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Report Probes Social Media's Threat to Democracy
"It's not surprising that Russia or any other outside entity would try to influence U.S. elections, said Richard Forno, assistant director of the UMBC…
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Facebook scrubbed potentially damning Russia data before researchers could analyze it further
""If Facebook has no reason to think that it should retain the data (subpoena, court order), then it can make choices about what appears on its platfo…
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This is why tech companies won’t disclose content of Russian ads
"“I've worked with this statute for 20 years and I learn something new every time I look at it,” Albert Gidari, the Director of Privacy at the Stanford…
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Outraged programmers forced a rare concession from Facebook on its open-source software
"“My my personal view is that a lot of the negative reaction was a little bit overblown,” said Daniel Nazer, an attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundat…
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Russia reportedly bought thousands of politically charged Facebook ads
"“It’s not unique to the United States and it’s a global phenomenon,” said Malkia Cyril, a Black Lives Matter activist in Oakland. Social media companies…
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Lawmakers Have a Model for Political Ads on Facebook: Broadcasters
""Traditional brick-and-mortar platforms like radio and television don't have the same protections that the internet companies do," said Albe…
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Facebook will provide ads bought by Russian company to congressional committees investigating Trump ties
"“Governments have lost patience with platforms that look more like enablers than innovators to regulators these days, which suggests more regulation on th…
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Facebook and Senate Panel Scuffle Over Russia Investigation
"“Congress has subpoena power, of course,” says Al Gidari, the director of privacy at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, who previously…
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Facebook Knows More About Russia’s Election Meddling. Shouldn’t We?
"Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington, told me that the electronic communications privacy law did not extend protections to advertise…
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Should Facebook Ads Be Regulated Like TV Commercials?
"But Andrew McLaughlin, the cofounder of Higher Ground Labs, a company that invests in technology to help progressive candidates, believes that platforms s…
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Why The Sensitive Intersection of Race, Hate Speech And Algorithms Is Heating Up
"Indeed, while Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg reportedly eyes political ambitions within an increasingly brown America in which his own company consistently…
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A white man called her kids the n-word. Facebook stopped her from sharing it.
"The coalition has gathered 570,000 signatures urging Facebook to acknowledge discriminatory censorship exists on its platform, that it harbors white supre…