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Social media manipulation as a political tool is spreading

Researchers say ‘cyber troops’ in 70 countries are using it to automate suppression, mount smear campaigns, or spread disinformation.

Australian law makers have responded very quickly to the Christchurch shootings.

The blogging site wants to go back to a simpler time, where, it says, people were a lot nicer … and didn’t glorify gore and upskirting.

It’s surprising how many trolls don’t realise that if Twitter knows who they are, the police can find out too.

Hate speech is illegal in Germany, which has criticized Facebook for sluggish takedowns of anti-refugee posts vs. fast takedowns of nudity.

The new policy is for “abhorrent” content to require a login to access, to be kept invisible to searches, and to generate no revenue.

Want to rant, vent, or dialogue with the new CEO? Take a deep breath: he’s doing an Ask Me Anything session. Saints, have mercy on his soul.

Online news site Delfi can be fined for comments left by anonymous readers, ruled the European Court of Human Rights.