The Supreme Court of the United States will hear cases this year against the Communications Decency Act’s Section 230, which has been a cornerstone of the IT sector for more than two decades and could soon change free speech on the internet.
TikTok is deciding who wins and who loses: creators and businesses may lose a space on someone’s For You page to someone with a closer relationship with the corporation. This is how TikTok decides what goes viral.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) played a direct role in policing permissible speech on social media throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, according to confidential emails. Here are the the Facebook COVID files: emails that reveal the CDC’s role in silencing COVID-19 dissent.
The Taliban and its supporters have a massive presence on Twitter since the launch of the Twitter Blue service in December, as they began purchasing blue ticks on Twitter.
According to the New York Times, Twitter is considering auctioning off user names to generate new revenue after Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover, with a demand for so-called “OG” user names.
Adin Ross’ sister is a social media influencer and Instagram model. Meet Naomi Ross, Adin Ross’ sister.
The duties of Ella Irwin, the new Twitter VP appointed by Elon Musk as head of trust and safety, include reducing harmful content like hate speech, offering opinions on account suspensions and bans, and occasionally acting as the platform’s de facto spokesperson.
Twitter has been accused of collaborating with the FBI to censor users and spy on those who posed a threat to the Biden campaign. Court documents show that the social media company worked with the DOJ to intercept the communications of certain users and provided the FBI with access to
Around 78 percent of 13 to 17-year-olds check their phones at least once an hour every day, and 35% monitor the top five networks “almost constantly”. This is how social media is changing children’s brain.