European Union officials reached an agreement on a set of new rules aimed at protecting internet users by forcing big tech companies like Google and Facebook to step up their efforts to curb the spread of illegal content. Michel Euler/AP hide caption toggle caption Michel Euler/AP European Union officials reached […]
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Shadowbanning Is Big Tech’s Big Problem
Sometimes, it feels like everyone on the internet thinks they’ve been shadowbanned. Republican politicians have been accusing Twitter of shadowbanning—that is, quietly suppressing their activity on the site—since at least 2018, when for a brief period, the service stopped autofilling the usernames of Representatives Jim Jordan, Mark Meadows, and Matt […]
States’ next tech target: Regulating online speech
The states, not Washington, are where tech regulation happens for now, thanks to a deadlocked Congress. What’s happening: Statehouses are drawing money and attention from tech firms and advocates hoping to influence laws on everything from privacy to digital taxes to driverless cars — and now online speech. Driving the […]
Disinformation is weakening democracy, Barack Obama said
This story was updated on Monday, April 25, at 11:12 a.m. PT to include a hyperlink to Obama’s full remarks of the Apr. 21 speech he delivered at Stanford. During a speech at Stanford University on Thursday, former U.S. President Barack Obama presented his audience with a stark choice: “Do […]
Obama warns about disinformation at Stanford event.
Placeholder while article actions load PALO ALTO, Calif. — Former president Barack Obama issued a stark call on Thursday for technology companies to “redesign” themselves to protect the public from polarizing falsehoods online. In a lengthy speech at Stanford University, located in the heart of tech-heavy Silicon Valley, the former […]
Obama calls for tech regulation to combat disinformation on internet
Former President Barack Obama said on Thursday that the spread of disinformation online is harming American democracy, and the tech industry needs regulation and legislation to address the problem. “The very design of these platforms seems to be tilting us in the wrong direction,” Obama said at a Stanford Cyber […]
European policymakers reach deal on Digital Services Agreement
Placeholder while article actions load European policymakers reached a deal early Saturday in Brussels on a sweeping new law to force the world’s largest tech companies to more aggressively police their platforms for illegal content, paving the way for one of the most expansive regulations to date to address a […]
Europe agrees to sweeping new regulations for tech platforms
The proposed law, known as the Digital Services Act (DSA), marks the second piece of landmark tech legislation to advance in Europe within a month. It aims to impose new rules on how the tech industry handles misinformation and illegal content on social media, as well as illegal goods and […]
E.U. Takes Aim at Social Media’s Harms With Landmark New Law
The European Union reached a deal on Saturday on landmark legislation that would force Facebook, YouTube and other internet services to combat misinformation, disclose how their services amplify divisive content and stop targeting online ads based on a person’s ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation. The law, called the Digital Services […]
‘Mr. Metaverse’ on why he’s placing a Web3 bet against Mark Zuckerberg
In the evolving metaverse economy, Yat Siu, the founder of a once little-known mobile gaming startup, is becoming known by a nickname: Mr. Metaverse. He’s pivoting his Hong Kong-based company Animoca Brands to help shape Web3 in a way that he says will offer an alternative to the tech giants […]