A new briefing paper produced by the London Social Media Observatory (LSMO) at Royal Holloway and Westminster Foundation for ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has become a political lightning rod in recent years. The law, part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 signed into law on Feb. 8, ...

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

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has taken a lot of heat since he announced recently that he is pulling his company out of the fact-checking business and curtailing content moderation on its platforms. The ...

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 ...

Content moderation is never easy but also unavoidable. Without it, you risk having online forums overrun with spam, scams, and spittle-flecked vitriol, and it’s easy to make mistakes –especially when ...

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 ...

Mark Zuckerberg recently announced changes to Meta’s content moderation policy. This signals a pivotal shift in how harmful content is managed for the 3.29 billion users on their platforms. These ...

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 ...

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 ...