Today is the deadline for public comments regarding a "public inquiry" by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) into the "potentially illegal" content moderation practices of social media platforms. As ...

This is a bad moment for fact-checking. On his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order titled “Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship,” which targets social media ...

Since the beginning of President Donald Trump's second term in office, YouTube has reportedly loosened its content-moderation policies. According to The New York Times, the Google-owned social ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James is urging a federal judge to reject X Corp.'s bid to strike down a state law requiring large social platforms to disclose their content moderation policies and ...

New York is mandating that major social media apps disclose the volume of their hate speech and misinformation. On Thursday, Oct. 2, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the start of a ...

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For the cannabis community, industry advocates and news outlets, the announcement leaves their concerns unaddressed. Meta continues to block searches for terms like "marijuana," "cannabis," and tells ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — New York Attorney General Letitia James has announced social media companies will now need to report their content moderation policies to her office. Under the Stop Hiding Hate Act, ...