The report contains 67 recommendations – none of which address misinformation and disinformation.
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Meta wants Apple and Google to force parents to approve apps on their child’s phone. A better solution would be for the tech giants to cooperate.
There’s really no such thing as one global internet – it all depends on your perspective. But the internet is poised to fracturing even more.
Imposing outright social media bans can do more harm than good.
Younger people aged 18 to 28 were more likely to be negatively impacted by manipulative designs on websites and apps.
Elon Musk’s attempt to take over Twitter uses free speech as the motivation, but research shows that unregulated online spaces result in increased harassment for marginalized users.
A higher quality discussion emerged among commenters allowed to use personas instead of their real names.
Google, Facebook, TikTok and Twitter have all agreed to a voluntary code of conduct targeting misinformation. But the only real commitment is to appear as though they’re taking action.
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Associate Professor in Communications and Media, Murdoch University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice; Lead, UNSW Public Interest Law & Tech Initiative, UNSW
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Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University