Harvard Condemns Student and Faculty Groups for Posting Antisemitic Cartoon
The image was removed and the student and faculty groups apologized, but the post prompted a storm of criticism that Harvard isn’t doing enough to protect its Jewish community.
Tech Companies Sign Accord to Combat AI-Generated Election Trickery
The accord outlines methods the tech companies will use to try to detect and label deceptive AI content when it is created or distributed on their platforms.
GOP Effort to Ban Video-Sharing App TikTok for Kids Fails in Virginia’s Legislature
Opponents raised a range of questions, including whether the government — rather than parents — should be responsible for limiting children’s access to social media.
Judge Blocks Enforcement of Ohio Law Limiting Kids’ Use of Social Media
The decision to grant a preliminary injunction prevents the law from taking effect while a lawsuit filed earlier this month by NetChoice winds its way through court.
Oversight Board Urges Meta To Rethink Its Policy on Manipulated Media
An oversight board is criticizing Facebook owner's policies as “incoherent” and insufficient to address the flood of online disinformation targeting elections.
Taylor Swift Is Demanding This College Student Stop Tracking Her Private Jet
The student emphasized that while he has never intended to cause harm, he also believes strongly in the importance of transparency and public information.
How Lawmakers Are Addressing Deepfakes Like the Ones That Victimized Taylor Swift
State lawmakers across the U.S. have been searching for ways to quash such nonconsensual deepfake images of both adults and children.
Florida House Passes a Bill to Ban Social Media Accounts for Children Under 16
The bill targets social media sites that track user activity, allow children to upload material and interact with others and use addictive features designed to cause compulsive use.