Adam Schiff accuses social media companies of misinformation negligence
Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Google, which owns YouTube, seemed to rely...
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Forum on Disinformation and Election Interference
The George Washington Institute for Data, Democracy, and Politics holds a forum on election...
Anti-vaxxers seize virus moment to spread fake news
The vaccine will inject you with an electronic chip, poison you, make you sick, they say.
There...
Climate Change Deniers Exploit Facebook Loophole to Spread Fake Science
Climate change deniers have spread misleading content on Facebook, exploiting a loophole offering...
Uber, Lyft algorithms charged users more for trips to non-white neighborhoods: study
A recent study suggests that the algorithm used by popular ride-hailing companies Uber...
Social Media Companies Profiting from Misinformation
While the spread of disinformation through social media presents a general crisis for our democracy,...
Justice Department wants to upend Silicon Valley's legal shield
The Justice Department on Wednesday proposed a sweeping set of policy recommendations seeking to...
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...