2022-10-10
A characteristically astute account by @WillOremus of the @washingtonpost of the evolution of social media content moderation. One key theme: the platforms' lack of candor about what they're doing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Washington Post
A look at the history of online content moderation, which has become a top culture war issue since the 2016 election and is the subject of multiple court cases
Online content moderation wasn't always a partisan issue. That began to change in 2016. — Early last year …
2022-08-08
What a shame. The tech industry's furious lobbying prevails: Congress stalls on reining in Amazon, Meta et al. with tougher antitrust rules that would have benefited consumers, boosted smaller competitors. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Wall Street Journal
As Congress prepares for its August recess, the bipartisan antitrust bill targeting US tech giants remains in limbo; Schumer plans a vote after recess
Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal :
2022-06-14
New report out today from @NYUSternBHR on how @YouTube continues to spread misinformation and hate speech. Have a look: https://bhr.stern.nyu.edu/...
Bloomberg
NYU report details how influencers backing India's BJP have used YouTube to spread conspiracy theories and hateful content targeting Muslims and women in India
Does YouTube send unwitting users down a ‘rabbit hole’ of extremism? Tweets: @blackamazon : Why especially in the age of gross targeting and abuse for the marginalized is there no ...
2021-08-05
.@Facebook's decision to cut off researcher (and NYU colleague) @LauraEdelson2 and the NYU Ad Observatory is cause for concern. We need to know more about political ads on social media. https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Wired
Mozilla's analysis says Facebook's justifications for cutting off access to researchers running NYU's Ad Observatory project “simply do not hold water”
The company says privacy concerns forced it to block access for a team of academics. Whose privacy, exactly? Source: The Mozilla Blog .
.@Facebook's decision to cut off researcher (and NYU colleague) @LauraEdelson2 and the NYU Ad Observatory is cause for concern. We need to know more about political ads on social media. https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Bloomberg
Facebook says it has disabled the accounts, apps, Pages, and access to its APIs for researchers running NYU's Ad Observatory Project, citing TOS violations
whose ads are already public and whose data Facebook stores in a public archive. https://www.protocol.com/... Dell Cameron / @dellcam : NEW: Senate Intel Chair @MarkWarner condemns...
2020-09-10
At @NYUSternBHR we're releasing my latest report, this one on preserving and improving Section 230. We also recommend forming a Digital Regulatory Agency to promote transparency and accountability of social media platforms. https://bhr.stern.nyu.edu/...
The Interface
An analysis of an academic report on the origins and evolution of Section 230 and how it has allowed platforms to underinvest in content moderation
2020-06-09
Content moderators for @Facebook assert themselves in a highly unusual manner. This happens to come on the same day that @NYUSternBHR releases a report critical of Facebook's outsourcing of content moderation: https://bhr.stern.nyu.edu/... https://twitter.com/...
VentureBeat
NYU report criticizes Facebook for outsourcing content moderation, arguing it is a “grossly inadequate” way of dealing with a core task of social platforms
Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat :
This morning, the NYU Stern Center for Business & Human Rights @NYUSternBHR is releasing a new report on how @Facebook and other platforms outsource content moderation. New insights into the consequences of marginalizing this crucial business function: https://bhr.stern.nyu.edu/...
VentureBeat
NYU report criticizes Facebook for outsourcing content moderation, arguing it is a “grossly inadequate” way of dealing with a core task of social platforms
Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat :
2020-06-08
Content moderators for @Facebook assert themselves in a highly unusual manner. This happens to come on the same day that @NYUSternBHR releases a report critical of Facebook's outsourcing of content moderation: https://bhr.stern.nyu.edu/... https://twitter.com/...
VentureBeat
NYU report criticizes Facebook for outsourcing content moderation, arguing it is a “grossly inadequate” way of dealing with a core task of social platforms
In a scathing examination of Facebook's content moderation strategy, a new study identifies the company's decision …
This morning, the NYU Stern Center for Business & Human Rights @NYUSternBHR is releasing a new report on how @Facebook and other platforms outsource content moderation. New insights into the consequences of marginalizing this crucial business function: https://bhr.stern.nyu.edu/...
VentureBeat
NYU report criticizes Facebook for outsourcing content moderation, arguing it is a “grossly inadequate” way of dealing with a core task of social platforms
In a scathing examination of Facebook's content moderation strategy, a new study identifies the company's decision …