Author: Tony Romm
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Why false narratives will endure on social media
The migrant caravan in Mexico and the attempted mail bombings of major political figures last week have unleashed torrents of false and misleading reports on social media, testing the limits of costly efforts by Silicon Valley to combat disinformation ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. Despite hiring thousands of employees and investing in teams dedicated…
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How FCC plans to defend its net neutrality repeal
WASHINGTON • The Federal Communications Commission told a federal court on Thursday that it acted properly when it repealed the U.S. government’s net neutrality rules in 2017, marking its first legal salvo in a campaign to battle back 22 states and tech companies including Mozilla, Facebook and Google that contend the agency’s move was illegal.…
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Facebook, Twitter executives to testify to Congress this week
Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey are set to face a fresh grilling on Capitol Hill this week as lawmakers probe Silicon Valley’s efforts to police content online, from political speech to suspected Russian propaganda. The Senate Intelligence Committee said it would hold a hearing with the two tech giants focused on “social media…
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CEO Dorsey says he’s rethinking the core of how Twitter works
Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey said he is rethinking core parts of the social media platform so that it doesn’t enable the spread of hate speech, harassment and false news, including conspiracy theories shared by prominent users like Alex Jones and InfoWars. In an interview with The Washington Post last week, Dorsey said he was…