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Artisanal vs. industrial: A look at approaches to content moderation

Paul ResnickNovember 5, 2018

Unlike in 2016, there was no spike in misinformation this election cycle

The “Iffy Quotient” has been downright steady leading up to tomorrow’s midterm elections, and Facebook deserves some credit for it.

Christine SchmidtAugust 15, 2018

Democracy is cracking and platforms are no help. What can we do about it? Some policy suggestions

Here are a few in a new Canadian report: greater transparency requirements for digital news publishers, holding social media companies legally liable for the content on their platforms, and mandatory independent audits for platform algorithms.

Christine SchmidtAugust 15, 2018

Major internet companies might want to push their own point of view, but can they also take care of misinformation please and thank you

Three-quarters of Americans surveyed say social networks should show the same set of news topics to all users, ignoring their stated interests or browsing history. (Someone should tell them about newspapers!)

Shan WangAugust 6, 2018

What is a Scandinavian media company’s first-ever director of public policy up against?

“We can’t say that Facebook is destroying democracy, but then have our newspapers collaborate with them very, very closely, and rely on them for traffic and distribution,” Karin Pettersson, Schibsted’s new director of public policy, said.

Mark FrankelJuly 10, 2018

The promises and pitfalls of reporting within chat apps and other semi-open platforms: A journalist’s guide

News organizations’ audiences are increasingly moving from public social media to closed or semi-closed platforms like WhatsApp, Discord, and Facebook Groups. But there are still opportunities for good reporting on the communities we cover.

With a light jab at Facebook, Apple News launches a 2018 midterm elections section that’ll “steer clear of rumor and propaganda”

Despite concerns about control, news publishers are still pushing a lot of content to third-party platforms

“Consciously uncoupling”: Where does the relationship between publishers and platforms stand now?

Shan WangApril 23, 2018

Wellness apps, but for news: Can Neva Labs build a news reading experience that feels healthy?

“If you took away advertising from the platforms we have currently, if you took away the need to addict people and harvest their data and keep them refreshing their pages, what would that experience look like?”

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