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In this photo illustration, the logos of social media applications, WeChat, Twitter, MeWe, Telegram, Signal, Instagram, Facebook, Messenger and WhatsApp is displayed on the screen of an iPhone on October 06, 2021 in Paris, France. Frances Haugen, a former employee of the Facebook social network created by Mark Zuckerberg, told the US Senate on October 05 that Facebook was prioritizing its profits at the expense of security and the impact of the social network on young users. To support her claims, Frances Haugen draws on her two-year experience as a product manager at Facebook and on the thousands of documents she took with her last spring, grouped together under the name of "Facebook Files ".

Political Propaganda Runs Wild on Messaging Apps – Platform Owners Can Help Counter It

Messaging platforms such as WhatsApp, Telegram, and Viber have become highly influential tools for manipulating and misleading voters.
In this photo illustration, WeChat, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram,TikTok Messenger, Snapchat and X applications logos are displayed on the screen of an iPhone

Rethinking the United Nations Cybercrime Treaty

The U.N. Convention Against Cybercrime clearly challenges the democratic vision for a free Internet and puts the United States on the spot.
Elon Musk, left center, and Wendell P. Weeks, right center, listen to President Donald Trump, right, as he meets with business leaders at the White House on Monday January 23, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Musk, X, and Trump 2024: Where are the Legal and Ethical Boundaries?

Analysis of the ethical and legal lines for social media companies in influencing the outcome of a presidential election, in light of Elon Musk's support for former President Trump.
Participants hold up signs in support of TikTok

History Has Already Discredited the TikTok Ban

The TikTok ban is a reincarnation of past reactionary efforts to limit Americans from accessing media from abroad.
Four screenshot images from the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia's TikTok account, showing a range of their educational outreach activities.

Vlogging International Criminal Justice? Digital Optics at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), tasked with addressing the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge regime, has ventured into uncharted territory: TikTok.
In this photo illustration, the Telegram logo is displayed on a number of screens

Telegram’s Security Sham

Its track record and transparency practices, as well as the testimony of researchers, make it plain its claims of security are not to be trusted.
In this photo illustration the logo of US online social media and social networking site 'X' (formerly known as Twitter) is displayed centrally on a smartphone screen alongside that of Threads (L) and Instagram (R) on August 01, 2023 in Bath, England. On the top row the logo of online video sharing and social media platform YouTube is seen alongside that of Whatsapp and TikTok. Along the bottom row Facebook, Quora amd Messenger are displayed.

Book Review: A Misinformation Researcher’s Guide to the ‘Carnival of Mirrors’

DiResta’s book, "Invisible Rulers" provides an essential guide to what she calls “the carnival of mirrors” of the information environment.

Durov, Musk, and Zuckerberg: Tech Oligarchs Cry Censorship and What It All Means

"It is important for the heads of social media companies to demand fair and legitimate boundaries are set. The current strategy by some of them seems more like the tale of the…
Wiley and Zuckerberg are sitting at a table in a hearing room, with others seated behind them, against a backdrop of a heavy-looking dark red curtain.

Don’t Downplay Risks of AI for Democracy

In the midst of the first-ever round of AI-influenced elections globally, it’s important to guard against a false sense of security.
Golden circuits surround the word "AI" against a blue background.

AI’s Potential to Advance Human Rights? Striking the Right Balance

The risks of AI are well-known, but devoting more effort to understanding its benefits towards human rights will help harness its potential.
A cherry tree in bloom near the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

Collecting Just Security’s Analysis of the Supreme Court’s Term

A collection of legal and policy analysis of key cases from the Supreme Court's tumultuous term.

Dept of Justice Promises to Declassify Standard Operating Procedure for Coordinating with Social Media Platforms

Department of Justice set to release declassified Standard Operating Procedure for coordinating with social media platforms on foreign malign influence and First Amendment.
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