American antitrust proceedings against Facebook represent a dramatic pivot, one that aligns the U.S. government with the global movement seeking greater public oversight of Big Tech.
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Twitter has permanently suspended the account of the U.S. president, saying Donald Trump’s tweets glorified the violence of the siege on the Capitol.
Trump supporters openly discussed forcing Congress and Vice President Pence to overturn the election results.
The first amendment could not have anticipated the rise of digital media which has profoundly changed the nature of public speech.
Instagram’s Shop button signals the growing commodification of human interactions on social media.
The absence of practical government guidance could result in companies overzealously blocking questionable content
As massive companies buy up their competition with ease, the answer may be to ban them from sectors all together
While relying on internal documents can be controversial, Zuckerberg’s emails are so detailed and specific that they’re impossible to ignore.
B2B brands taking a public moral or ethical stand are increasingly looking at their suppliers and manufacturers to reflect their own values, but where do they draw the line?
Airbnb is taking a very bold step by issuing a multi billion dollar IPO during a global economic slowdown – something that was unthinkable a few years ago.
The ABC and SBS have been included in the code. That’s good news, but will compensation received be factored into future government funding decisions for the public broadcasters?
As social media platforms fight Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism, online archives offer another possible approach: direct links to the historic truth.
Tech giants are not just surviving the pandemic; they’re thriving. In 2021 and in the post-pandemic era, anti-trust regulations in tech must be revamped.
Some recent positive developments are beginning to suggest that public interest journalism may once again be viable.
An analysis of social media commentary about socialism versus capitalism shows that people are talking past each other, but some are engaging in more nuanced discussions as well.
If citizens disbelieve the institutions that count ballots and the organizations that accurately report on those results, it will be impossible to agree on what a legitimate election looks like.
Remember what life was like before social media took over? Now that the election is over, it might be a good time to take back our lives.
Every election triggers distress for some people. Here are some ways to possibly cope.
The major social media firms have taken a largely piecemeal and fractured approach to managing the problem.
During the coronavirus pandemic the Jerusalema dance challenge enacted a way for communities to connect - repetitive enough to be picked up and varied enough to tease.
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Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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