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Cuban government will struggle to rein in social media

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CUBA

It is also creating a new ministry-level Institute for Information and Social Communication (IICS) to replace the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (ICRT) and modernise the…

Social media in India face opposite pressures

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Social media regulation in India.

Corporate risk management will include social media

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Like public companies that became 'meme stocks' over the past two years, banks are learning that social media is now a matter of risk management more than marketing. Few but the…

Content moderation issues on social media are evolving

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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…

Big tech's anti-Trump activism to have limited impact

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Facebook has indefinitely suspended Trump from its main platform and Instagram, while Twitter has done so permanently for his role in instigating violence at US Capitol Hill on…

Global South tightens social media grip amid protests

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Civil society actors routinely use social media to spread content that fuels anti-government sentiment, to organise demonstrations and to document and amplify protest actions…

Gaza war and GenAI test anti-disinformation efforts

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Experienced journalists have labelled this the worst disinformation event they have experienced. The spread of inaccurate information online has made monitoring the unfolding…

Social media fragmentation raises disinformation risks

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One driving factor of this risk is that in 2024 over 4 billion people -- around half the world's population -- will be able to vote in elections. These polls will take place at a…

Russian foreign influencer campaigns are evolving

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In recent months, multiple European intelligence services have issued warnings of increased efforts by Russian state organisations to undermine social cohesion in Europe via…

Indonesian ‘fake news’ move responds to multiple risks

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INDONESIA

At the centre of this new drive are regulations that would require social media to remove damaging content upon the government’s request. Disinformation has expanded…