Justice Department wants to upend Silicon Valley's legal shield
The Justice Department on Wednesday proposed a sweeping set of policy recommendations seeking to...
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How Facebook, Twitter and other data troves are revolutionizing social science
Over the past decade, researchers have used such techniques to pick apart topics that social scientists...
The Technology 202: Apple in the antitrust spotlight as coronavirus pandemic boosts mobile payments
Civil rights advocates who have spent years pushing Facebook to address issues of voter suppression say...
Pelosi pours $180K into Facebook ads while calling for advertisers to boycott site
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on advertisers to boycott social media networks unless the outlets...
Prosecutors claim that a ‘boogaloo’ killed two cops. What’s a boogaloo?
The boogaloo movement is associated with a distinctive look and discordant politics. In April,...
Social media platforms are profiting from COVID-19 misinformation: Nancy Pelosi
Social media platforms have exploited the health of their users by profiting from insidious...
George Washington University’s Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics (IDDP) held a forum on scams...
Online Disinformation and COVID-19
George Washington University’s Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics (IDDP) held a forum on...
Pelosi calls on advertisers to pressure social media platforms over misinformation
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday urged advertisers to pressure social media...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., encouraged companies that advertise on social media to use their...