On Wednesday, April 20, 2022, a bipartisan Connecticut State Senate passed SB 6, an act concerning personal data privacy and online monitoring. This makes Connecticut the fourth state to take such an action, following the states of California, Colorado and Virginia. In a world where we are tethered to the internet […]
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New social media app BeReal challenges hallmarks of online personas
Technology BeReal sends out a notification once a day prompting users to take a photo with their phone’s back and front cameras simultaneously. There’s no time to filter, edit, or curate. Callie Booth, a student at William and Mary College in Virginia, said her experience on a new social media […]
Parents’ views of their young kids’ use of tech, social media during pandemic
(Cavan Images via Getty Images) When Pew Research Center fielded a survey of U.S. parents at the beginning of March 2020, we knew the conversation around children and technology was at the forefront of many parents’ minds. Yet no one knew just how relevant that conversation would become in the […]
Compliances by an Intermediary Under Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021
That the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in the year 2021 has notified the new Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 20211 (“Intermediary Rules”) under Section 87 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (“IT Act”) and in supersession of the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, […]
EU law targets Big Tech over hate speech, disinformation : NPR
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 […]
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 […]