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Islamic State sets trends in militant social media use

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MIDDLE EAST

Analysis of the use of social media by jihadists.

Global South tightens social media grip amid protests

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INT

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…

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…

Autocratic rulers try diverse controls on social media

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INTERNATIONAL

Social media controls in closed political systems.

Social media-driven polarisation will intensify

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INTERNATIONAL

Political polarisation on social media.

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…

Anonymity will protect Turks' social media use

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TURKEY

Control of social media in Turkey.

Corporate risk management will include social media

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INT

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…

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…

Social media fragmentation raises disinformation risks

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INT

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…