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Guardrails Needed for FBI Access to Social Media Monitoring
While social media analysis will be critical to investigations aimed at preventing acts of domestic terrorism, dragnet social media monitoring brings significant risks, and even…
De-platforming Following Capitol Insurrection Highlights Global Inequities Behind Content Moderation
De-platforming is a window on the unequally distributed power and embedded assumptions that determine what content gets to stay online.
A Capitol Riot and Big Tech Takes a Stand: But Is It the One We Want?
To solve the numerous challenges linked to content moderation, the spread of incitement to violence, censorship etc., we certainly need standards based on human rights law, but…
December Brought Harbingers of the Regulation Social Media Companies Could Soon Face
Are the winds changing for data-intensive companies, and what is the prevailing mood of technology regulators on both sides of the Atlantic heading into 2021?
The Overlooked Intersection of Social Media and Kleptocracy
It is remarkable that even individuals sanctioned by the United States are not explicitly prohibited from using platforms like Twitter and Facebook to speak directly to international…
Facebook’s Content-Decision Oversight Board Carves Out Own Territory
On human rights, infrastructure, and transparency, modest but welcome signals from a board that will have such a pivotal role in public discourse.
Good Governance Paper No. 10: Addressing Foreign Election Interference—An Overdue To-Do List
Tenth essay in a series of top experts exploring proposals to restore and promote nonpartisan principles of good government, public integrity, and the rule of law.
Disinformation Wars in Egypt: The Inauthentic Battle on Twitter between Egyptian Government and Opposition
The streets of Egypt are quiet, but last month Twitter seemed to suggest otherwise. Joey Shea and Alexei Abrahams explain why, tracking evidence of warring disinformation campaigns…
Facebook and Twitter’s Handling of New York Post Hunter Biden Story Bodes Poorly for Post-Election Period
"There are three actions all social media platforms must pursue to avoid playing directly into these critics’ arguments and to avoid misperceptions."
App Stores as Back-Doors for Government Regulation of End-to-End Encryption
App stores make natural chokepoints for de facto government regulation, without the long and politically expensive process of legislation. But the privacy and security implications…
Banning Apps Is a Dangerous Practice for Free Speech
Apps have become an essential tool for people to communicate, express themselves and access information. The practice of banning or limiting the use of certain apps is worrying…
GIFCT: Possibly the Most Important Acronym You’ve Never Heard Of
The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) raises questions about who decides what counts as terrorism or the even more loosely defined extremism.