Despite our society’s collective addiction to scrolling through social media, many of us can’t help but feel a twinge of dread when seeing notifications we’ve missed. For every clever meme, ...

Over the past few years, there have been extensive changes in content moderation policy on social media platforms. As companies like X and Meta loosen these policies, users have reported an increase ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. The tension between the protection of individual freedom of expression and the prevention of ...

In the digital era, social media platforms such as Facebook and X have transformed into pivotal arenas for public discourse, yet they are also fraught with controversies over censorship, free speech, ...

The California Legislature is advancing Senate Bill 771, which would have a chilling effect on free speech on social media. Under the bill, which sits in the state Assembly after being passed by the ...

The “fire in a crowded theater” case involved neither a fire, nor a theater, nor a crowd, and resulted in one of the worst Supreme Court decisions ever reached. But the phrase fire in a crowded ...

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s picks for the F.C.C. and F.T.C. have vowed to remove censorship online. That conflicts with European regulators who are pushing for stricter moderation. By Cecilia ...

A federal judge has blocked Georgia's new law requiring children younger than 16 to have their parents' permission before creating social media accounts. The judge found that the law restricts the ...

Parler's success comes as Twitter and Facebook crack down on misinformation. The popularity of a social media platform hinges in large part on a robust exchange of views. But what happens when it ...