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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Content moderation has, largely ... debate over what exactly to do about how we behave online. There aren’t easy answers. The many advocates for more aggressive fact-checking and moderating ...

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 ...

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.