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Disinformation as a wicked problem: why we need co-regulatory frameworks


Over the past few years, social media platforms, particularly Facebook and Twitter, have received inordinate blame for many of society’s ills, particularly mis- and disinformation. This paper recommends the creation of government fusion cells for online problems, which would centralise expertise and decision-making and serve as a single point of contact for industry, civil society...
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Smartphones and equal access for people who are blind or have low vision


This research report finds that that while around 80 per cent of the country’s blind and low vision community own a smartphone, many users are finding limitations with the technology, such as general features being inaccessible or unaccommodating.
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Current approaches to terrorist and violent extremist content among the global top 50 online content-sharing services


This report provides an overview of the policies and procedures for addressing terrorist and violent extremist content (TVEC) across the global top 50 online content sharing services, with a focus on transparency.
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Utilities for democracy: why and how the algorithmic infrastructure of Facebook and Google must be regulated


This paper provides a framework for understanding why internet platforms matter for democracy and how they should be regulated. The authors describe the two most powerful internet platforms, Facebook and Google, as new public utilities — utilities for democracy — arguing that they should be regulated as public utilities.
Policy report

Burnt by the digital sun


This report explores how liberal democracies are grappling with addressing threats in the information environment. In addition, it surveys how information operations are influencing modern, great power competition by generating civil discord and friction.