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As combatants sit in the trenches – scrolling, posting, taking selfies – they can be targeted with online ads that espouse the laws of war.

Meta's changes reflect the trend of deregulation, aligning with Zuckerberg's vision of prioritizing free expression over community safety.

Paul Barrett discusses the novel case and its potential impact on legal efforts to hold social media companies liable for mass shootings.

Lawsuits connecting social media companies to mass shootings could hold Silicon Valley titans legally responsible for societal harms. 

Early efforts to enforce the Digital Services Act shed light on what is at least theoretically possible in the U.S.

Tracking social media platforms' and AI companies' public commitments to combat deceptive uses of AI in the 2024 elections.

Both the private sector and government will have to work more seriously to help safeguard American democracy from falsehoods.

The current debate's failure to engage a complex reality serves neither the interests of national security nor freedom of expression.

Meta has struggled to articulate clear, accessible policies on content moderation that are sufficiently flexible to respond to evolving threats.

A constitutional petition in Kenya asks its High Court to order Facebook to change its algorithm to demote inciteful, hateful and dangerous content.

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