Media, Democracy, & Public Discourse

BKC Rebooting Social Media Visiting Scholar Kate Klonick writes about a federal court ruling that restricted the Biden administration’s communications with social media platforms.

BKC Affiliate Nathaniel Lubin writes about methods and approaches of evaluating effects of digital platforms on mental health.

BKC Affiliate Nathaniel Lubin writes about using the field of public health as inspiration for a new metaphor for the internet.

BKC Affiliate Nathan Sanders writes about the drawbacks and the opportunities AI can provide to strengthen democracy.

Sue Hendrickson and BKC Responsible AI Fellow Rumman Chowdhury write about the role of global governance alongside the development of AI.

BKC Faculty Associate Ethan Zuckerman discusses the fate of Twitter and the future of digital public squares.

BKC Affiliate Molly White discusses her blog, Web3 Is Going Just Great, that tracks crypto scams and hacks.

Jabari Evans talks with Incoming RSM Fellow Meredith Clark about media, journalism, and Black community.

BKC Affiliate Bruce Schneier discusses the practical considerations of Montana's TikTok ban.

BKC Faculty Associate Judith Donath discusses metaphors for the internet.

Tweets by Rebooting Social Media Visiting Scholar Kate Klonick are referenced in a discussion of Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh.

BKC Affiliate Bruce Schneier delivers a keynote speech during the RSA Conference in San Francisco on April 25, 2023 about the risks and promise of AI for democracy.

Rebooting Social Media Visiting Scholar and BKC Faculty Associate David Nemer discusses Google's lobbying against a Brazilian bill aimed at curbing the spread of “fake news.”

BKC Affiliates Nathan Sanders and Bruce Schneier write about how AI will change the nature of campaigning.

Rest of World reports on analysis of Twitter's compliance with government orders for censorship or surveillance using data from BKC's Lumen database.

BKC Affiliates Nathan Sanders and Bruce Schneier write about AI's potential to advance the public good by helping democracy.

Jonathan Zittrain comments on BKC's Institute for Rebooting Social Media and its projects creating and experimenting with new social networks.

Clinical instructor at the Cyberlaw Clinic Alejandra Caraballo comments on changes to Twitter's content moderation rules and enforcement since Elon Musk's takeover.

BKC Affiliate Nathan Sanders' policymaking project, the Massachusetts Platform for Legislative Engagement, or MAPLE, is discussed as an alternative to Twitter.

Clinical instructor at the Cyberlaw Clinic Alejandra Caraballo writes about how the US district court decision blocking access to the abortion pill mifepristone has also…

BKC Faculty Associate Judith Donath discusses the threat social media poses to children and realistic solutions to mitigate that threat.

BKC Affiliate Afsaneh Rigot comments on the arrests of LGBTQ+ people in Egypt.

Rebecca Tushnet discusses the Rogers test as a standard for trademark infringement which is implicated in a current Supreme Court case involving a dog toy company spoofing Jack…

BKC Affiliate Jenny Korn sits down with GBH News to discuss whether the success of “Everything, Everywhere, All At Once” means that opportunities for Asian actors have paid off.

BKC affiliate Leonard Cortana was profiled by United Nations Human Rights for his work in human rights.

BKC Fellow Juliana Castro-Varon writes as a graphic designer about the effect AI image generators will have on a potentially unsuspecting public who might not understand how the…

BKC Affiliate Julie Owono discusses Facebook and Instagram content moderation via the Meta Oversight Board, of which Owono is an inaugural member, and freedom of expression.

Jonathan Zittrain is quoted discussing digital governance of social media platforms.

Evelyn Douek writes with Genevieve Lakier about the free speech ramifications of Twitter v Taamneh...

BKC Responsible AI Fellow Rumman Chowdhury co-writes a piece on the shortfalls of platforms fighting online abuse.

"They erased Dulcie September, who remained a name in schools, streets, and cultural centers but nothing about her intellectual production and incredible life story as an anti…

Rumman Chowdhury writes about her time at Twitter as the engineering director of the META team...

"Emad [CEO] at Stability [AI, the open-source AI company,] says he’s ‘democratizing AI.’ Well, wouldn’t it be nice to actually be using democratic processes to figure out…

"We were rightfully worried about what this leadership change would entail...There's a lot of ideology and misunderstanding about the kind of work ethics teams do as being part…

BKC Research Assistant Pratika Katiyar writes about the effort to silence student voices and the need to codify protections for student journalists.

"...what are the kinds of harms and stereotypes that exist in society that these machines can pick up on? These models are simply reflecting the data that is being put into…

"Democracy is fundamentally a human way of organizing ourselves, and where an AI, whether it's a ChatGPT that is writing human text or another AI that is figuring out human…

"My observation would be that the serious legislation that's been successfully passed for regulating machine learning in general has been painfully slow and insufficient to…

BKC Faculty Associate Ethan Zuckerman writes about technoculture's unique susceptibility to a mixture of falsehood and persuasive bluffing he refers to as …

BKC Faculty Associate David Nemer was interviewed about his accurate prediction of a "January 6-like event" following Brazil's elections. "I wasn’t…

"So while it’s impossible to predict what a future filled with A.I. lobbyists will look like, it will probably make the already influential and powerful even more so." …

BKC Affiliate Aviv Ovadya discusses social media algorithms that burst, otherwise known as bridging systems.

BKC Faculty Associate Fran Berman joined Alan Chartock of WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Jim Ketterer, and Sarah Rogerson in a roundtable discussion of issues in the news and beyond.

BKC Youth and Media Director Sandra Cortesi commented on the practice of sharing photos of children on social media.

Joan Donovan writes about the Twitter Files and Elon Musk’s failing attempts to shape the media’s narrative.

Jonathan Zittrain sits down with Jill Lepore in a podcast…

"Twitter changed leadership from one mercurial billionaire to another, and in that regard it affirms that the site was never 'ours'..."

RSM Visiting Scholar Kate Klonick writes about the positive steps Meta’s Oversight Board recently took, and how it can…

David Weinberger discusses the shift in Twitter’s appeal to the right following Musk’s takeover.

BKC Affiliate Bruce Schneier writes about decarbonizing crypto and the opportunity to curb its massive environmental impact…

"A worry still is that these nations will never see any true benefits from tech investments until tech investors address the lack of the basic infrastructure necessary to support…

“Freedom is the most beautiful thing life has to offer.” “I am not a criminal I was a drug addict.” “Beautiful things are never perfect.” Those…

Faculty Associate Susan Benesch writes about incendiary speech in political American discourse, and the rampant rise of it. "We have found that…

RSM Assembly Fellow Joe Bak-Coleman writes about the challenges of managing human behavior, especially as applied to…

BKC Fellow Petra Molnar discusses surveillance and the use of tiny islands as spaces for large tech companies.  Petra Molnar, a lawyer…

"Under that reasoning, said Alejandra Caraballo of the Harvard Law School Cyberlaw Clinic, the key question for Twitter is whether tweets from fake corporate…

BKC Fellow Florian Martin-Bariteau assembled a report to the Council of Europe on blockchain opportunities. "The impact of the blockchains for Human Rights,…

Rebecca Tushnet breaks down Vogue's seven-figure lawsuit for copyright infringement against Drake and 21 Savage. "Part of what makes…

"Kendra Albert, a clinical instructor at Harvard Law School’s Cyberlaw Clinic, has studied “

Sahar Massachi joins David Ryan Polgar to discuss "the importance of fostering a generation of integrity workers to transform our technology ecosystem." “For me, I…

Micaela Mantegna spoke to IGN about the Spintire controversy. "Given how confounding this entire investigation has been, I spoke with video game lawyer and Berkman…

With Jill Lepore, Jonathan Zittrain talks about his idea of using high…

BKC affiliate Molly White spoke about her interests, web3, & blockchain. "I'm hoping to keep doing what I'm doing. I feel like the site has been pretty…

BKC Faculty Associate Zeynep Tufekci writes about disinformation and "prevent[ing] another Alex Jones." “It has become so easy to lucratively lie to so many…

Rebooting Social Media Assembly Fellow and Integrity Institute Co-founder Sahar Massachi's work with the Integrity Institute's weekly misinformation dashboard was featured in…

Rebooting Social Media Visiting Scholar and BKC Faculty Associate David Nemer discusses social media strategies and their implications in the Brazilian presidential…

Lumen project manager Adam Holland and Rebecca Tushnet spoke about Google’s efforts to take down links considered pirated.

Cyberlaw clinic’s Alejandra Caraballo discusses how children’s hospitals are taking down websites as a result of harassment and threats.

BKC Affiliate Afsaneh Rigot and Kendra Albert write about Big Tech and how they should support the Iranian people.

BKC Harvard affiliate Julie Owono discusses online content moderation.

BKC Faculty Associate Ethan Zuckerman writes about responsible digital ad systems.

BKC Fellow Bruce Schneier writes about the Uber hack. …

Rebecca Tushnet discusses the potential challenges to California’s new social media law under the First Amendment. 

David Nemer speaks about Brazil and the history of fascism, and the role cyberactivism plays in emboldening it.

David Nemer analyzes the antipathy towards women that world leaders like Jair Bolsonaro have. 

As part of her Berkman Klein fellowship, Zahra Stardust organized a Community Lab at RightsCon 2021 on "Alternative Frameworks for Sexual Content Moderation."…

Susan Benesch, faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, said when it comes to …

Mark Wu discusses the economic motives behind Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. …

Susan Benesch writes about how Elon Musk buying Twitter may be dangerous. …

Will Marks and David Nemer assess Telegram's content moderation.

Ethan Zuckerman traces Wikipedia's transformation from controversial to trusted source.

Is the "marketplace of ideas" fact or fantasy? Yochai Benkler assesses the future of free speech in a world of what he calls an "epistemic crisis" of disinformation and distrust.

Sahar Massachi speaks on a new way of fostering Internet health.

evelyn douek speaks on Spotify's controversial involvement in the Joe Rogan Experience podcast.

Primavera De Filippi explains the implications of an NTF collection featuring fuzzy versions of Hermès bags.

Ethan Zuckerman writes that algorithms can be improved by focusing on the people who train the machines — and society at large.

Micaela Mantegna brings up crucial privacy and ethical concerns that come with the emergence of the metaverse.

Dariusz Jemielniak speaks on his research on Godwin's Law.

Sandra Wachter assesses the benefits and drawbacks about autonomous robots and the future of work.

Elizabeth Renieris urges skepticism amid the overwhelming hype around Web3.

David Nemer discusses Bolsonaro supporters’ migration from WhatsApp to Telegram.

Julie Owono shares why digital rights should have the same protections as offline ones.

Chinmayi Arun discusses the consequences for democracy if major social media platforms arbitrarily blocked political leaders.

Hilary Ross dives deep into the mission of the Institute for Rebooting Social Media at All Tech is Human's Responsible Tech University Summit.

In Nieman Lab's predictions for journalism in 2022, Jonas Kaiser explores the need for fact-checking — and who should be doing it.

In the Nieman Lab's predictions for journalism in 2022, j. Siguru Wahutu expresses hope for a humbler media ecosystem.

Ethan Zuckerman points to a mailing list in rural Vermont as a potential way forward for a more equitable Internet. "We need people to take…

Godwin's Law states that the likelihood of referencing Nazis increases as online discussions grow. But after analyzing nearly 200 million Reddit posts, Dariusz Jemielniak and…

A metaLAB (at) Harvard project illustrates how a movement such as #MeToo is constituted by masses of unobserved tweets.

Allissa Richardson examines how African American mobile journalism became a model for marginalized people’s political communication across the United States.

Afsaneh Rigot writes that requirements for real identities on the Internet pose immense safety and security issues — especially for marginalized persons.

evelyn douek offers an explanation for why the Facebook Papers have failed to make as much of an impact internationally.

Katya Abazajian writes about the difficulties that arise when government agencies are reluctant to share information with each other.

Katya Abazajian writes about the difficulties that arise when government agencies are reluctant to share information with each other.

Ethan Zuckerman points out room for improvement in Facebook's openness to misinformation research.

Ethan Zuckerman writes that his dismal experience creating and experiencing metaverses almost 30 years ago could be a lesson for Facebook.

Twitter’s recent opening of its image-cropping algorithm is a step forward in social media research, Sasha Costanza-Chock tells Morning Brew.

John Bowers, Will Marks, and Jonathan Zittrain propose a path forward for how to improve content moderation

Joan Donovan explains the dangers of spreading falsehoods on social media and the challenges with stopping misinformation.

evelyn douek explores the impacts of the Facebook Oversight Board

Martha Minow explains why the government must save local news.

Joan Donovan shares insights on the government's ability to control misinformation on social media.

Hilary Ross comments on how government may be able to help the state of local news. 

Jonathan Zittrain and Deb Roy will teach a seminar on the design of digital media at Harvard Law School in Fall 2021.

Hilary Ross calls for the expansion of public media to combat disinformation.

Martha Minow and evelyn douek share how the decline of local news hurts democracy.

Julie Owono shares challenges of maintaining freedom of expression on the internet.

Joan Donavan and Yochai Benkler share insights on the causes and effects of disinformation

Jonas Kaiser and colleague evaluate the impact of deplatforming

The Harvard Law Bulletin showcases work from members of the Berkman Klein community on mis- and disinformation and the Center’s projects and programs that produce it.

evelyn douek shares the limitations of the Facebook Oversight Board's ruling on Donald Trump's account.

evelyn douek and Joan Donovan comment on Facebook’s response to the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Joan Donovan shares findings from her research on vaccine misinformation.

Joan Donovan explores vaccine disinformation and the election.

evelyn douek says simply erasing things from the internet comes at a cost and it might not be worth it.

Sameer Hinduja shares insights on how to address cyberbullying.

Bruce Schneier and colleague Henry Farrell published a new report via the Johns Hopkins Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

Chinmayi Arun examines the Oversight Board’s decision in the context of the options before it.

Looking back at topic-based social networks may offer one way forward for social media

Danielle Citron says making social media sites act on content such as nonconsensual porn and violent conspiracies would make the internet more equal and free

Allissa Richardson interviewed by WBUR

evelyn douek says Facebook’s made-up court is filling an enormous legal void.

evelyn douek explains details of Facebook Oversight Board’s recent decision and what they reveal about Facebook’s rules, and the FOB’s role in reviewing them.

evelyn douek weighs in on the Facebook Oversight Board’s upcoming decision

Zenzele Best provides an overview of the 2020-2021 Assembly Student Fellowship

Joan Donovan discusses “post truth,” press manipulation, and right-wing media lies

Susan Benesch says human rights law could guide social media companies to regulate hateful speech

A Q&A with evelyn douek

Allissa Richardson joins Slate’s Amicus podcast

BKC community members weigh in on political misinformation

Allissa Richardson discusses filming police encounters

evelyn douek says that if Facebook can discourage hate speech and incitements to violence on a special occasion, it can do so all the time.

Allissa Richardson argues against sharing videos of violent police encounters in an op-ed for Vox.

Dr. Allissa Richardson spoke with WUSA9 about having Black deaths aired on TV

Preserving records of what user content is taken down—and why—could make platforms more accountable and transparent

Joan Donovan discusses QAnon with CNN.

evelyn douek comments on the Facebook Oversight Board

James Mickens discusses combatting disinformation in a seminar for the Assembly Student Fellows of 2021.

Joan Donovan discusses disinformation on YouTube with The Washington Post.

evelyn douek speaks with Politico about the Facebook Oversight Board

Members of BKC community share suggestions for building bluesky

Joan Donovan and colleagues publish a whole-of-society approach to countering spam, scams, and hoaxes

evelyn douek and Julie Owono talk with Vox Recode about the Facebook Oversight Board

Jessica Fjeld speaks with New York Times about content moderation on Google Podcasts

Berkman Klein event explores the early years of online platforms, the state of current platforms, and the future

Three community members discuss how young Black people use technology for activism around the world

evelyn douek discusses Amazon profiting from sales of conspiracy theory books

Research from Joan Donovan and colleague shows how right-wing media enabled a disinformation campaign around The 1619 Project

Crystal Lee speaks about her research on COVID skeptics with Slate

Joan Donovan speaks with NPR

Joan Donovan talks to CNN about political disinformation campaigns.

Joan Donovan in The Verge

Jasmine McNealy joins a discussion on tackling misinformation and disinformation

evelyn douek discusses the increasing use of alternative platforms

Oumou Ly and Ethan Zuckerman featured in a publication from All Tech Is Human on Improving Social Media.

Yochai Benkler weighs in on tech's impact on democracy in The New York Times

Jonas Kaiser and colleagues publish in International Journal of Communication

Oumou Ly discusses conspiracy theories on the ‘Things That Go Boom’ podcast.

Jonathan Zittrain speaks to the New York Times

Zeynep Tufekci on why everyone should stop 'doomscrolling'

Yochai Benkler spoke to the New York Times about election disinformation lawsuits

Danielle Citron and colleague argue that Trump should not be allowed back on social media

Joan Donovan discusses QAnon, disinformation, and platform responsibility in Nature.

Joan Donovan draws parallels between Occupy Wall Street and GameStop

Apryl Williams puts memes in historical, cultural context

An interview with james Siguru Wahutu

Joan Donovan and colleague argue that antitrust enforcement will hold platforms accountable

Will Marks discusses the “Great Deplatforming” in Just Security.

Julie Owono says content moderation needs a more global approach

evelyn douek discusses the deplatforming of Donald Trump with The New York Times.

Sarah Sobieraj on online attacks against women, what they mean for America, and what can be done about them.

Joan Donovan describes how disinformation can contribute to radicalization in The New Yorker.

evelyn douek discusses Facebook’s decision to refer Trump’s case to its oversight board with The New York Times

evelyn douek discusses content moderation – and who makes the decisions – with NPR.

Ethan Zuckerman on WNYC

An excerpt of Ethan Zuckerman’s book, “Mistrust”

Crystal Lee and colleagues publish a preprint of their paper ahead of ACM CHI 2021.

Joan Donovan and Rob Faris pen op-ed calling for media accountability

Joan Donovan discusses the Capitol attack and disinformation

Ethan Zuckerman says insurrectionism can be a civically responsible form of social change

Ruth Okediji reflects on the attacks on the U.S. Capitol, the state of democracy, and the role of digital technologies in politics today.

Mutale Nkonde and colleagues publish in HKS Misinformation Review

evelyn douek weighs in on Twitter removing Trump

Shagun Jhaver speaks to Newsweek about his Twitter research

Woodrow Hartzog and colleague argue social media companies should be held accountable

Politico interviews Joan Donovan about misinformation

Jonathan Zittrain joins the Lawfare Podcast

Harvard Law experts Yochai Benkler and evelyn douek weigh in on the suspension of President Trump’s social media accounts

Susan Benesch pens an op-ed about the dangers of Trump’s rhetoric.

Joan Donovan and colleague warn against using facial recognition technology in Slate

Ethan Zuckerman calls for a new vision of social media

evelyn douek pens an op-ed on Facebook’s Oversight Board

Joan Donovan and colleagues say the storm on the Capitol was the culmination of a presidency defined by media manipulation and networked conspiracism

Joan Donovan on what lawmakers and companies need to do to address the weaponization of social media and disinformation

evelyn douek says tech giants must not treat their crackdown on the president’s social accounts as an edge case. The social web should be different now.

Yochai Benkler talks with The Washington Post

Joan Donovan shares four tips for journalists covering pro-Trump rallies and far-right groups for Journalist’s Resource.

evelyn douek speaks with OneZero about content moderation and alternative social media platforms

Joan Donovan joins Marketplace Tech podcast

Rebecca Tushnet in the New York Times

Danielle Citron says Twitter should change their rules for public officials.

Joan Donovan speaks with NBC News

In 2020, the need to contain misinformation about COVID-19 pushed Facebook and Twitter into a role they never wanted—arbiters of the truth.

evelyn douek shares her thoughts on content moderation in 2020

Jonas Kaiser and colleague discuss YouTube's recommendation algorithm

Apryl Williams publishes in Social Media + Society

evelyn douek joins Marketplace Tech podcast to discuss YouTube and disinformation

Jonas Kaiser shares his predictions for journalism in 2021 with NiemanLab.

Yochai Benkler speaks with CNN about media coverage of misinformation

NiemanLab shares takeaways from Joan Donovan’s BKC webinar

Elizabeth Renieris spoke with Good ID about the importance of anonymity online

Trump and fellow Republicans are trying to dismantle beliefs in democracy, argue Bruce Schneier and Henry Farrell

YouTube is a major vector for election and other disinformation. evelyn douek asks why its CEO wasn’t with Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey on Capitol Hill.

evelyn douek discusses content moderation and the 2020 election

Joan Donovan comments on platform approaches to harassment and what it means for researchers

evelyn douek talks with Bloomberg about YouTube’s election response

Platform governance and the 2020 Presidential Election

Tressie McMillan Cottom says the new president will be inclined to do less. He must be pushed to do more.

Online platforms aren’t transparent about their decisions—which masks the true costs of misinformation

Joan Donovan comments on Facebook’s takedown efforts during the election

evelyn douek explains YouTube’s content moderation policies

Joan Donovan discusses misinformation in the wake of the 2020 US presidential election.

Rebecca Tushnet talks First Amendment and voter suppression campaigns

Tressie McMillan Cottom joined The Daily Show with Trevor Noah on election night to discuss early election results, American politics, and the electoral college.

Danielle Allen joins the Ask a Harvard Professor podcast to discuss COVID-19 and American democracy.

Yochai Benkler discusses election misinformation with NPR

evelyn douek and Zeynep Tufekci are cited by The New York Times

Joan Donovan joins the Today show to talk about disinformation.

Joan Donovan talks to the New York Times about election misinformation.

Joan Donovan explains recent disinformation campaigns

Quentin Palfrey weighs in on poll workers in the lead-up to the November 3 election

A new resource from Joan Donovan and the Shorenstein Center was featured in a newsletter from The Washington Post.

Joan Donovan asks, “when does a meme become disinformation?”

A Q&A with Mary Gray

Mutale Nkonde joined the No More Normal podcast to discuss misinformation and algorithms.

Joan Donovan profiled by New York Times for her work on disinformation

Kishonna Gray discusses online harassment in gaming with Good Morning America.

Amanda Third and colleagues produce report on online safety in the Pacific.

Yochai Benkler joins Brian Selter on CNN’s Reliable Sources to discuss the US 2020 Election

evelyn douek speaks to The New York Times about Twitter blocking the link to a New York Post article.

Allissa Richardson talks protest journalism on the Start Making Sense podcast

New paper published in Computers in Human Behavior

Journalists should treat systematic disinformation campaigns from President Trump and his party no differently than those from Russian propagandists and Facebook clickbait artists

evelyn douek, Dipayan Ghosh talk with the Centre for International Governance Innovation

Abbey Stemler discusses the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration to secure elections

Yochai Benkler joins the Columbia Journalism Review’s podcast

Allissa Richardson discusses her new book and the myth of objective journalism

Oumou Ly talks with The Hill

Jenny Korn discusses Asian representation in film and TV in 2020

Julie Owono and evelyn douek discuss Facebook Oversight Board

Should tech companies follow human rights law to govern online speech?

Abbey Stemler and colleagues publish paper on disinformation and election insecurity

Allissa Richardson on mental health of Black journalists covering the anti-police brutality and Black Lives Matter protests

Danielle Citron joins Lawfare podcast to discuss manipulated video and audio content.

Smartphone footage of police brutality highlights a dire need to tell more humane stories about Black victims, Allissa Richardson says

Yochai Benkler discusses partisan media with the New York Times

Gizmodo asks experts, including Jonathan Zittrain, for their answers

Zeyenp Tufecki featured in The New York Times

Desmond Patton interviewed by NPR about police monitoring social media

The Verge interviews Taylor Lorenz

Jasmine McNealy discusses the feature and the First Amendment

Ethan Zuckerman uses Media Cloud to explain the narrowing media agenda

Danielle Citron spoke with The New York Times about Facebook’s hate speech policies.

Dipayan Ghosh and Stephen Wicker reflect on Congress’ antitrust hearing

Structural racism can be combatted only if there is political will, not more data.

“We cannot build a healthy democracy on top of an ailing communication system”

Twitter’s QAnon response underlines “how powerful and unaccountable” companies are, evelyn douek says.

evelyn douek discusses Twitter’s recent plans to mitigate QAnon with Slate

Ethan Zuckerman discusses web search before Google with Gizmodo

Jonathan Zittrain, Danielle Citron, and Joan Donovan provide expert commentary

Bruce Schneier explains the recent Twitter hack

Apryl Williams, Mutale Nkonde, and Allissa V. Richardson speak at event

Elizabeth Renieris on social media platforms, their leaders, and democracy

Apryl Williams joins Slate podcast to discuss “The Karen”

Susan Benesch talks to The Guardian

Joan Donovan discusses new article on platform design and disinformation

Jenny Korn discusses the use of #BlackLivesMatter on social media

There’s no clear definition, and that’s worrisome, evelyn douek says.

Joan Donovan says social media sites can—and must—take action to control the content on their sites.

Apryl Williams explains that although memes are humorous, Karens and Kens of the world express a dangerous, audacious kind of White supremacy

evelyn douek joins Australian Broadcasting Corporation to discuss backlash over hate speech on social media

Jasmine McNealy says the U.S. Constitution needs to be understood within a power framework

Every plausible configuration of social media in 2020 is unpalatable, Jonathan Zittrain says.

Report features seven recommendations for Internet companies

Julia Reda comments on media literacy to combat disinformation

Apryl Williams discusses the historical context, significance of the ‘Karen Meme’

evelyn douek spoke to Australia’s Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media about misinformation.

Jonas Kaiser talks with German radio station about social media bots, his recent paper