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Doubling down on the layoff lie, and increasing executive pay 200%
Performance evaluations of laid off folks further challenge the performance-based layoff lie
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Layoffs suck, but you don’t.
Tech layoffs continue for a third consecutive year and are not actually performance-based
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Fixing the Web by letting it fix itself?
Professor Kurt Gray talks about his research on how we might use AI to moderate AI
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Fixing the Web by... giving up (at Meta)?
Meta trashes fact-checking, content moderation, and user safety in sweeping changes announced days before Trump's inauguration
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Teen Safety Interview, plus News!
Do the data actually support the extreme claims that social media is worse than heroin?
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Layoffs suck, but you don’t.
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Fixing the Web by... giving up (at Meta)?
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How Polarization is Turning Disagreement into Danger
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Fixing the Web Week Recap: 5/20/24
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Fixing the Web without the Stanford Internet Observatory?
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Doubling down on the layoff lie, and increasing executive pay 200%
Performance evaluations of laid off folks further challenge the performance-based layoff lie
 • 
Matt Motyl
Layoffs suck, but you don’t.
Tech layoffs continue for a third consecutive year and are not actually performance-based
 • 
Matt Motyl
2
Fixing the Web by letting it fix itself?
Professor Kurt Gray talks about his research on how we might use AI to moderate AI
 • 
Matt Motyl
Fixing the Web by... giving up (at Meta)?
Meta trashes fact-checking, content moderation, and user safety in sweeping changes announced days before Trump's inauguration
 • 
Matt Motyl
Teen Safety Interview, plus News!
Do the data actually support the extreme claims that social media is worse than heroin?
 • 
Matt Motyl
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41 more days until the election!
Elections, algorithms, and bears (oh my!)
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Is the impact of generative AI on elections overblown?
Sensational claims about AI hijacking democracy are common, but with 50+ elections in the rear view mirror, has AI actually hijacked democracy?
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How do Polish adults use and experience social media?
X and Facebook users report highest rates of negative experiences in Poland; YouTube users report the most learning experiences
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US Political Violence in Context and Social Media
Is political violence actually increasing in the US? What role does social media play in any increase in political violence?
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How Polarization is Turning Disagreement into Danger
Explore how rising political polarization and violence threaten public safety, with real stories of researchers facing threats for their work on…
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Fixing the Web Independence Day Edition
Happy 4th of July!
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Fixing the Web by Laying Off the Fixers?
The tech layoffs continue, perfectly timed to increase the risk of threats to the elections 4 billion people are voting in this year
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Fixing the Web with Warning Labels?
Surgeon General calls for warning labels on social media
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Fixing the Web without the Stanford Internet Observatory?
A vital internet research institute that studied how the spread of misinformation and harms to children online shuttered following failed political…
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Fixing the Web EU Election Week: 6/6/24
We Worked On Election Integrity At Meta. The EU – And All Democracies – Need to Fix the Feed Before It’s Too Late
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Has social media become more (or less) informative in the last year?
Nextdoor & Pinterest lead the way in becoming more informative places for users; YouTube remains the most informative platform
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