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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.
People know about Facebook’s problems, but assume they are largely immune – even while they imagine that everyone else is very susceptible to influence.
Being seen to lead is clearly an important political aspect of managing online content. But internet regulation must focus on creating policy that is clear, accountable, balanced and open to appeals.
As countries are calling for laws to control extremism online, it is becoming clear that defining the line between hate speech and free speech is a complex challenge.
Children can’t handle watching livestreamed massacres – and adults shouldn’t have to.
Tech firms should be forced to reassess how they impact society under existing EU law.
Facebook has been acting irresponsibly and selfishly, and promising to do better without actually improving. But that’s not the whole story: The company has some positive qualities, too.
New research into the Greek crisis from 2012-16 compared how tweets and traditional news affected bond yields among countries in the eurozone peripheries.
Facebook retired its ‘Move fast and break things’ slogan – perhaps because, as new research from Brazil confirms, democracy is among the things left broken by online misinformation and fake news.
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Senior Research Associate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Law, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Associate Professor of Digital Communication, RMIT University
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Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland
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Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor specialising in Internet law, Bond University
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Lecturer in Law, Adelaide University
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Professor in Information Systems, The University of Queensland
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Professor and Chair, Department of Journalism, Stellenbosch University
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Honorary Fellow in Sociology, Australian National University
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Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies, Boston University
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Professor of Finance, University of Liverpool