Media Type Business Insider

Business Insider
Jul 14, 2023
Mark Zuckerberg needs to better moderate Threads or it’ll ‘become as toxic as Twitter,’ civil rights groups warn

The letter — led by Free Press, Accountable Tech, and Media Matters for America — says the groups have already seen indications that "new users have been testing the boundaries of the platform's moderation and enforcement."

Avatar Victoria Vinall
Business Insider
Dec 24, 2022
Pressure builds to keep Donald Trump off Facebook ahead of his possible reinstatement

Nearly half of Trump's posts and reposts on Truth Social in the week after the 2022 midterm elections pushed claims of election fraud and amplified QAnon accounts or content, according to December research from Media Matters. Another study by Accountable Tech found more than 350 of Trump's Truth Social posts would violate Facebook's safety guidelines.

Avatar Victoria Vinall
Business Insider
Oct 29, 2022
Under Elon Musk’s leadership, Twitter could become a ‘supercharged engine of radicalization,’ critics warn

Jesse Lehrich, the co-founder of watchdog nonprofit Accountable Tech, said Musk's firing of Vijaya Gadde — a top Twitter legal and policy executive who headed the team that decided to remove Trump from the platform — was a "long-term catastrophe," calling Gadde the company's "moral compass," Politico reported.

Avatar Victoria Vinall

Join the fight to rein in Big Tech.

Big Tech companies are some of the most powerful and profitable companies in history, presenting new threats to the safety of communities and the health of democracy. We’re taking them on through legislation, regulation and direct advocacy.