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At Detroit Econ Club, Barbara McQuade and Jocelyn Benson chat about disinformation, Russia
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoShe also suggests that it is time to amend or repeal Section 230 of the federal Communications...
The Next Threat to Tech: Regulation | Law.com
Law.com· 2 days agoContent moderation policies are attacked for being both too much and too little. Much recent attention has gone to the liability protection provided by ...
Opinion | The Best Way to Regulate Social Media Has Been Staring Us Right in the Face
Politico via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAnd we can do it without the government policing speech. In fact, Congress does not have to do...
Families who sued social media companies years ago are taking matters into their own hands
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance· 7 days agoThe social media companies filed motions to dismiss some of the cases under the First Amendment and ...
Once again, social media companies attempt to avoid trial over claims they harmed child users
Courthouse News Service· 4 days agoMeta, TikTok and other social media companies returned to court on Friday in another effort to avoid trial over class-action claims that they are liable for the harmful effects their apps have ...
Did TikTok videos inspire a teen’s suicide? His mom says she found graphic evidence
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMonths after Jennie DeSerio’s son died by suicide, she picked up his phone and went through his...
AI is about to make the online child sex abuse problem much worse
Washington Post· 2 days agoThe nation’s system for tracking down and prosecuting people who sexually exploit children online is...
Dangerous 'Blackout Challenge' Linked To 2 NJ Middle Schoolers Passing Out
Women's Health via Yahoo News· 6 days ago“Defendants’ algorithm was a way to bring the Challenge to the attention of those likely to be most...
Mother Sues TikTok After Son’s Death, Says He ‘Would Be Alive Today’ if He Hadn’t Seen Those Videos
IJR· 21 hours agoA mother from Arkansas is suing TikTok after her son committed suicide, egged on, she says, by the content the platform’s algorithms steadily fed him. Jennie DeSerio’s 16-year-old son Mason ...
The Terrorist Threat the West Still Ignores
Foreign Policy Magazine· 6 days agoThe Islamic State’s recent return to prominence with its bloody attack on a Moscow concert venue overshadowed a solemn and tragic anniversary of a...