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MapLight research on the influence of money and politics.
Alec Saslow
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October 21, 2020
Holding platforms accountable for the harm caused by their algorithms is an important step and the Protecting Americans from Dangerous Algorithms Act deserves serious consideration.
Margaret Sessa-Hawkins and Viviana Padelli
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October 19, 2020
MapLight's weekly newsletter about the world of online political deception looks how platforms handled the questionable story from the New York Post with the election just weeks away.
Alec Saslow
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October 15, 2020
Social media platforms must implement reforms to limit dangerous efforts to intimidate, suppress, and deceive voters by requiring human review of election-related content from accounts with large followings and a track record of election integrity violations.
Margaret Sessa-Hawkins and Viviana Padelli
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October 12, 2020
MapLight's newsletter on deceptive digital politics looks at a number of new bans recently put in place by Facebook as the 2020 election approaches.
Daniel Newman
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October 08, 2020
A new California law requires local governments to post all campaign finance reports online rather than requiring voters track down paper records in-person at a government office.
Alec Saslow
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October 07, 2020
After roughly three years of the QAnon conspiracy theory spreading ramptantly on Facebook and poisoning our information ecosystem, Facebook has finally decided it’s time for the baseless, harmful content to stop dominating our feeds
Margaret Sessa-Hawkins and Viviana Padelli
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October 06, 2020
MapLight's newsletter on deceptive digital politics looks at the disinformation on social media following President Trump's announcement that he tested postive for COVID-19.