Opinion | Let’s say it plainly: Fact-checking is not censorship Fact-checking adds to the public debate; it doesn’t suppress it April 2, 2024 Angie Drobnic Holan
Can social media platform outages impact US elections? Not likely, experts say Election officials in multiple jurisdictions told PolitiFact the March 5 Meta outages outages did not affect voting. March 7, 2024 Madison Czopek
Opinion | ‘A moment for the ages’ as Mark Zuckerberg apologizes to families of abuse victims ‘I’m sorry for everything you have all been through. No one should have to go through the things that your families have suffered.’ February 1, 2024 Tom Jones
Why Google and Meta ‘owe’ news publishers Our working paper found that the tech giants owe publishers billions of dollars. Here’s how we arrived at that conclusion and what it means. February 1, 2024 Anya Schiffrin
Opinion | Google and Meta owe US news publishers about $14 billion a year, our research estimates A new working paper calculates the value of news to tech companies and shows publishers how they can assess what they are owed. November 9, 2023 Anya Schiffrin
Opinion | The fog of war envelops social media Hamas and the Israeli government are pioneering ways to shape public opinion about the war through Telegram, X and other social sites. October 18, 2023 Tom Jones
In the wake of Idalia, residents of one Florida town are turning to Facebook for their news In regions where there isn’t a robust news presence, local residents often turn to social media. September 1, 2023 Angela Fu
Opinion | The move that could make Threads a true threat to Twitter It’s hard to say where Threads will ultimately go, but it wasn’t going to go any further without a web version. August 22, 2023 Tom Jones
News publishers declare global principles for bargaining with Big Tech Journalists and scholars gathered for two days in South Africa to hammer out details of fair compensation from Big Tech July 26, 2023 Anya Schiffrin
Opinion | Threads is live. Now what happens? Threads has a chance to work because users want it to work, mostly because they are tired of all the drama that comes with Elon Musk and Twitter. July 7, 2023 Tom Jones
How Meta, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube plan to address 2024 election misinformation Tech giants have struggled to balance curtailing misinformation with protecting users’ political speech. July 7, 2023 Sevana Wenn
Could Threads kill Twitter? (Like, for real?) Here’s what some notable journalists think about Meta’s new social network, which has seen explosive growth since its Wednesday launch. July 6, 2023 Annie Aguiar
Opinion | Could Meta provide competition for Twitter? Instagram’s soon-to-be-launched ‘text-based conversation app’ sure sounds familiar. July 5, 2023 Tom Jones
Opinion | The EU drops the hammer on Meta with a record fine The EU fined Meta, the owner of Facebook, 1.2 billion euros and ordered it to stop transferring users’ personal information from Europe to the US. May 23, 2023 Tom Jones
News publishers across the globe are presenting Big Tech with a bill Many countries are following Australia’s lead to push Google and Facebook to pay for news. The tech companies would rather head them off. May 23, 2023 Anya Schiffrin
