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1 – 10 of 255The problem of misinformation, polarisation and harmful content on social media has in recent years exposed the ineffectiveness of self-regulation by platform operators. Yet…
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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259529
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Public reliance on social media -- the least regulated and most distrusted source of news -- is rising
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-GA262592
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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281631
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The new rules follow a stand-off between Twitter and the central government last month over some posts and accounts. The government has used this stand-off as an opportunity not…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259921
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The boycott is the most coordinated yet against Facebook over hate speech and misinformation on its platforms. Facebook and Twitter have become lightning rods for challenges to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253808
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This comes after Twitter announced on April 25 that the firm is being sold to Musk, the world's richest man and self-proclaimed free speech maximalist. The sale presages a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB268843
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Amid an outcry over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, large numbers of accounts, ostensibly belonging to ordinary citizens (although many are fraudulent), have engaged in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB240118
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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB239303
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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…