Platform Transparency

concepts · 7 notes linked

Related: Content Moderation · Stanford Internet Observatory · Social Media Regulation · Meta · Google · Mozilla · Facebook · Disinformation

Notes

• Agreement on Transparency and Researcher Access, But Will It Matter? — Bipartisan congressional and industry consensus on PATA researcher access to social media data
• Getting Transparency Right — Legal analysis of privacy, Section 230, and First Amendment trade-offs in platform transparency legislation
• Law Requiring Social Media Transparency Would Break New Ground — Platform Accountability and Transparency Act requiring social media data disclosure to FTC and researchers
• Mozilla Weighs in on Accountability Legislation - PATA can help keep the Internet in the public's best interest — Mozilla endorsing bipartisan PATA bill for platform researcher data access
• Some Humility About Transparency — Practical trade-offs and costs in mandating social media transparency reporting
• The Platform Accountability and Transparency Act, Take Two — Details of formally introduced PATA bill expanding researcher and public access to social media data
• Why Facebook's claims about the Ad Observer are wrong | The Mozilla Blog — Mozilla defending Ad Observer political ad transparency research tool