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Making Up Political People: How Social Media Create the Ideals, Definitions, and Probabilities of Political Speech
Facebook’s fact checking service assumes that the public is rational and seeks the truth, but people are more influenced by emotion. Some are concerned that false news is not banned, but merely ranked lower.
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Mike Ananny |
2020 |
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European Digital Sovereignty”: Successfully Navigating Between the “Brussels Effect” and Europe’s Quest for Strategic Autonomy
“European digital sovereignty” encompasses regulatory and strategic concerns. The European Union (EU) is the most powerful global actor in digital regulation, though its power is not unlimited.
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Theodore Christakis |
2020 |
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The Internet as a Speech Conversion Machine and Other Myths Confounding Section 230 Reform Efforts
Policymakers are now revisiting the responsibility of online platforms for harmful content. Under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA), online platforms are immune from liability for content posted by users.
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Danielle Citron, Mary Anne Franks |
2020 |
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Cross-Platform Disinformation Campaigns: Lessons Learned and Next Steps
Disinformation campaigns use misleading information to discredit a political adversary. Opponents of a humanitarian group operating in Syria use Twitter and YouTube to discredit the group.
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Kate Starbird, Tom Wilson |
2020 |
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The Welfare Effects of Social Media
Observers are increasingly aware of the negative effects of social media, including political polarization. This study shows that deactivation of social media reduces political polarization and increases happiness.
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Matthew Gentzkow, Hunt Allcott, Luca Braghieri, Sarah Eichmeyer |
2020 |
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The Connected Parent: An Expert Guide to Parenting in a Digital World
Parents should engage positively with children in addressing issues with digital media, and keep an open mind about positive aspects of digital culture.
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John Palfrey, Urs Gasser |
2020 |
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Disinformation as Collaborative Work: Surfacing the Participatory Nature of Strategic Information Operations
Disinformation campaigns may be studied as a form of collaborative crowd-work. Case studies show that disinformation and conspiracy theories are often spread by sincere actors.
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Kate Starbird, Ahmer Arif, Tom Wilson |
2019 |
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Probably Speech, Maybe Free: Toward a Probabilistic Understanding of Online Expression and Platform Governance
Because digital platforms operate on a large scale, bans on harmful speech will not work; rather, platforms’ limits on speech try to reduce the spread of speech that is “probably” harmful.
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Mike Ananny |
2019 |
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A Global System of Work, A Global System of Regulation?: Crowdwork and Conflicts of Law
Digital platforms that post tasks for completion by online workers are popular world-wide. Courts must consider how local labor laws should be applied to remote workers and platforms based in other nations.
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Miriam A. Cherry |
2019 |
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Restricting Speech to Protect It
Attitudes to cyber harassment have changed. Lawmakers, law enforcement officers, and the public recognize that online stalking, threats, and “revenge porn” interferes with victim’s ability to speak and engage online.
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Danielle Citron |
2019 |