When we read about yet another shooting linked to online hate, or another violent network spreading across social media, the common refrain is that “social media platforms must do more.” Indeed, my ...

YouTube quietly loosened its video moderation rules a few weeks before Donald Trump was sworn in as president a second time, reports the New York Times. The new rules encourage the site’s moderators ...

"Sociable" is the latest commentary on important social media developments and trends from industry expert Andrew Hutchinson of Social Media Today. Will Meta’s decision this week to loosen its ...

One of the main arguments advanced to justify the Florida and Texas social media laws challenged in NetChoice v. Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice, (cases currently before the Supreme Court) is the claim ...

Automated moderation on social media is blocking Arabic sexual and reproductive health content, leaving activists scrambling to keep vital information accessible. In early 2025, Instagram and TikTok ...

The social media platform’s policies on moderation, rules, and civility make it a haven for government workers under DOGE pressure. It used to be that employees concerned about work, the future of ...

“The EU’s executive branch, the European Commission, plans to designate WhatsApp’s open channels as a ‘Very Large Online Platform’ under the Digital Services Act, meaning it must meet high standards ...

“But unlike Meta and X, YouTube has not made public statements about relaxing its content moderation. The online video service introduced its new policy in mid-December in training material that was ...

The European Union is preparing to treat WhatsApp less like a private messenger and more like a powerful broadcast platform, ...