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4 months ago
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X vs. EU: Elon Musk hit with probe over spread of toxic content

The tech giant is the first to face the full force of Europe’s new social media rules.

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6 months ago
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Hamas hate videos make Elon Musk Europe’s digital enemy No.1

Officials are gathering evidence against X. An inquiry into how graphic terrorist videos spread is all-but certain.

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6 months ago
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Graphic videos of Hamas attacks spread on X

Beheadings, mass shootings and other images linked to the violence targeting Israel widely shared on Elon Musk’s soci...

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11 months ago
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How Turkey’s Erdoğan uses social media to cling onto power

The president and his ruling party passed new EU-style rules to cement their control over digital platforms ahead of ...

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about 1 year ago
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Elon Musk goes to war with researchers

Social media could cut academics’ access to its data, which would mean a blow to misinformation and hate speech watch...

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over 1 year ago
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EU looks to turn Big Tech dropouts into content-law enforcers

The Commission hopes to snatch up staff amid mass layoffs at the likes of Meta and Twitter. But those plans are raisi...

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almost 2 years ago
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Frances Haugen: From whistleblower to watchdog

The former Facebook employee is seeking to raise up to $5 million to create a group focused on social media accountab...

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almost 2 years ago
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The problem at the heart of Brussels’ disinformation playbook

By making the new rules voluntary, the EU is reliant on the companies upholding standards they can walk away from whe...

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almost 2 years ago
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Fringe platforms sidestep Europe’s disinformation playbook

Voluntary rules to be announced Thursday will force Big Tech to take further steps to tackle online falsehoods, but s...

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about 2 years ago
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Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter for $43B

The social media platform is under increased scrutiny over how it polices its content.

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over 2 years ago
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Facebook whistleblower: ‘They could do horrible things to me’

Frances Haugen is worried that the social networking giant could retaliate in response to her recent revelations.

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over 2 years ago
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The Facebook Papers reveal the limits of regulation. It’s time to think bigger.

Lawmakers across the Western world are thinking too narrowly in how they police social media companies.

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over 2 years ago
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Big Tech to be forced to hand over data on political ads

Social media companies could face hefty fines if they don’t publish detailed information on political ad buyers, acco...

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over 2 years ago
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Social media companies remove less hate speech in 2021

In a leaked Commission report, firms deleted 62.5 percent of material after it was flagged, down from 71 percent in t...

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over 2 years ago
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Thousands of posts around January 6 riots go missing from Facebook transparency tool

The social media company said it was a technical error, and has been fixed, but tens of thousands of posts are still ...

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over 2 years ago
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Campaigners wanted more transparency. Facebook threatened to sue.

Algorithm Watch, a nonprofit, shut down a digital tool after the tech giant threatened potential legal action.

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