New York Times
Disinformation Researchers Fret About Fallout From Judge’s Order (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 07/06/2023 - 06:43Ruling Puts Social Media at Crossroads of Disinformation and Free Speech
Two months after President Biden took office, his top digital adviser emailed officials at Facebook urging them to do more to limit the spread of “vaccine hesitancy” on the social media platform. At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, officials held “weekly sync” meetings with Facebook, once emailing the company 16 “misinformation” posts. And in the summer of 2021, the surgeon general’s top aide repeatedly urged Google, Facebook and Twitter to do more to combat disinformation.
Meta Loses Appeal on How It Harvests Data in Germany (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 07/05/2023 - 06:14
Federal Judge Limits Biden Officials’ Contacts With Social Media Sites
Judge Terry Doughty of the US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana restricted parts of the Biden administration from communicating with social media platforms about broad swaths of content online.