Articles-Social Media Impacts- InTernational &US politics
- Lima, C. (2022, Nov 16), Their kids’ deaths were tied to social media. They want Congress to act, The Washington Post, https://wapo.st/3FVHsv1
- Klar, R. (2022, Nov 16), Grieving parents push for kids’ online safety bills during lame duck, The Hill, https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3738592-grieving-parents-push-for-kids-online-safety-bills-during-lame-duck/
- Hsu, T. (2022, June 7), Don’t Believe Everything You Read About the Man in This Photo, A picture of Jordie Jordan, an online gamer, has been attached to a fake name and numerous bogus reports of his death, including from the mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/technology/jordie-jordan-gamer-photo-fake.html
- Fowler, G. (2022, May 31), I tried to read all my app privacy policies. It was 1 million words, The Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/05/31/abolish-privacy-policies/
- Obama, B. (2022, April 21), Disinformation is a Threat to Our Democracy, Medium, https://medium.com/@barackobama/my-remarks-on-disinformation-at-stanford-7d7af7ba28af
- Greenpeace Reports, Friends of the Earth, Avaaz (2022, April 21), In the Dark: How Social Media Companies' Climate Disinformation Problem is Hidden from the Public, https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/reports/in-the-dark/
- Haidt, J. (2022, April 11), Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid, The Atlantic, https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/
- National Association of Attorneys General (2022, March 29), Bipartisan Coalition of Attorneys General Urge TikTok and Snapchat to Give Parents More Control, https://www.naag.org/press-releases/bipartisan-coalition-of-attorneys-general-urge-tiktok-and-snapchat-to-give-parents-more-control/
- Zuckerman, E. (2021, Nov 2), "Facebook has a misinformation problem, and blocking access to data about how much there is and who is affected", The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/facebook-has-a-misinformation-problem-and-is-blocking-access-to-data-about-how-much-there-is-and-who-is-affected-164838
- Ellison, S., Izadi, E. (2021, Oct 26), ‘Definitely not the results we want’: Facebook staff lamented ‘perverse incentives’ for media, The Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/26/conservative-media-misinformation-facebook/
- LaFrance, A., (2021, Oct 25), ‘History Will Not Judge Us Kindly’, The Atlantic, https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/10/facebook-papers-democracy-election-zuckerberg/620478/
- Zakrzewski, C., De Vynck, G., Masih, N., Mahtani, S. (2021, Oct 24), How Facebook neglected the rest of the world, fueling hate speech and violence in India, The Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/24/india-facebook-misinformation-hate-speech/
- Frenkel, S., Alba, D. (2021, Oct 23), In India, Facebook Grapples With an Amplified Version of Its Problems, New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/23/technology/facebook-india-misinformation.html
- Timberg, C., Dwoskin, E., Albergotti, R. (2021, Oct 22), Inside Facebook, Jan. 6 violence fueled anger, regret over missed warning signs, The Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/22/jan-6-capitol-riot-facebook/
- Timberg, C. (2021, Oct 22), New whistleblower claims Facebook allowed hate, illegal activity to go unchecked, The Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/22/facebook-new-whistleblower-complaint/
- Schechner, S., Horwitz, J. & Glazer, E., (2021, Sep 17), How Facebook Hobbled Mark Zuckerberg’s Bid to Get America Vaccinated, The Wall Street Journal, https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-vaccinated-11631880296?mod=series_facebookfiles
- Scheck, J., Purnell, N. & Horwitz, J. (2021, Sep 16), Facebook Employees Flag Drug Cartels and Human Traffickers. The Company’s Response Is Weak, Documents Show, The Wall Street Journal, https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-drug-cartels-human-traffickers-response-is-weak-documents-11631812953?mod=article_inline
- Hagey, K. & Horwitz, J. (2021, Sep 15) Facebook Tried to Make Its Platform a Healthier Place. It Got Angrier Instead, The Wall Street Journal, https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-algorithm-change-zuckerberg-11631654215?mod=article_inline
- Martinez, E & Kirchner, L. (2021, Aug 25), The secret bias hidden in mortgage-approval algorithms, Associated Press, https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-technology-business-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-b920d945a6a13db1e1aee44d91475205
- Stengel, R (2021, Aug 23) The Taliban Want You to Keep Your Phone On, The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/23/opinion/taliban-afghanistan-social-media.html
- Mozur, P. & ur-Rehman, (2021, Aug 20), How the Taliban Turned Social Media Into a Tool for Control, The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/20/technology/afghanistan-taliban-social-media.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Technology
- Human Smuggling Rampant on Facebook Amid Border Surge, Tech Transparency Project (TPP), https://www.techtransparencyproject.org/articles/human-smuggling-rampant-facebook-amid-border-surge
- Smiley, L. (2020, Oct 8) The True Story of the Antifa Invasion of Forks, Washington, Wired, https://www.wired.com/story/antifa-social-media-rumor-forks-washington/