Most people want harmful social media content such as physical threats and defamation to be restricted. This also applies in ...

Will Oremus, tech news analysis writer for The Washington Post, says conservative lawmakers have always viewed moderating or fact-checking online content as censorship — even though the Supreme Court ...

In the complex task of curbing misinformation, hate speech, and harmful content, Facebook often faces backlash from users, ...

Ministers are reported to be considering such a move as a way to placate the ‘tech bros’ associated with the new Trump ...

Founded in 2014 as a social media app, Hive pivoted in 2017 to sell its internal moderation tools to companies ... of movies and TV shows being shared online. The San Francisco-based company ...

The Meta Safety Advisory Council has written the company a letter about its concerns with its recent policy changes, including its decision to suspend its fact-checking program. In it, the council ...

This jeopardizes the ability of academics to evaluate the online information landscape and the effects of waning moderation efforts. Trump’s new executive order is the latest round of such efforts.

But the order isn’t just about the law. It’s a signal of Trump’s intention to continue the fight against online content moderation coming from the Oval Office. “This order is basically ...