Items tagged "misinformation"
Public Knowledge Applauds Senate for Moving to Support Local Journalism
July 23, 2021 Future of News , journalism , Legislation , Local News , misinformation , NewToday, Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the “Local Journalism Sustainability Act” to create tax credits designed to encourage citizens, small businesses, and newsrooms to sustain and support local news.
Read MoreHouse Antitrust Subcommittee Proposes Strong Bipartisan Legislation to Rein In Big Tech
June 11, 2021 Antitrust , Big Tech , interoperability , Legislation , misinformation , Nondiscrimination , Platform Competition , Platform Regulation , PrivacyToday, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law introduced a bipartisan package of bills to invigorate competition against dominant digital platforms.
Read MoreHow an Internet Superfund Could Clean Up Vaccine Disinformation That Threatens Our COVID-19 Recovery
February 12, 2021 Communications & Pandemic Series , Communications and the Pandemic , Congress , Content Moderation , Disinformation , Fact-Checking , Internet Superfund , misinformation , Platform Regulation , Superfund for the InternetHave you heard? The COVID-19 pandemic has entered a new phase. No, it’s not the new, more contagious “super strains” of the virus, or the beginning of the vaccine rollout. It’s the shift in focus of the disinformation peddlers, from the virus itself (remember the “infodemic”?) and the 2020 election to the ramping up of […]
Read MoreWorking with the 117th Congress to Deliver on a Consumer-Focused Tech Agenda
February 9, 2021 Broadband Access , Broadband Affordability , Broadband Deployment , Congress , controlled digital lending , Data Protection , digital equity , DMCA , DMCA Reform , Federal Privacy Legislation , interoperability , Legislation , Lifeline , misinformation , Nondiscrimination , Notice and Takedown , Platform Competition , Platform Regulation , Privacy , Right to Repair , Section 512The 117th Congress has convened at an inflection point in our nation’s history, unprecedented in more than a century. These are serious times, with the country going into its eleventh month of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment running high, and families facing so many challenges in their work and personal lives. Such times demand […]
Read MoreFinding the Limits of Free Speech Online
January 12, 2021 Content Moderation , Disinformation , Facebook , First Amendment , Free Expression , Free Speech , Hate Speech , misinformation , Platform Regulation , Speech Online , TwitterLast week, President Trump used social media to encourage his supporters to storm the Capitol to attempt to maintain his power. In the wake of this violent insurrection against the certification of our election, the President and some of his supporters are claiming that the First Amendment rights of the President have been violated because […]
Read MoreA Superfund for the Internet Could Clean Up Our Polluted Information Ecosystem
December 23, 2020 Content Moderation , Disinformation , First Amendment , Free Expression , misinformation , Platform Competition , Platform Regulation , Section 230 , Superfund , Superfund for the InternetIn a recent interview, former President Obama called the lack of a “common baseline of fact” the “single greatest threat to our democracy.” Our increasingly polluted information environment — including the proliferation of “crazy lies and conspiracy theories” on social media — divides society while undermining public faith in facts, impeding our ability to face […]
Read MoreDiversity and Competition in New and Old Media
December 23, 2020 AT&T , Content Moderation , FCC , Media Diversity , Media Ownership , misinformation , Pay-TV , Time WarnerOne of the most important and difficult goals of media policy is preserving and promoting voices of marginalized communities and diverse perspectives. It’s important because a functioning democracy requires informed points of view from multiple perspectives. There should be media that speak to and speak for everyone in our country. This applies to all media, […]
Read MoreNew Bipartisan COVID Stimulus Package Includes Support for Local Journalism
December 22, 2020 Disinformation , Legislation , Local Journalism , misinformationThanks in part to the efforts of Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the coronavirus relief bill includes a provision that will make thousands of local journalism outlets newly eligible for emergency federal support under the Paycheck Protection Program.
Read MoreContent Moderation Is Not Synonymous With Censorship
November 16, 2020 Big Tech , Congress , Content Moderation , Free Speech , Freedom of Expression , misinformation , Platform Competition , Platform Regulation , Section 230Tomorrow, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee to discuss censorship, the suppression of news articles, and the companies’ handling of the 2020 presidential election. Last time Dorsey and Zuckerberg were brought in to the Senate to testify, the hearing turned into an opportunity for some […]
Read MoreThe Election Misinformation War Has Only Just Begun
November 12, 2020 Internet Superfund , misinformation , Platform RegulationMedia organizations and social media platforms approached preparing for the 2020 presidential election as if they were going to war. Informed by COVID-19 misinformation conspiracies, demands from both sides of the political aisle to adjust their content moderation policies, and at least four years of orchestrated political misinformation campaigns, our mainstream media and social media […]
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