Op-Ed looks at distinguishing the difference between attributing user speech to a platform, which is forbidden, and failure to have reasonable community safety. Also discusses regulating possibly harmful algorithms and how design choices that can amplify negative rhetoric and possible future harm.
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Social Media Platforms and Misinformation
January 8, 2021, npr, Twitter Permanently Suspends Trump, Citing ‘Risk Of Further Incitement Of Violence
Social Media Platform Liability and Section 230
January 17th, 2021, npr, Social Media Site Gab Is Surging, Even As Critics Blame It For Capitol Violence
Facebook’s Internal Regulation Structure
March 16, 2021, New York Times, Facebook Is Better Without Trump
COVID, Election 2020, Misinformation
July 5, 2020, Seattle Times, COVID-19 meets Election 2020: the perfect storm for misinformation
Social Media Platform Security, Potential Misinformation, and the Election
July 16, 2020, Washington Post, The Technology 202: Twitter just proved it can’t keep the accounts of global leaders safe
Whatsapp, Facebook, Data Privacy
February 9, 2021, yahoo!, WhatsApp flap shows importance of message platform to Facebook