Explainers

I expressed strong concerns over Musk’s plans to weaken content moderation and community standards that are needed to keep Twitter users safe.

Free Press’ report shows that election disinformation is just as dire in advance of the 2022 U.S. midterms as it was during the nation’s 2020 elections.

We hope this Free Press guide reveals a new way of working, one that treats the other side of the “interview” as delicate, sacred and powerful.

Free Press’ Media 2070 project is working to shift culture and secure reparations. A conference we co-hosted examines the forces of race and racism in U.S. media.

This October marks two years since the founding of Media 2070: The Media Reparations Project. Here’s what the journey has looked like so far this year.

You might think that the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol had taught tech companies the dangers of election disinformation. You would be wrong.

Most people think that their private messages are just that: private. But Facebook shared private messages between a mother and daughter with Nebraska law enforcement.

Law enforcement, government officials and vigilantes can weaponize our personal data to investigate, harass and take legal action against people seeking abortions.

This tragedy should be a catalyst to a fundamental reckoning with the media system we’ve created and the danger it poses to Black lives.

The Change the Terms coalition is urging social-media companies to stop amplifying hate and disinformation in the runup to the midterm elections and beyond.