Social Media Platforms

"Government officials need to listen to stakeholders and technologists who are not trying to promote private companies’ interests in infection control programs."

Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied the Trump administration’s request for full court review of last year’s decision holding that the president…

For many reasons, areas of the U.S. or segments of the populace don’t have – or don’t seek – access to fact-based, even existentially vital information.

How might we move toward accountability in the face of irreconcilable clashes between Rights-era and Public Health-era values, particularly given the serious practical and civil…

The board should select and decide cases without interference. But trustees and the company retain authority on issues underpinning its independence.

The 2020 election cycle will provide the Kremlin opportunities to pursue further subversion, disinformation, and deception.

Facebook’s recent release of the bylaws for its new Oversight Board, which will be charged with reviewing takedown decisions by Facebook and Instagram, came on the heels of reports…

Voter suppression tactics are as old as American democracy. But new technology has catapulted this threat to the next level, arming foreign governments and domestic disinformation…

The Knight First Amendment Institute and the Brennan Center for Justice sued the US government to stop social media vetting of visa applicants.

A recent scramble to reduce or eliminate the presence of ISIS in online platforms suggests that depriving the group of its virtual safe haven on any particular platform may be…

Facebook recently released more details about its Oversight Board, publishing a governing charter in September that describes how the board will review the company’s decisions…

The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism doesn’t go far enough in allaying concerns about the negative impacts on freedom of expression facilitated by this opaque, private…