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The European Commission on Wednesday launched its ‘Democracy Shield’ with much fanfare but limited firepower, reports Ramsha Jahangir.

It's fascinating how quickly the tune changes when the shoe's on the other foot. For years, we've been treated to endless screaming about how any effort to identify and counter foreign manipulation on social media was "censorship" and a violation of Americans' free speech rights. The same crowd that turned researchers into pariahs and shut down entire government offices dedicated to studying foreign influence operations are now… demanding that social media platforms identify foreign accounts?

Efficiency isn’t everything. The cognitive work of struggling with prose may be a crucial part of what drives scientific progress.

Researchers simulated a social media platform that was populated entirely by AI to see if we can stop them from turning into echo chambers.

The global speech standards authored by online platforms are not the first time that tech innovators have tried to write global rules for speech. Unfortunately, the history of attempts to write such r...

TikTok workers in Berlin are striking over mass layoffs amid company’s global push to replace moderators with AI

Despite growing calls for collaboration, the technological core of content moderation remains largely a black box.

New study of long-standing problem takes novel approach, asking cited authors to evaluate accuracy

Inaction on the Thailand-Cambodia conflict undermines ASEAN’s raison d’être by the day. There is still time to salvage the situation.

Mass psychogenic illness has happened throughout history, but social media makes it more likely to spread.