Rumeng Cao

Is big tech harming society? To find out, we need research – but it’s being manipulated by big tech itself Big tech doesn’t just fund research into itself – it also controls researchers’ access to data. Even big tobacco didn’t have this kind of power.

Great piece from @timothyjgraham.bsky.social on what's going wrong with social media research due to poor data transparency from the platforms.
theconversation.com/is-big-tech-...

Meta opts to leave fact-checking to unpaid users. What could go wrong? Social media giant Meta has announced an Elon Musk-inspired solution to replace its independent fact-checking model on its platforms. Community Notes has been praised by its creator, but how effective...

The real trade-off for Zuckerberg isn’t about reducing “bad” content versus reducing censorship, as he’s framed it here. It’s a trade-off between harm reduction and ad revenue.

Free expression drives engagement, and engagement drives profit.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...

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