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PublishedFebruary 26, 2023
Commentary: Some surprising findings about misinformation and content moderation
Crowdsourcing fact-checks works. Suspending accounts does not.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2023
Sen. Angus King caught up in ‘Twitter Files’ controversy
Records released by Twitter CEO Elon Musk show that in 2018 Sen. Angus King flagged over 350 'suspicious' social media accounts, including those that mentioned his Republican opponent, Eric Brakey.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2023
Commentary: Big Tech makes billions off our personal data. It’s time for the U.S. to pull the reins.
Under a new tech tax, Americans earning under a certain sum annually could receive a ‘data dividend.’
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2023
Maine Voices: What celebrity art reveals about the changing world of contemporary art
Art has long been elevated above entertainment. But the buzz around shows by the likes of Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp challenges the usual gatekeepers’ status.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2023
Commentary: Trump and Facebook are frenemies who can’t let go
Allowing the former president back on the social platform would be risky, but both sides could use the revenue.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2023
What the Jan. 6 probe found out about social media, but didn’t report
The House committee investigating the riot avoided detailed discussion in its report for fear of offending Republicans and tech companies, sources say.
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PublishedDecember 15, 2022
Commentary: When are we going to talk about Kanye West and mental illness?
Not everyone can comfortably adjust to being a household name who is watched and recorded by strangers wherever they go.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2022
Commentary: The Twitter experience is surprisingly hard to replicate
Concerned about a spike in hate speech and other troubling content, users of the social network have been leaving in droves. The question is: Where to?
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PublishedDecember 6, 2022
Congress drops media bargaining bill amid Facebook, industry blowback
The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act would have allowed publishers a temporary exemption from antitrust laws to negotiate jointly for the use of their content by the large tech companies.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2022
Biden says Elon Musk’s foreign connections are ‘worth being looked at’
President Biden said the new Twitter owner's 'cooperation' with other countries deserves scrutiny, adding he wasn't suggesting Musk was 'doing anything inappropriate.'
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