Will Oremus

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As more Americans turn to the video app for politics, a researcher examines how they decide what to believe.

• Europe

Durov argued that if CEOs are held responsible for misuse of a platform, no one would ever innovate.

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Links to Telegram on Meta’s platforms often lead to drugs and scams, researchers find.

• Tech Policy
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For years, internet moguls like Elon Musk and Pavel Durov have flown above the law as captains of free speech. Now they’re hitting turbulence.

• Tech

Telegram’s anything-goes approach to online content has also made it one of the internet’s largest havens for child predators, experts say.

• Tech

Meta CEO criticizes government effort to police online misinformation on the pandemic, while saying he “owns” Facebook’s decisions on content moderation.

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Paper warns AI impersonators could “overwhelm the internet” without better ways to verify humans.

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Trump isn’t using AI as a sophisticated weapon of deception, but as just another tool in his rhetorical arsenal.