We asked young people and parents what they thought about age-verification tools to restrict access to certain online content. We found their voice isn’t being reflected in broader debates.
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QAnon conspiracists think Trump’s ‘secret war’ against an elite celebrity ‘deep state’ network will eventually lead to a day of reckoning where his opponents will fall.
Here’s what you need to know about the largely right-wing social media platform creeping into headlines.
The platform also took down another 2,000 communities, including left-leaning groups. The move comes just months ahead of the 2020 US presidential election.
Twitter’s proposed policy would result in the prolific spread of fabricated, but highly realistic images and videos. This could allow widespread misinformation on the platform.
The order requires Facebook, Twitter and Google to remove certain content globally, based on it being defamatory under India’s local law.
Sometimes it feels like everybody on social media is fighting about what’s “right” and what’s “wrong”. Well, figuring out why we all have such unique opinions is now helping experts tackle fake news.
Social media is shaping Africa’s political engagement in diverse and complex ways.
Post-election riots in Jakarta prompted Indonesia to limit social media access. But this also hampers verified information from credible media reaching the public.
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PhD candidate, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, University of Sydney
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Chair of Discipline, Media and Communications, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in the School of Sociology, Australian National University
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Professor specialising in Internet law, Bond University
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, Australian Research Council DECRA fellow, University of Sydney
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Lecturer, Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh
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Associate Professor, Monash University
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