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Editor’s Note: This essay is co-published with Tech Policy Press. Barrett is the deputy director of the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, where he writes about…

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A key UN committee opened its doors to civil society and experts, but the resulting Delhi Declaration contains little of that input thus far.

Much depends on how social media platforms interpret their obligations under the new regulation, and how EU authorities enforce it.

An emerging set of rules that apply to public expression on platforms hosting content could ensure that necessary democratic safeguards are securely in place.

Governments should recognize that pulling the plug on the internet – or on an entire social media platform – is not a viable solution to the spread of hate speech or misinformation…

Deferring to local laws to determine the bounds of free speech on Twitter - and Musk has suggested doing - would jeopardize hard-won democratic freedoms in Africa.

Two recent commissions, while diagnosing the challenge differently, reached some similar conclusions on steps to take.

Facebook has been criticized for content it allows. But we should be equally skeptical of what it takes down, and its claimed legal reasoning for removals.

A deeper dive shows the company is not ready to engage with the board's most far-reaching recommendations,

The future of Facebook's treatment of political leaders across the world

Facebook has been moderating the Myanmar military's Facebook access for years. The military still used the platform to effectuate its coup. What can we learn from this failure…