The dangers caused by the proliferation of misinformation – or ‘fake news’ – via social media platforms and instant messaging services are not easy to counteract. By the internet’s very nature, online communications are difficult to regulate as information shared by users in one jurisdiction can be easily made available to users in many others. In some cases, platforms themselves have acted to combat fake news beyond the superficial step of maintaining a misinformation policy. For example, Meta’s Oversight Board, a quasi-judicial body created by the parent company of Facebook and Instagram to review content moderation decisions on those platforms, has reviewed individual decisions by Meta concerning the moderation of misinformation, and has made policy recommendations regarding the management of misinformation.
Vulnerable Lives, Militarized State – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro
The Forced Disappearance of Children in Las Malvinas, Ecuador Ecuador is grappling with a security crisis, fueled by the growing stranglehold of drug cartels. Fear grips the population, while the government, in a bid to restore order, has resorted to declaring states of emergency in the hardest-hit cities. Rather than alleviating the crisis, the measures … Read more