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Content moderation issues on social media are evolving

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INT

The fast pace of technological innovation, and the growing scale of user content, have made content moderation on social media increasingly difficult. Types of content under…

Internet platforms will struggle to dislodge extremism

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INTERNATIONAL

Extremism online.

Calls to audit social media algorithms will rise

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The problem of misinformation, polarisation and harmful content on social media has in recent years exposed the ineffectiveness of self-regulation by platform operators. Yet…

Algorithms are insufficient to curb disinformation

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However, such technical content filters struggle with the increasingly sophisticated and nuanced disinformation campaigns, involving activity from both automated bots and humans…

UK plan to curb online harms may prove too broad

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UNITED KINGDOM

The OSB will impose a duty of care on internet companies, particularly social media firms and search engines, to protect their users from a range of online harms, both legal and…

New EU plan for online extremism has modest promise

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EUROPE

Proposed measures include a plan outlined by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in September, wherein the EU would oblige technology firms to remove terrorist and…

Distortion by social media bots will become targeted

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INTERNATIONAL

Social media bots.

Election meddling will take new insidious forms

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INTERNATIONAL

Election meddling.

Malicious uses of social media bots will rise

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In particular, bots are used to increase the speed and scale of misinformation campaigns and foreign propaganda. They make attribution of such activities to specific actors…

Concerns about harmful content on Twitter/X will rise

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While other social media platforms are witnessing a similar increase in harmful content, that at Twitter/X has been the most dramatic, making it a particularly problematic but…