A new campaign dubbed 'GhostPoster' is hiding JavaScript code in the image logo of malicious Firefox extensions counting more ...

Meta Platforms Inc.’s messaging service WhatsApp will face stricter rules under the European Union’s content moderation rulebook, as the bloc increases scrutiny of social media. The EU’s executive ...

Your Discord bio is a quick way for others to learn about you, and for you to introduce yourself, your likes, and interests with others. But it’s not easy to come up with something that accurately ...

It sounds like Bluesky is getting serious about giving some users the boot, with the company saying it will be doing more to “enforce our moderation policies to better cultivate a space for healthy ...

Economists have for years delivered epitaphs of the Great Moderation, the period from mid-1980s to 2007 when growth was slow and steady, inflation low, and interest rates trended down. Ben Bernanke, ...

A few years ago, my father died suddenly of a heart attack. The days that followed were harrowing. My mother, brother, and I wailed endlessly in my childhood home; I felt an exquisite sorrow, one I’d ...

Through the perspective of an unflappable social-media content moderator, Elaine Castillo’s new novel exposes the often invisible dirty work of the digital era. By Rhoda Feng Rhoda Feng is a freelance ...

A dozen or more years ago, a media colleague paid me the compliment of calling me “Colorado’s most radical moderate.” Thank you for those words, David Kopel. As both parties have moved toward their ...

In this week's edition of Endnotes, we take a look at Elaine Castillo's Moderation, which follows the vagaries of a social media content moderator’s work and love lives. In its review, PW says "It’s a ...

On July 9, 2025, AEI hosted an expert panel that examined the US Supreme Court’s recent First Amendment decisions affecting free speech and technology policy, including the 2025 rulings in Free Speech ...

WOMEN IN AMERICA have long been told to stick to a maximum of one alcoholic drink a day—be it a bottle of beer, a medium glass of wine or a standard shot of hard liquor. Men could double that and ...

Anyone who spends time on social media knows that it’s hard to avoid misinformation, abusive language and offensive content. Platforms like Facebook and YouTube have content moderation systems ...