
In India, US Defense Secretary Austin Must Not Overlook Its Democratic Decline
The Indian government’s pattern of repressive actions could undermine its value as a strategic partner in the Indo-Pacific region.
Protecting the Information Space in Times of Armed Conflict
What, if any, limits exist concerning digital information operations in armed conflict? Does the humanitarian legal framework adequately capture the protection needs that arise…
Telegram: A Growing Social Media Refuge, for Good and Ill
It is used in some quarters as a tool of constructive political resistance, and in others abused to spread disinformation and illicit content.
Oversight Board’s First Rulings Show Facebook’s Rules Are a Mess
The company’s inability to enact a clear, consistent, transparent content-moderation policy may lead the board to overturn the decision to bar Trump.
Facebook’s Unconscionable Action in Australia – and What It Means for the Rest of the World
The proposed law that the tech giant is fighting has problems, but Facebook’s removal of news is inexcusable.
Myanmar is Experiencing a Digital-Age Coup – Tech Companies Must Push Back
Since taking power, Myanmar's military has limited access to social media, and at times cut internet service overall. What can tech companies do to resist?
Biden Paused Trump’s WeChat and TikTok Bans: Now What?
Trump’s extreme uses of IEEPA have backfired, resulting in a narrower interpretation of executive powers under IEEPA and a firmer articulation of how the Berman Amendment protects…
#StopTheSteal: Timeline of Social Media and Extremist Activities Leading to 1/6 Insurrection
How a convergence of disinformation, domestic extremists and anti-democracy movements reached a horrifying climax at the U.S. Capitol.