Today is the deadline for public comments regarding a "public inquiry" by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) into the "potentially illegal" content moderation practices of social media platforms. As ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James is urging a federal judge to reject X Corp.'s bid to strike down a state law requiring large social platforms to disclose their content moderation policies and ...

Governments worldwide are increasingly leveraging AI technology for content moderation, aiming to manage the vast amounts of information circulating online. While AI’s efficiency in identifying ...

Zuckerberg's free speech reforms at Meta spark advertiser concerns over harmful content and misinformation risks. Meta replaces Nick Clegg with Republican ally Joel Kaplan, alarming advertisers over ...

WhatsApp Channels is now subject to EU DSA rules as a VLOP, expanding content moderation oversight while encrypted private ...

The article is here; the Introduction: Over the past several decades, a combination of a laissez-faire regulatory environment and Section 230's statutory protections for platform content-moderation ...

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff announced a Request for Information (RFI) on February 20 seeking public comments on “how consumers may have been harmed by technology platforms that limited their ...

A new large-scale, global survey has revealed that most people want harmful social media content such as physical threats and defamation to be restricted. This also applies in the USA where several ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in February 2025, launched a request for information seeking public comment about how social media platforms’ “adverse actions” against users and user content may ...

While major social-media platforms like X and Meta have slackened content-moderation efforts and slashed third-party fact-checking, up-and-coming microblogging app Bluesky amplified its efforts in ...

A shareholder proposal sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) affiliate JLens has the backing of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. Both proxy advisory firms are ...

Immediately after Charlie Kirk was shot during a college event in Utah, graphic video of what happened was available almost instantly online, from several angles, in slow-motion and real-time speed.