New research finds that in the six months after Meta relaxed rules in the name of free speech, violent threats against lawmakers—including President Donald Trump—surged on Facebook.

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A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from detaining or deporting Imran Ahmed. He’s a British-born researcher who focuses on countering online hate and misinformation, but t...

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EU regulators also reprimanded the social media company for its lack of ad transparency and failure to provide researchers with access to data.

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Meta’s decision to eliminate fact-checking could unleash a flood of disinformation, experts warn.

Facebook and Instagram will no longer do fact checking, leaving it to users to flag objectionable content. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls it an effort to avoid bias or censorship, but concedes they wi...

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YouTube’s policy states that it will remove or restrict content that ‘glorifies or promotes eating disorders’ but the study found that harmful content is still accessible on the social media platform

A new report shows that YouTube pushes eating disorder and self-harm content to teens