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PublishedMarch 25, 2021
Lawmakers press Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs on speech responsibility
Congress is interrogating the social media giants on the role their companies have played in promoting extremism and spreading misinformation.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2021
Legal experts slam proposal to create a new felony for recording crimes without calling police
Proponents said people too often feed online audiences instead of taking steps to protect victims.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2021
The View From Here: Three dots say more than you think
Technology has given us a lot of new ways to communicate – and a lot of ways to be misunderstood.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2021
Commentary: Tech censorship is the real gift to Putin
Authoritarian leaders will use Twitter’s ban on President Trump to justify their own deplatforming of political opponents for inciting ‘terrorism.’
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PublishedDecember 19, 2020
Commentary: If Facebook broke up, would anyone notice?
It would be hard on the company’s managers, but not on consumers or society.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2020
Our View: Facebook’s free service comes at a high cost
Antitrust lawsuits filed last week detail how the platform’s monopolistic power harms its users.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2020
Another judge blocks Trump’s TikTok ban; app still in limbo
It is the latest legal defeat for the administration as it tries to wrest the popular app from its Chinese owners.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2020
Social media CEOs to face grilling from Republican senators
Legislators have accused Twitter, Facebook and Google of suppressing conservative views.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2020
TikTok sues Trump over his pending order to ban its app
The video app is fighting the administration’s efforts to ban the Chinese-owned service over national-security concerns.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2020
Jim Fossel: The right to hold unpopular views is under attack
Margaret Chase Smith denounced McCarthyism 70 years ago. Her 'Declaration of Conscience' speaks to this moment in our politics and culture.
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