Social media platforms commonly use artificial intelligence for content moderation, with the AI software itself relying on algorithms to screen content posted by social media users. Ultimately, the AI ...

California will no longer enforce key provisions of a law requiring social media companies to disclose details about their content moderation practices after settling a lawsuit with Elon Musk’s X Corp ...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday warned that social media platforms must take responsibility for moderating their content or risk losing “total control.” The comment came during ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has taken a lot of heat since he announced recently that he is pulling his company out of the fact-checking business and curtailing content moderation on its platforms. The ...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday warned social media platforms must take responsibility for moderating their content or risk losing “total control.” The comment came during an ...

In October 2025, the New York Attorney General’s Office announced that, in accordance with the “Stop Hiding Hate” Act, social ...

X and Elon Musk are back at it again with a lawsuit against a state, but this time, they are suing New York because of the newly proposed social media content moderation law that the latter is trying ...

Are social media companies more like newspapers or phone companies? This oft-debated question in social media legal circles, while seemingly trivial on the surface, represents a momentous debate over ...

A new large-scale, global survey has revealed that most people want harmful social media content such as physical threats and defamation to be restricted. This also applies in the USA where several ...

Most people want harmful social media content such as physical threats and defamation to be restricted. This also applies in the USA where several social media platforms have recently modified their ...

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