Earlier this year, I wrote an article about Facebook’s fake news problem, battling between protections of free speech and government regulation. Since then, a few factors have shifted the Facebook conversation in a new direction. One: Cambridge Analytica made psychological profiles of U.S. voters during the 2016 election with data
Author: Maddy Neff
OPINION: The Social Movement We’ve Always Needed: #NeverAgain
CW: Gun violence, murder In the past year or so, President Donald J. Trump’s actions and his response to heated political issues have inspired many Americans to collective action and continued protest. Collective action itself is not a special feature of Trump’s presidency, but the frequency with which these
OPINION: Facebook’s Fake News Problem And Misinformation
Last fall, U.S. Congressional investigators found that Russia played a role in the spread of deliberate misinformation over social media during the 2016 election. Facebook “identified more than $100,000 worth of divisive ads” bought by a Russian company tied to the Kremlin, according to Scott Shane of The New York