Summary: Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the Democratic Republic of Congo faced a surge in AI-driven disinformation campaigns across social media. These sophisticated misinformation endeavors aimed to undermine confidence in COVID-19 […]
Summary: A few days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Twitter announced that it would start labeling tweets containing links from Russian state-linked media outlets, noting their affiliation. Additionally, Twitter […]
Summary: In May of 2020 Joe Rogan, whose podcast was considered one of the most popular in the world, signed an exclusive deal to host the podcast on Spotify. Rogan, who has […]
Summary: Google’s Street View is a powerful mapping tool that allows users to visit places they’ll possibly never be able to visit and allows local users to see homes and […]
Summary: Sexual content can be challenging for content moderation on a number of different levels — especially when it involves fictional content about taboo, controversial, or even illegal activities. Literary […]
Summary: In the spring of 2020, Mattel and Hasbro announced that the official mobile version of the game Scrabble would no longer be the game produced by Electronic Arts, but […]
Summary: The Proud Boys, a group with a history of violent interactions, often in support of Donald Trump, received prominent attention during the first Presidential debate of 2020 between Trump and […]
A crowdfunding campaign to cover the legal defense of a white supremacist who shot and killed protestors in Kenosha causes controversy for GoFundMe, and also reveals the discretionary nature of […]
The Kenosha Guard, an armed, far-right, private militia, uses Facebook’s Events product to organize a response to anti-police protests in Wisconsin. Facebook has to consider its response after violent shootings […]
Facebook’s global enforcement against hate speech results in seemingly harmful outcomes for potentially vulnerable groups. Summary: Facebook has struggled to moderate “hate speech” over the years, resulting in it receiving […]
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