Media Type NPR

NPR
Jan 17, 2024
AI’s influence on election 2024

"It is offering new ways of spreading disinformation, like the audio and video content, especially, but it's mostly just turbocharging existing efforts and making it a lot cheaper and easier," Nicole Gill, co-founder and executive director at the watchdog group Accountable Tech, says.

Zach Praiss Zach Praiss
NPR
May 17, 2023
Teens say social media is stressing them out. Here’s how to help them

"I have an anxiety disorder, and I have OCD," Lembke told Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., in March 2022, during a roundtable hosted by the nonprofit Accountable Tech. "I was never warned that entering these online platforms would only amplify the things that I already struggle with."

Avatar Victoria Vinall
NPR
Mar 17, 2023
‘I’M BACK!’ Trump posts on Facebook, YouTube for first time in two years

Advocacy group Accountable Tech found that hundreds of Trump's posts on Truth Social would violate most social media companies' community standards. The group said Trump released a video on the site on Friday that falsely alleges the 2020 election was stolen and that the Jan. 6 insurrectionists should be released from prison.

Avatar Victoria Vinall
NPR
Jan 25, 2023
Meta allows Donald Trump back on Facebook and Instagram

The advocacy groups Accountable Tech and Media Matters for America estimated last month that more than 350 of Trump's Truth Social posts would directly violate Facebook's rules against QAnon content, false election claims and harassment of marginalized groups.

Avatar Victoria Vinall
NPR
Oct 28, 2022
After many delays, Elon Musk is now the proud owner of Twitter

The watchdog group Accountable Tech said Musk's erratic behavior and tweets about Ukraine and Russia make this acquisition a national security threat. It wants Congress to investigate.

Avatar Victoria Vinall
NPR
Oct 04, 2021
What Sen. Blumenthal’s ‘finsta’ flub says about Congress’ grasp of Big Tech

"Sen. Blumenthal and his colleagues are worlds ahead of where Congress was in 2018 when it comes to understanding Big Tech and the urgency of upending the perverse incentives of the broken status quo," said Jesse Lehrich, co-founder of Accountable Tech, an organization that says it seeks to 'tackle the existential threat' that social media companies pose to society."

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