After Social Media Bans, Militant Groups Found Ways to Remain
Sheera Frenkel and Ben Hubbard, April 19th, 2019, New York Times
In July 2013, a broadcaster affiliated with the Islamist group Hezbollah posted a threatening video on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. It featured gun-toting militants practicing an ambush to kidnap Israeli soldiers. The message: This is how we kill you.
Facebook’s Flood of Languages Leaves It Struggling to Monitor Content
Reuters in the New York Times, April 23rd, 2019
Facebook Inc’s struggles with hate speech and other types of problematic content are being hampered by the company’s inability to keep up with a flood of new languages as mobile phones bring social media to every corner of the globe.
Special Report: How China Is Replacing America as Asia’s Military Titan
Reuters in the New York Times, April 23rd, 2019
In 1938, in the midst of a long campaign to bring China under Communist Party rule, revolutionary leader Mao Zedong wrote: “Whoever has an army has power.”
Australia Officials Work With Social Media to Safeguard Poll
Associated Press in the New York Times, April 18th, 2019
Australian electoral authorities have for the first time set up a cybersecurity task force and are working with social media companies to tackle misinformation in the run up to general elections on May 18, an official said on Thursday
Facebook Hires State Department Lawyer as General Counsel
Reuters in the New York Times, April 22th, 2019
Facebook Inc on Monday named the legal adviser to the U.S. State Department as its general counsel, as the social media giant faces growing regulatory hurdles and privacy concerns.
Trump, Twitter CEO Chat at White House After Fresh Attack on Social Media Giant
Reuters in the New York Times, April 23rd, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump met with Twitter Inc’s Chief Executive Jack Dorsey on Tuesday, hours after attacking the social media company over his claims it is biased against conservatives.
Facebook’s Flood of Languages Leaves It Struggling to Monitor Content
Reuters in the New York Times, April 23rd, 2019
Facebook Inc’s struggles with hate speech and other types of problematic content are being hampered by the company’s inability to keep up with a flood of new languages as mobile phones bring social media to every corner of the globe.