Today is the deadline for public comments regarding a "public inquiry" by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) into the "potentially illegal" content moderation practices of social media platforms. As ...

Content moderation is never easy but also unavoidable. Without it, you risk having online forums overrun with spam, scams, and spittle-flecked vitriol, and it’s easy to make mistakes –especially when ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in February 2025, launched a request for information seeking public comment about how social media platforms’ “adverse actions” against users and user content may ...

2025 will be pivotal in determining just how free ‘free speech’ should be on platforms where hundreds of millions or even billions of users congregate. Source; unsplash.com The debate around social ...

Since Meta announced an end to third-party fact-checking, claiming it was freeing itself from “societal and political pressure to moderate content”, social media users have questioned the value of ...

Tighter regulations, advancing AI integration, and a desire for greater authenticity will continue to re-shape what social ...