New report by Robyn Caplan illustrates the organizational contexts of three types of content moderation strategies by drawing from interviews with 10 major digital platforms. Read more

How do we think about regulatory frameworks for ridehail services? Researcher Alex Rosenblat shares insights from her book Uberland. Read on The Globe and Mail

Data Craft analyzes how bad actors manipulate metadata to create effective disinformation campaigns and provides tips for researchers and technology companies trying to spot this “data craft.” Read more

Weaponizing the Digital Influence Machine: The Political Perils of Online Ad Tech identifies the technologies, conditions, and tactics that enable today’s digital advertising infrastructure to be weaponized by political and anti-democratic actors. Read more

"Alternative Influence" by Rebecca Lewis identifies an alternative media system on YouTube that adopts the techniques of brand influencers to build audiences and “sell” them political ideology. Read more

On September 13th, Data & Society Founder and President danah boyd gave the keynote speech at the Online News Association Conference. Read the transcript of her talk on Points. "Now, more than ever, we need a press drive... Read on Points

For the New York Daily News, Data & Society Media Manipulation Researcher Lead Joan Donovan and Research Analyst Brian Friedberg critique Facebook's stance on hate speech on their platform. "Through coordination and ex... Read on NY Daily News

How can we trace the spread of disinformation by tracking metadata? Data & Society Research Affiliate Amelia Acker explains. "One way of more fully understanding the data craftwork of disinformation on social media platfor... Read on Media Manipulation Blog

For Points, Data & Society Postdoctoral Scholar Caroline Jack reviews the history of advertising imaginaries. "The question of what protections ads themselves deserve, and to what degree people deserve to be protected fr... Read on Points

In this Medium post, Founder and President danah boyd reflects on the current state of journalism and offers next steps. "Contemporary propaganda isn’t about convincing someone to believe something, but convincing them to doub... Read on Medium