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Social media platform regulation

The role of social media platforms in spreading false information and the need for regulation.

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Jan 28, 2026
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How did social media platforms and foreign actors contribute to the spread of false 2024 election fraud claims?

Social media platforms amplified and prolonged by enabling rapid, low-cost dissemination — through inauthentic accounts, paid influencers, and weakened content moderation — while , most prominently , ...

Jan 29, 2026

is the information provided here affected in any way by the algorithms assigned by the humans involved?

Yes — the information supplied here is affected by algorithms shaped and deployed by humans: determine what gets amplified, suppressed, framed, and predicted, and those systems embody human choices ab...