(THE CONVERSATION) Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has become a political lightning rod in recent years. The law, part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 signed into law on Feb. 8, ...

This is a bad moment for fact-checking. On his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order titled “Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship,” which targets social media ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James is urging a federal judge to reject X Corp.'s bid to strike down a state law requiring large social platforms to disclose their content moderation policies and ...

A new briefing paper produced by the London Social Media Observatory (LSMO) at Royal Holloway and Westminster Foundation for ...

Zuckerberg's free speech reforms at Meta spark advertiser concerns over harmful content and misinformation risks. Meta replaces Nick Clegg with Republican ally Joel Kaplan, alarming advertisers over ...

Governments worldwide are increasingly leveraging AI technology for content moderation, aiming to manage the vast amounts of information circulating online. While AI’s efficiency in identifying ...

Whether from the White House or a neighbor in your Facebook community group, a request to remove a Facebook post can prompt accusations of censorship or misinformation, or even become a meme. But does ...

WhatsApp Channels is now subject to EU DSA rules as a VLOP, expanding content moderation oversight while encrypted private ...

The article is here; the Introduction: Over the past several decades, a combination of a laissez-faire regulatory environment and Section 230's statutory protections for platform content-moderation ...

A shareholder proposal sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) affiliate JLens has the backing of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. Both proxy advisory firms are ...